Supporting the Brights
The Brights' Net is a nonprofit educational organization which depends on volunteers. Would you like to contribute your time, energy, and expertise? We invite you to check out the opportunities available to join the action. volunteers
There are several pathways to financially help with the work of The Brights' Net.
Make your purchases at Amazon.com, including Books by Brights. When you purchase books (or anything else) at Amazon Brights the Brights receive over 6% of the price -- without any additional charge to you.
You can respond with a donation during the the Brights' Equinox fund drives held twice a year - March and September). You can use the PayPal link to contribute directly at any time during the year, or donate by checks. equinox fund drive
Purchase Brights' merchandise at CafePress (T-shirts, bumper stickers, and much more.)
Purchase Brights lapel pins: Information is located slightly down the page at: Brights' Lapel Pin
Purchase the Brights' calendar (2007) at the bottom of the page at: Brights' Calendar
We appreciate your financial support and pledge to use it wisely!
Please pitch in!
Volunteer! Get Involved!
We welcome your involvement as a volunteer!
The Brights' Net is pursuing a large experiment in diffusing responsibility and seeking to accomplish substantive work of this movement by means of the Internet and volunteers. One attempt to maximize constituent participation in an organized fashion with low overhead involves "task teams." With these teams, the labor and expenses connected to some defined projects become the responsibility of a team of volunteers and do not cost a lot to implement.
Identify Yourself: There are a variety of supporting materials to help you spread the word regarding The Brights’ Net, including: banners for your web site, Brights’ wallet cards, mini-fliers, and professional-level, camera-ready logo art. Logos, Icons, & Banner Downloads
Task Teams: One highly successful project was the design and production of a Brights' Forum, in which volunteers from different nations collaborated to launch a communication capability for Brights. A current project involves translation of essentials of this Web site into French, which will serve as a pilot for further language translations. The significant upgrade of this site from its original form involved a team of Brights who had Web development expertise. We hope eventually to engage a similar team in an endeavor to infuse the site with various decision tools for Brights to move into an action arena. This last project is an example of a project that requires financial support to implement.
Join a Task Team! Be a Task Team Leader! Please watch the periodic Brights' Bulletins for opportunities to use your talents in this movement.
Brights Local Constituency (BLC): A number of Brights have requested e-mails of other Brights in order to gather together some sort of "local constituency". [Example of the concept: Juan in Brazil wants to meet other Brights in or nearby San Paolo. The Net could send out an e-mailing to the San Paolo Brights to say that, if a person wants to gather locally, then to directly contact Juan, who has volunteered his e-mail.] There currently are around 20 BLCs in a variety of nations.
Click here to look for a BLC in your area.
Click here for information on starting a BLC in your area.
Financial Support!
Amazon Books (and Merchandise)
When you purchase books and other sundry products via this website, you help the Brights' endeavor. Amazon returns over a 6% commission to The Brights' Net on each purchase, and there is no additional cost to you. You must purchase through this Web site for the Brights to received credit.
If you are in North America use the Amazon search box above.
If you are in the U.K. use the Amazon search box below.
Cafe Press
Maybe a Brights' mug or a button will appeal to you? Or perhaps a mousepad or Teddy Bear? What about some postage stamps? We are pleased to say that the Brights' Shop at CafePress is open and it carries an array of items adorned with official Brights' graphics and authorized sayings. There's a diversity of apparel (e.g., hats, shirts) and even a few household items (coasters, plaques). Start a conversation when your neighbor notices that your dog is decked out in a Brights' T!
Go to the Brights' Shop (at Cafe Press)
Equinox Fund Drive
The Brights movement is sustained by The Bright' Net, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, and all donations to the endeavor are U.S. federal tax exempt to the limits of tax regulations. Feel free to review the Documentation of the Brights' Net tax exempt status and other general background information.
Using the USA National Public Radio model, there is a fund raising effort at each equinox. Insufficient funding will result in insufficient resources to provide efficient services to our Brights in five figures and spread across the globe (now in 138 nations).
Donate Now
Of course you don't need to wait until the equinox to contribute to The Brights' Net. PayPal is ready to process your donation into the Brights' account, ready for immediate action. We have found PayPal to be convenient and safe. No Bright has reported having a problem using the PayPal system.
Donate to The Brights' Net via PayPal
Financial Support — Things to Consider
International: If you are sending support in Canadian Dollars, Euros, Pounds Sterling, or Yen, the best pathway is to use PayPal and VISA/MasterCard/American Express/Discover. PayPal will automatically and securely convert your currency into U.S. Dollars at the current exchange rate and place it directly into the Brights' Net account. Costly bank charges for currency conversion work against acceptance of checks in currencies other than U.S. Dollars.
U.S.: Amounts under $100 are conveniently sent using either a check or the PayPal method. If you are sending $100 or more in U.S. Dollars, however, it makes financial sense to send a check, because PayPal transaction costs are approximately 2%. Due to high bank charges for currency conversion, the Brights' Net can accept checks only in U.S. Dollars.
Mail checks to: The Brights' Net, 163418 Fort Sutter Station, Sacramento, CA 95816 (please include your email address with the check).
All donations will receive a statement via email acknowledging your donation and the fact that it is tax deductible to the extent of law for U.S. federal tax and California state tax purposes.