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What exactly are we paying for?

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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 going to attempt to bridge some wireless internet cards and provide a quality signal to upload streaming video to the website.
    • Wireless 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 airport 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 - Trevor had original concept for this idea and will conduct most interviews with the press.
    • $500/week
  • Elijah Lynn - Individual who got momentum for this project going and made arrangements with fellow Ron Paul supporter. WIll help manage project and coordinate everything.
    • $500/week
  • Dan Hornal - "Blimpographer" 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.
    • $500/week
  • Bryce Henderson- Company Media Coordinator
    • $500/week
  • Katherine Memole - Project Manager, Customer Relations
    • Volunteer - Full Time - No expenses
  • Tony Kruse - Webmaster/Web Developer
    • $500/week

Outside Legal

  • Brad Smith - Former FEC chairman and one of the leading election lawyers in the country.
    • Brad Smith has asked us to remove his fee amounts from the Internet. We will, of course, make those number available to the audit committee. Our manager, Jerry Collette, http://www.inspirationparalegal.com/legal_services_management.html manages attorneys for a living. He assures us that Brad Smith is worth every dime he costs us and is looking forward to giving him much more work on our behalf.
  • 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

Audit Committee

We invite grassroots supporters of Ron Paul who wish to assure the financial integrity of the Ron Paul Blimp project to form into committees. We will give the committee with the largest number of CPA's unlimited access to all our records.

 
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