This is a network of a dozen websites offering HIV/AIDS information,
support and links to local resources for the general public. Our major focus is on support
offered for free to HIV+ people through chat, meeting/dating services, classifieds (rent,
selling), message forums, etc. Hundreds of members live in rural areas, but find POZ
companionship with the HIV/AIDS Network®'s web sites. Many couples have met locally, some
even have been married by meeting each other by "fluke" on our HIVdate.com! Many
people meet others through the chat rooms, sometimes people travel and meet up in a public
place. Our sites even give me (DaveyBoy, founder) hope, as I realize I am not alone (I
like the chats the best, talking about and accepting my HIV with other HIV+ is my mental
therapy, plus we have many great peer supporters for when I am down)!
"I
feel bad accepting cash gifts, but I feel worse when our
sites go down due to my low-income."
-DaveyBoy
This "POZ Network" was funded 100% by Dave Brown until beginning of 2004 (DaveyBoy almost became
homeless and had
to ask for outside help) and these funds are not yet enough! I lost disability
for traveling to the USA for winter season and wound up stranded in South
Carolina for a while (back in Canada now, but no income to get a place, staying
with friends or I would be homeless). Every time you buy something or give a
cash gift,
we (DaveyBoy and his HIV+ members) get a profit that we may use to better servers (or
replace), upgrade workstation computers, hire some help when needed, get a car (business car), replace outdated software,
create more online services, etc! More info HERE on what we do with monies earned
through sales, sponsors, advertising and donations.
All money goes to better websites
either by upgrading services (including computer parts for internet servers which are out
dated, a new computer needs to be bought for web server, I need some new hard drives, I
need a CD or DVD burner, need a new flat screen monitor) or paying expenses (all costs to run and
maintain) to keep online (phone line, high speed ADSL business account, domain name costs,
etc). This network is owned by one individual who only gets over $800/month (CND,
approximately
500 US) with disability has no income (disabled due to open heart
surgery and HIV) and the expenses
sometimes are overwhelming as rent is 500+/month (CND, about 350 US) and food is
150+/month (CND, about same in US). I do not wish to charge for membership as not all
people with HIV or AIDS can afford such services (they must remain free, your donation WILL
keep them free). Can you see my dilemma, please spare a "bit o' change"
(virtual/cyber panhandler)?
UPS
(uninterruptible power supply, 30min one please, I have a 3 minute one).
Ca$h to pay internet
bills (domain names, hosting, internet line), computer repairs and upgrades,
etc. It costs me about 150 dollars a month to run all these sites without making
them better.
DVD+R
Burner for major backups (have a external case).
Just got one in mail, Thanks to Jimi!
Car/Van/Truck
(have not had a vehicle in over 7 years, need car to get large sponsors).
(Need ASAP)
External USB2 CDRW (new)
(CD burner for normal backups) (decided I can do without, need external HD)
Internal CD Writer
Just bought a 52X (takes 2 mins to make CD), Thanks to private SponsorZ!
Retail CD
of Windows XP (for
editing PC), Thanks
to Xploror (gave $50
towards)
Retail CD of Microsoft Office XP (for
editing PC)
Network (cheap wireless,
older tech) receiver/transmitter Just bought new NetGear 801 Mbs, Thanks to
private SponsorZ!
2 @ SCSI 18 GB
Ultra2 hard drives for server. STILL NEED!
Extra IDE hard drives (web
server kills IDE ones fast). Just bought 2 new 30 GB Hard drives, Thanks to
private SponsorZ!
A large IDE hard drive
for restoring data. Just bought a 150GB (backups and restoring
corrupted drives) Hard drive, Thanks to Jimi!
Old/used tablet
PC (233Mhz+) for use around house/apt. to monitor sites/chats.
(not really necessity, just a want)
External IDE hard
drive case + harddrive for backups. Just bought 2
cases
(no HDs), Thanks to TNmark!
(DaveyBoy/Founder is Canadian), so your transfer of monies has no Canadian tax
implications. If you sold capital assets to come up with the transfer, then
there may be a taxable disposition on which capital gains would have to be paid.
If I was to make income from your cash gift, then I would have to pay taxes for
earned income (use my Canadian SIN and to file a tax return). Giving me stocks
will be deemed to have disposed of them for fair market value, which in this
case gives rise to a capital loss on your part. Any amounts arising from any source,
including lottery winnings, can be gifted to any person (Canada resident)
without Canadian tax implications. You may include me into last will & testament
documents, give me items such as computer parts (or full systems), software,
jewels, a vehicle or other valuable goods.
Revenue Canada takes the
position that a gift is a voluntary transfer of property without valuable
consideration. In other words, other than the issuing of a receipt, there is no
value given for the gift. Generally a cash gift is made if all three of these
conditions are met: · some property - usually cash - is transferred by a donor
· the transfer is voluntary; and
· the transfer is made without expectation of return (no reciept), no benefit of
any kind may be provided to the giver
Please Help Me Get Funding:
Hello there, my name is Dave Brown and I wish to learn
how to get some help with getting a start-up grant/funding to become a
non profit organization and too upgrade services (also, offer more
services). My personal funds have allowed me to get a Canadian (my sites
are World wide) business name for my websites, the name is "HIV/AIDS
Network®" (has generated $262 US with web "banners", 100% of money went
back to the sites). I should be registered as a non-profit corporation
soon in USA (then once I get some funding, will do same in Canada) to
allow me to receive grants and funding from both government and private
(organizations) groups.
To date, I have successfully started an online HIV/AIDS
live 24/7 support network (1999-2003), 24 hour HIV/AIDS education
(information and facts) for those needing information and many HIV
prevention tactics (posters, banner campaign, etc) without any startup
grants or funds! I get almost 2 million visitors to my online web sites
each year. Some of my main sites such are:
http://www.HIVforum.com (people can
ask questions about HIV/AIDS and get a response),
http://www.HIVsearch.com (search
for HIV/AIDS info),
http://www.HIV-AIDS-Meds.com (new HIV/AIDS medicine database),
http://www.POZ.ca,
http://www.HIVAIDSsearch.com
(HIV/AIDS education directory of links),
http://www.13km.com (HIV/AIDS chat server),
http://www.HIVdate.com (HIV/AIDS only
dating and pen pals, so hard for HIV+ to meet others),
http://www.HIV-AIDS-POZ.com (HIV
art), etc... I have fully funded these projects from my disability check.
It is not cheap running all these domains/sites, running my own web
server, running my own chat server, buying my own domain names, paying for
monthly picture hosting, high speed internet costs, etc. Costs now are
more than they were 4 years ago when I first started, seems my costs are
now more than I can afford without financial help. I have saved so much
money by designing and doing all my own programming (over the last 4
years, it would have cost over $750,000.00 to hire 2 ASP programmers, a
HTML programmer, graphic designer, an animation designer, network
administrator, chat room monitors, email readers/responders,
promoting/advertising department, search engine submissions, etc) as I
knew it would be hard to prove to the World I was capable of doing this
(so I might try for start-up funding some day), but I now have the proof
(bit rough, but will be worked on more as usual).
My sites have about 8,000 HIV positive members (free
membership) and another 50,000 who visit occasionally. Each day about
5,000 people come to my sites (HIV+ and HIV negative) seeking online
friends, advice, educational facts, statistics, web links to prominent
sites, etc. I do all I can to help anyone who contacts me through email,
chat rooms or other routes.
Many members rely on my services daily for meeting others
(in our online chat rooms on www.13km.com)
and talking about their HIV status. Couples have even met through my
services and some have even been married! Unfortunately my sites are not
available everyday as sometimes my disability check will not cover all
expenses. The days that my sites cannot run, I put up a "temp down page"
explaining the reason for downtime and usually someone will send me a
little money to help me pay off the bills to get back up. When my sites
are down, many members start emailing me sending their condolences and
hoping I will be back online soon so they can get back into my chat rooms
to meet their POZ friends (some members panic when I go down because this
is their only source of talking about their issues with others in the same
situation, talking is therapy).
Over the last 4 years, I have spent about $10,000 on
expenses and computer/software costs in order to make this network
succeed, even last month I just bought a ($600 US) industrial computer
server and a new domain name for a new medicine info database. I don't
know any other organization in the World that helps almost 2,000,000
people a year for less than $2,500 a year (costs 1.25 cents for me to help
every 10 people, even for you to read this entire email it costs almost 20
cents in salary). I can do a lot with a little! If I had more money, I can
help these people better by making more services and making my sites more
reliable (just by having a better internet account that was prepaid for a
year, my sites would be online 99% of the year instead of 66%-75% like
they are now, I could literally help another 750,000 people with the extra
uptime).
I have not paid myself any money for my 4 years of work
(at least 10-12 hours a day for 1440 days in the last 4 years) so
savings have been huge, but I do not have a car to even get to
doctors/shopping, I cannot afford clothes, I cannot always afford to eat
all month long (when I can afford full months food, it is not the best
foods and not enough fresh meats/milk/vegetables as they cost too much),
have twice wound up homeless in last 4 years (even now staying at a
friends as I was in a "jam"), suffer from toothaches as dentist are too
expensive (disability only covers a tiny portion of work I need, so it
will take another 8 years of waiting for them to cover all work, plus the
new cavities that may occur).
HIV donations, donate to the HIV/AIDS Network to help out a
good Aids cause! Donate using your credit card, secure, safe and private! HIV danations,
hiv donations and donate to AIDS support network helping others reach out to meet people
with HIV or AIDS, donate to help keep these sites running and online, without your help,
these sites will slowly disappear so please donate a little bit of money, spare change,
anything you can spare or afford, DaveyBoy does not want to be rich, but disability does
not pay him enough to properly manage and upgrade the web sites and the HIV/AIDS computer
servers and parts, you can donate old computer parts for future computers, donate money
for AIDS, donate cash for HIV/AIDS, support HIV and AIDS movement and prevention online
methods. Please sacrifice a tiny amount of money to help a really great AIDS cause, help
us help you and other HIV positive people which your donation will help by keeping the
chats and web pages up and running stable. DaveyBoy really needs a new web server as only
a old desktop computer is running the web and chat server right now, causing many reboots
as hardware is out dated and needs to be replaced with a professional stackable server or
2u rack mount server. Please donate some money to help better the HIV/AIDS Network
(instance of high-profile human generosity does exist) and it's online tools for HIV
positie peoples. Help us help you and help others help you by others helping out too,
donate some time, donate to AIDS with your creditcard online through secure https
webserver, make a donation click on PAYPAL, donate to HIV, donate HIV/AIDS. News on
HIV/AIDS related donations with your credit card. Your donations help HIV/AIDS patients
meet others in similar. All About Aids/HIV: Donations. ... Donations situations for advice
and mutual support 24 hours a day 7 days a week. I have written almost 100 HIV/AIDS
organizations and charities, but their funding is not enough to help out. Please make a
small donation using a secure server through Paypal to help us help HIV+ infected persons.
We are now accepting donations through PayPal! Donate to our work that helps so many
individuals every day, week, month and year! Donate online to help out AIDS/Hiv causes,
your help is needed to help us teach about safe sex, preventative measures, educate the
public on HIV and AIDS, Every dollar counts, We appreciate your donations of time and
money to assist in our on-going give access easily for resources needed in, donate to
information, discuss vehicle and used computer donations, advocacy and inspiration for
people living with HIV and AIDS. Many efforts to help people affected by HIV/AIDS AIDS and
HIV crisis, links to local AIDS organizations and charities that can help with AIDS
charity. Help my HIV/AIDS education and prevention efforts stay alive, keep my sites free
for those who need the free services, promote thse free POZ tools today (smallest
donations can make a difference)! How can I help Donations Donations Donations Please help
us get fundraising efforts, public donations, targeted and general grants in HIV/AIDS
research grants and sponsors, even advertisers are welcomed (HIV prevention or AIDS
related please, even stuff like condom sellors, drug reps, please donate your drud
databases! The fight against AIDS and HIV is far from over! Donations via Credit Card will
be processed by PayPal on behalf of the HIV/AIDS Network. Thank you for your support to
those who have given a little to help alot, sponsor us or donate to us, the choice is
yours, no pressure donating and we will not spam you for further donations. We offer free
online support for children, adults gay males, heterosexuals. Regular Donations. Donations
please click above (top of page) for a donations form, lesbians, transexuals,
transgengered and families living with HIV/AIDS so please donate to keep these sites
active and maintained, please offer small donations for AIDS and HIV online causes and
events. HIV/AIDS donations needed donations for HIV/AIDS websites, hiv donate, aids
donate, hiv/aids donate now please donations can make a difference. Help raise much needed
funds for HIV/AIDS sites, help us maintain the highest quality of life (online reaching
out) for people living with HIV/AIDS through your small contribution of a small cash
donation, HIV?AIDS donations, donate to us for AIDS HIV, donations accepted gratefully,
donations appreciated for our HIV-AIDS cause, please help us maintain our sites and
chatrooms, please support or sponsor us, monthly payments or a one time only amount can be
donated via credit card or paypal.
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