Hi Jeffrey and fellow VGT participants,

I have been thinking about the question you, Jeffrey, posed.

1) We need to greatly increase the number of VGT participants if it is to have significant impact and to be worth spending time and
effort on sustaining. What exposure in media has actually been
achieved? Is this low number a sign of lack of publicity or of basic stinginess of many drivers?

2) I checked with the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund, where I
established my own modest tax exempt charitable fund some years ago. A VGT tax exempt fund could easily be established there with no
annual fee, but it would require $10,000 to open the account and deposits are supposed to be a minimum of $1,000. Neither of these items are insurmountable. We might be able to negotiate a lower
threshold and find donors to get it started. And Fidelity said they do not in fact reject smaller checks from being deposited in a gift fund. So it is not ideal, but possible.

3) Maybe the Union of Concerned Scientists would be willing to host VGT as one of their own programs. This would also give VGT broader exposure as they could publicize VGT through their magazine. Either all proceeds could go to them or they might agree to distribute
percentages to different organizations (including themselves). I would be willing to try to work this out with them if you'all opt for this. I think this could be a good option as it addresses the issue of expanding the number of VGT participants as well.

Those are my thoughts for now,

Alan
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