[ExI] $25,000 Matching Grant Fund Drive

[Samantha Atkins]

On Dec 18, 2007, at 4:43 PM, James Clement wrote:

> Dear Extropians;
>
> I know many of you are already members of the WTA and some of you have
> already made a contribution to the new $25,000 Matching Grant Fund  
> Drive
> we've initiated, but for those who haven't yet joined, now's the  
> time to do
> so and to help our organization really grow!
>
> Bill Faloon of Life Extension Foundation and Brian Cartmell of  
> Cartmell
> Holdings, LLC, have generously offered to help us kick off our first
> fundraising event by matching your donations up to $25,000 until  
> January 31,
> 2008.
>
> We need 250 members to give $100 each, so your donations can be  
> doubled.
> This is a unique opportunity we cannot afford to miss!
>
> This money will fund three projects necessary for the WTA's survival  
> against
> a well-funded, organized, and vocal opposition. We intend to spread  
> our
> memes through:
>

What well funded opposition is that, the so-called "bio-ethicists" and  
their ilk?   When WTA stops preaching socialism as the one true way  
toward an ethical transhumanist future I may donate.   Have there been  
developments in that direction?

- samantha