{"id":108654,"date":"2020-06-30T04:22:04","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T09:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?p=108654"},"modified":"2020-08-06T06:01:39","modified_gmt":"2020-08-06T11:01:39","slug":"inalj-fundraiser-donation-info","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?p=108654","title":{"rendered":"INALJ Fundraiser \/ Donation Info"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/inalj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/38478699_10160592953665257_2490647231393169408_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-106108\" src=\"https:\/\/inalj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/38478699_10160592953665257_2490647231393169408_n-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Naomi House four images of her face taken on a train, she is white and wearing a blue shirt\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inalj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/38478699_10160592953665257_2490647231393169408_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/inalj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/38478699_10160592953665257_2490647231393169408_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/inalj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/38478699_10160592953665257_2490647231393169408_n.jpg 443w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Hi Everyone,<\/p>\n<p>I am running a fundraiser to pay for INALJ as well as my own personal bills for 6 months (March-August) and I am hoping some of you can help.<\/p>\n<p>I had hoped not to have to do a fundraiser, but the truth is the pandemic has affected my income tremendously. March, April and May I earned 20% of what I did last year. In June, 0%. Not one single job advertiser when I usually have around 10.\u00a0 4 months of drastically diminished income and I really do need to reach out.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Options for Donating<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.me\/inalj\"><strong>PayPal.me\/inalj<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><b>Personal checks (email me for mailing address)<\/b><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/inalj2\"><strong>Go Fund Me fundraiser<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Options Beyond Donating<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you are an employer who has a jobs advertising budget <a href=\"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?page_id=79649\">Sponsor a job ad on INALJ<\/a>! Or if you are an org or individual you can <a href=\"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?p=65908\">sponsor an INALJ state page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the plan?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I will keep running the site regardless. I do expect that things will bounce back and that this is temporary. I have only run a few fundraisers in 10 years and do not expect to need to do more.\u00a0 In fact this is an old fundraiser I just re-started. My goal is regular advertising revenue. INALJ has always been FREE for all to use, regardless and I will not change that. It will never be pay-to-access.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why $12k?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is the low end of revenue that my family can live on with the cost of the site added on for 6 months (March-August) at $2k per month. We are a family of 4 who are able to live very frugally.\u00a0 We do not qualify for unemployment as we are self-employed and the process for self-employed gov payments does not let us qualify.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where Else Are You Hoping To Get Income?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I have PayPal on my site as well. But what I am hoping is that job advertisers start up again.\u00a0 This $12k I am trying to raise will be inclusive of ALL revenue streams &#8211; here, other donations, job ads. I will update weekly what other income \/ donations I receive and in total I will consider the fundraiser fulfilled and will note here.<\/p>\n<p>I am also on the job hunt for the first time since 2013, with the goal of having my husband take over the manual labor of the site, with me advising, once I am hired.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is INALJ?\u00a0 How has it helped?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/inalj.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">INALJ<\/a>\u00a0 (formerly I need a Library job) launched as a daily #LibraryJobs pdf in October 2010 and the website\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/inalj.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">INALJ<\/a>\u00a0 launched a year later. Since then I&#8217;ve shared hundreds of thousands of jobs with LIS and library job hunters both traditional and non-traditional jobs.<\/p>\n<p>INALJ has had over\u00a0<strong>20 MILLION page views<\/strong>\u00a0in 8.5 years!\u00a0 And the site has helped numerous LIS (library and information science) professionals find their jobs.\u00a0 In the summer of 2020, in response to the scarcity of traditional library jobs due to the pandemic, I launched a <a href=\"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?cat=6946\">highly popular series of interviews with Library workers in non-traditional jobs<\/a>, which\u00a0<strong>doubled traffic<\/strong>\u00a0to INALJ.<\/p>\n<p>In the past few years I have received some income (finally) by allowing Sponsored jobs but the costs are still high to maintain the site.\u00a0 It takes a significant amount of money to run the site and host it each year.\u00a0 Any and all donations will help support me in my labor, as well as help fund the site.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here are some links to my site:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?page_id=104874\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">INALJ Jobs<\/a>\u00a0 ( paypal is at top of all pages on the site)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?page_id=79649\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How to Post a Job<\/a>\u00a0 including Sponsored options<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>UPDATE 7\/26 (end of week 4)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Thanks everyone for a great week with the fundraiser! I received $170 via PayPal, $25 from GoFundMe (this is an old fundraiser that had $287 in it already from last year,) $500 in checks\/other fundraisers and $100 in job ads for a <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>total of $795<\/strong><\/span>. Any fees I have been covering, but they are minimal.<\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to all the named and anonymous donors!<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to all current and future donors for supporting this work!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>UPDATE 7\/19 (end of week 3)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Thanks everyone for a great week with the fundraiser! I received $205 via PayPal, $250 from GoFundMe (this is an old fundraiser that had $287 in it already from last year) and $0 in job ads for a <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>total of $455<\/strong><\/span>. Any fees I have been covering, but they are minimal.<\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to :<br \/>\nStephanie Bennett<\/p>\n<p>and all the named and anonymous donors!<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to all current and future donors for supporting this work!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>UPDATE 7\/12 (end of week 2)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Thanks everyone for a great week with the fundraiser! I received $650 via PayPal, $705 from GoFundMe (this is an old fundraiser that had $287 in it already from last year) and $0 in job ads for a <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>total of $1,355<\/strong><\/span>. Any fees I have been covering, but they are minimal.<\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to :<br \/>\nTyler Dzuba<br \/>\nLindsay Cronk<br \/>\nSteve Thomas<br \/>\nEllen Stolarski<br \/>\nand all the named (here) and anonymous donors!<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to all current and future donors for supporting this work!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>UPDATE 7\/6 (end of week 1)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Thanks everyone for a great week with the fundraiser! I received $505 via PayPal, $295 from GoFundMe (this is an old fundraiser that had $287 in it already from last year) and $190 in job ads for a <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>total of $990<\/strong><\/span>. Any fees I have been covering, but they are minimal. Thanks to all current and future donors for supporting this work!<\/p>\n<p>Thanks so much!<\/p>\n<p>Naomi @ INALJ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi Everyone, I am running a fundraiser to pay for INALJ as well as my own personal bills for 6 months (March-August) and I am hoping some of you can help. I had hoped not to have to do a fundraiser, but the truth is the pandemic has affected my income tremendously. 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