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For those able to do so, donating or fundraising for charities seems like a good idea, especially with the holidays coming up. For USAmericans, this has the dual function of denying your tax $$ to the incoming government and helping the people that government wishes to harm. I thought it might be nice to crowdsource a thread of charities which do useful work for the communities under threat. Below are a few to start us off: [more inside]
posted by Pallas Athena at 1:26 PM - 15 comments

As of November 1, 2024 (it took some time for the notice to arrive), the Metafilter Community Foundation exists as an officially registered Delaware nonprofit non-stock corporation.

What this means:
1. We can now get an EIN, apply for a bank account, and apply to the IRS for not-for-profit designation.
2. The interim board of directors can get to work. We will have to adopt bylaws, approve (with community input) a policy and procedures manual, obtain insurance, and transfer the existing LLC and its assets into the new entity, among many other tasks.

We have a lot of work ahead. [more inside]
posted by 1adam12 at 12:20 PM - 26 comments

Share something good or nice in here. Someone excellent win in your district? Kid or grandkid get a good job, or accomplish something hard? Maybe you found a welcoming, progressive group in your community? Maybe you'll enjoy A Post-Election Day Poem by Rebecca Faulkner, assembled from words sent in by the Reasons to be Cheerful community. [more inside]
posted by Glinn at 11:19 AM - 62 comments

It's the 8th MeFi Holiday Card Exchange! [more inside]
posted by needlegrrl at 3:31 PM - 36 comments

I know some of you already dressed up and went to your parties last weekend. And some of you have parties this weekend. And tonight (in the US) it trick-or-treat free-for-all. How have you decorated? What are you wearing? [more inside]
posted by jessamyn at 8:53 AM - 25 comments

Signups for the 2024 MetaFilter Gift Swap are now open! The Metafilter Gift Swap takes place annually from roughly November - December. Each participant sends a gift to an awesome Mefite; each participant receives a gift from an awesome Mefite. Awesomeness and gifts abound. [more inside]
posted by RhysPenbras at 12:09 AM - 43 comments

Hi there!

Welcome to this month’s Site Update!

You can find the last update here.
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posted by loup at 1:49 PM - 216 comments

A few updates about the MetaFilter Community Foundation [more inside]
posted by Gorgik at 8:56 AM - 45 comments

Many MeFites are in the track of this beast, and there's a post on the Blue to share info. I thought we could use a space to check-in and keep each other company, share best wishes, worries, hopes and suggestions for staying safe.
posted by invincible summer at 1:50 PM - 15 comments

Both an idea (for outreach/promotion) and a confession. The day before I was set to table at the local zine symposium, I was scrambling for another mini-zine idea, and ended up excerpting some of the answers to an Ask Me I made earlier this year"What's your random (but regular) act of public service?" Here's a link to the one-page mini zine (mod note: link removed, see this note). [more inside]
posted by spamandkimchi at 1:43 PM - 33 comments