Ron Paul Blimp Email

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RonPaulBlimp.com

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A blimp? A blimp!

Posted: 02 Dec 2007 06:32 PM CST
http://ronpaulblimp50.wordpress.com/2007/12/03/a-blimp-a-blimp/




Lets make the dream of the blimp a reality.

We NEED your sponsorship now!

The Ron Paul Blimp has captured our imaginations and gone viral in the blogosphere now lets take it to the skies! The inaugural launch will be at Elizabeth City, North Carolina on December 10th, 2007. Blimp graphics are being printed at this very moment, soon they will be soaring across America. Please make this dream a reality by going to http://www.RonPaulBlimp.com and sponsoring the Ron Paul Blimp Tour now.

We will not be forming a PAC (Political Action Committee) as discussed originally. Under a PAC donation contributions to the blimp would count towards the official campaign. For example, if a person contributed $100 towards the PAC then they would only be able to contribute $2,200 to the official campaign. Forming a PAC would also be a FEC legal nightmare due to regulations and restrictions. Click here for more information.

We created a plan that allows all of you to buy as much blimp as you want without having it count towards your current campaign contributions. Former chairman of the FEC, Brad Smith, one of the top U.S. election lawyers, has reviewed this plan. This updated legal arrangement offers the best of both worlds, no limits and virtually no regulations.

Think of the blimp as a giant floating billboard in the sky. You get to sponsor the message on that flying billboard in time slots. When your time is up the next sponsor in line gets to buy the message again.

Purchases of $5,000 or more come with 3 days of blimp flight time. You are welcome and encouraged to offer up any part of this time to the main stream media and/or local press to maximize the coverage of your paid message.

Get the Ron Paul Blimp to the Boston Tea Party by December 16th, 2007. Send the Ron Paul message to millions of people, NOW! Make your sponsorship at RonPaulBlimp.com.


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[alexpasch]

Nice to see the purchases of 5k come with 3 days blimp time.

What I want to see is a budget though...

 

[alexpasch]

nevermind...they have one...yay!

http://www.ronpaulblimp.com/Transparency.php

 

[hillertexas]

Trevor/Elijah to be paid $50,000/year each?

Staff

To get your message across with as much media attention as possible we need staff to alert the media in a coordinated fashion. To make sure the rallies are well organized.

Trevor Lyman - The man who made the This November 5th money bomb happen and had orginal concept for a Ron Paul Blimp in mid-June. Trevor will conduct most interviews with the press.
$900 week
Elijah Lynn - Individual who got momentum for this project going and made arrangements with fellow Ron Paul supporter.
$900 week
Jerry Collette - Paralegal and Manager
$1,000
Videographer 1 - Videographer 1 will be in the blimp filming the passengers or in other aircraft taping the blimp with the passengers in it. When not in the air they will also be taping another perspective.
$750 week
Videographer 2 - Videographer 2 will be on the ground filming all of the rallies and the aerial displays.
$750 week
Bryce - Company Media Coordinator
$1,000 week
Joe Amidon - Assistant Manager
$1,000
Joel Lemieux - On Location Media Coordinator
Voumteer - Expenses paid
Katherine
Volunteer - Fill Time - No expenses

Outside Legal

Brad Smith - Former FEC chairman and one of the leading election lawyers in the country.

$10,000 retainer
$500 hour
Jim Fosbinder - Our first amendment attorney who will fight for our right to fly in restricted airspace. Whether we win or lose we will be making the headlines and getting major media attention.
$100 hour
Room and Board for those of us who will travel with the blimp to make sure we get as much mainstream media attention as possible. We need individuals with the blimp at all times to coordinate the rides and attract even more attention. We plan on having rallies with as much as 10,000 people.
Up to $100 per person per day

 

[steph3n]

I'd recommend clicking the link given as it has links to the new transparency page

 

[OptionsTrader]

If they start a pinksheets company, and sell stock BLMP.PK, I think I may throw up a little.

 

[rrroae]

Well they did what we asked and I for one couldn't be more pleased with what I see.
The numbers look very reasonable and no one can question expenditures now.

 

[Ilhaguru]

Blimp will help inspire curiosity more than simple ads can

Nice, I hope to see donations grow substantially.


From Goodyearblimp.com:

"

What does Goodyear get in return for such an investment in the blimps?

The end result is corporate-name recognition and goodwill. Independent research has demonstrated that people are excited by seeing the blimp and are able to remember exactly when and where they saw it. Over sixty million Americans get a first-hand look at the three U.S. blimps every year, and millions more see the airships in South America and throughout the world via global network connections. The Goodyear blimps may be the best-known corporation symbol in the United States.

"
http://www.goodyearblimp.com/faqs/faqs_business.html

 

[KewlRonduderules]

I think this sounds pretty fair.

 

[McDermit]

Haha. their salaries just increased by $100/week.

Staff

To get your message across with as much media attention as possible we need staff to alert the media in a coordinated fashion. To make sure the rallies are well organized.


Trevor Lyman - The man who made the This November 5th money bomb happen and had orginal concept for a Ron Paul Blimp in mid-June. Trevor will conduct most interviews with the press.

$1,000/week

Elijah Lynn - Individual who got momentum for this project going and made arrangements with fellow Ron Paul supporter.

$1,000/week
Jerry Collette - Paralegal and Manager
$1,000/week
Videographer 1 - Videographer 1 will be in the blimp filming the passengers or in other aircraft taping the blimp with the passengers in it. When not in the air they will also be taping another perspective.

$1,000/week

Videographer 2 - Videographer 2 will be on the ground filming all of the rallies and the aerial displays.

$1,000/week
Bryce Henderson- Company Media Coordinator
$1,000/week

Joe Amidon - Assistant Manager
$1,000/week
Joel Lemieux - On Location Media Coordinator
Volunteer - Expenses paid

Katherine
Volunteer - Fill Time - No expenses

 

[llamabread]

nevermind...they have one...yay!

http://www.ronpaulblimp.com/Transparency.php

Where is the link to that on the actual site? I have been looking for ten minutes and can't find it! :o

 

[McDermit]

Videographers just got a $250/wk raise too.

 

[synthetic]

If they start a pinksheets company, and sell stock BLMP.PK, I think I may throw up a little.

Don't give them any ideas. They're probably changing the LLC to a corporation so they can launch an IPO now.

 

[hillertexas]

Haha. their salaries just increased by $100/week.

Staff

To get your message across with as much media attention as possible we need staff to alert the media in a coordinated fashion. To make sure the rallies are well organized.


Trevor Lyman - The man who made the This November 5th money bomb happen and had orginal concept for a Ron Paul Blimp in mid-June. Trevor will conduct most interviews with the press.

$1,000/week

Elijah Lynn - Individual who got momentum for this project going and made arrangements with fellow Ron Paul supporter.

$1,000/week
Jerry Collette - Paralegal and Manager
$1,000/week
Videographer 1 - Videographer 1 will be in the blimp filming the passengers or in other aircraft taping the blimp with the passengers in it. When not in the air they will also be taping another perspective.

$1,000/week

Videographer 2 - Videographer 2 will be on the ground filming all of the rallies and the aerial displays.

$1,000/week
Bryce Henderson- Company Media Coordinator
$1,000/week

Joe Amidon - Assistant Manager
$1,000/week
Joel Lemieux - On Location Media Coordinator
Volunteer - Expenses paid

Katherine
Volunteer - Fill Time - No expenses

LOL...so they did. So they did.

 

[hillertexas]

Where is the link to that on the actual site? I have been looking for ten minutes and can't find it! :o

home---->click here for more information--->disclosure page

 

[Mental Dribble]

What exactly are we paying for?
Disclosure/Transparency Page

You are paying for your message to be blasted across the airwaves, for it to be talked about by everyone. As part of your sponsorship we are including the following in the overall total cost. Our goal is to create the largest impact possible on local, national and global media. In order to do this we need to have people who are accountable for certain aspects and we need volunteers to help along the way


Skyship 600 monthly lease (normally a 6 month minimum is required but Airship Management Services gave us a break!)
$350,000

Skyship 600 Decals - Originally a banner was included but banner material was out of stock

$25,000 (normally $50,000-$100,000 but Airship Management Services gave us a discount)
Press Kits - We want to make a memorable impact on the press and give them something to remember their blimp ride, therefore we will be giving them a press kit consisting of.

Mylar Blimp Balloon, "Ron Paul Airforce" hat, "Ron Paul Airforce" T-shirt
$25
"Ron Paul Airforce Official crew" fleece jackets for the Blimp crew x 35 jackets
$30 each x $35 = Approx. $1,050

Streaming video cameras and 3G EVDO to WiFi wireless internet to stream the video. This journey should be available to everyone who wants to see it so we are goint to attempt to bridge some wireless internet cards and provide a quality signal to upload streaming video to the website.
Wirless internet device and installation
Possibly being donated by OC2 Secure Wireless
Otherwise up to $5,000 for a connection made up of bridged wireless cards.

High Quality WiFi Cameras
$1,000 each

GPS tracking system to track the current location of the blimp.
$50 month

Dedicated Web server
This server will host the website and stream the video from the onboard cameras LIVE!

It will also provide a map with realtime gps coordinates of the blimp
$150 month
Videographer equipment
HD Tape
$200-$1000 month

Airfare to fly lawyers in and out and other individuals who are key to making this work, as well as back home for holidays or family emergency's.
To be determined

Food for staff and volunteers who come along to help
To be determined by number of volunteers

Room and Board for those of us who will travel with the blimp to make sure we get as much mainstream media attention as possible. We need individuals with the blimp at all times to coordinate the rides and attract even more attention. We plan on having rallies with as much as 10,000 people. We will often be bunking on cots in the hangers at air fields where the blimp will be based along the tour. We have no plans for expensive hotels.
Cost To be determined - we do not yet know how much it will cost to rent the airpot hangers out
Staff

To get your message across with as much media attention as possible we need staff to alert the media in a coordinated fashion. To make sure the rallies are well organized.


Trevor Lyman - The man who made the This November 5th money bomb happen and had orginal concept for a Ron Paul Blimp in mid-June. Trevor will conduct most interviews with the press.

$1,000/week

Elijah Lynn - Individual who got momentum for this project going and made arrangements with fellow Ron Paul supporter.

$1,000/week
Jerry Collette - Paralegal and Manager
$1,000/week
Videographer 1 - Videographer 1 will be in the blimp filming the passengers or in other aircraft taping the blimp with the passengers in it. When not in the air they will also be taping another perspective.

$1,000/week

Videographer 2 - Videographer 2 will be on the ground filming all of the rallies and the aerial displays.

$1,000/week
Bryce Henderson- Company Media Coordinator
$1,000/week

Joe Amidon - Assistant Manager
$1,000/week
Joel Lemieux - On Location Media Coordinator
Volunteer - Expenses paid

Katherine
Volunteer - Fill Time - No expenses

Outside Legal
Brad Smith - Former FEC chairman and one of the leading election lawyers in the country.

$10,000 retainer
$500 hour
Jim Fosbinder - Our first amendment attorney who will fight for our right to fly in restricted airspace. Whether we win or lose we will be making the headlines and getting major media attention.

$100 hour

 

[rrroae]

Videographers just got a $250/wk raise too.

I see that Elijah and Trevor just got a $100 a week raise as well.

You'd think they would have double checked their numbers before posting .

 

[fletcher]

LOL. Everyone gets paid $50,000 a year. The blimp is a moneymaking scam.

 

[McDermit]

Jokes are supposed to be funny. This one isn't.

 

[Jagwarr]

I sent an email explaining that I will not be donating and to remove me thier email list. There are people up in NH right now giving thier time for free and these guys want $1K per week? I'm not going to be sheeped.