Quote Originally Posted by jmizereck View Post
OakLeaf, [B]this is not a not-for-profit initiative. This is a I intend to help porgrams that help cyclists who have been injured and the families of cyclists who have been killed. I am putting together a team of talented folks to help me develop and implement a comprehensive campaign that will include a variety of media. This work is too important to wait on having a team in place so I started without them. ....In addition to wanting to save lives this campaign is my attempt to save that joy, for myself and others.
Hi Joe,
I'm sorry to sound negative, but there things here that give me pause for thought.
First, you are selling T-shirts for $65 each.
Then you say that yours is a "not-for-profit initiative" (?), but continue to state that yours is "business and the profits will be used to help accomplish the goals being set... in addition to the goal of placing the message on the backs of 1,000,000 cyclits worldwide.....".
Your business, Joseph B. Mizereck & Associates, Inc., is actually not a non-profit organization, is it? In other words, it's your private business that can pretty much do whatever it decides to with its profits, good intentions or not.
You make it sound like this is a legal non-profit organization, yet there are no references or specific information as to how your business profits will actually be used (and aside from informing us that your credit card is maxed out). Just somewhat vague statements about your 'intention' to help cyclists in the future. You don't even list a location or address for your business.
I see no guarantees in place that would ensure that all this t-shirt money actually goes anywhere except to sell more t-shirts.

Your goals may indeed be completely noble and honorable. But I see no non-profit 'campaign' here to change laws. What I see is someone who wants to 'spread the word and save lives' simply by selling a lot of shirts (at a profit).
If I am wrong, please show us some specific information confirming exactly what your non-profit organization status is, and what it is doing with its funds. That's the way things are usually done. Otherwise this is all just a commercial to sell stuff.
Thanks