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Equity crowd funding is on the horizon. It's already being done in Germany and should be available in the next year. Basically it's kickstarter, but you get to be one of the investors.

I'd like to propose that we get started in advance of availability of the equity crowd funding sites and run a fundraiser for $10,000 to be spent on as many as 100 startups (so long as investment sizes allow $100 stakes). The fundraiser would be an annual event.

LongeCity would then place the money raised into a savings account with a credit union until such time as the crowd sourcing platforms present a good investment opportunity that would further LC's goals or simply offer a great investment opportunity.

This endeavor would allow LC to build an investment based income that would enable members to get more involved and support a greater number of projects and may eventually lead to part and full time staff positions.

This initiative also represents another opportunity to expand the membership base of LC.

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Private Posting:

I was thinking it would be an added bonus for members to have the option of private posting. Private posting would allow forum members to ask the community about sensitive topics without giving away their identity. As many members here meet other members on other social networking venues, this would be a great benefit and allow members more opportunities to share their lives and live with less social inhibition.

Special Gifts/Thank You Items:

Give members emoticon sized pictures of community relevant things such as "500g Bottle of Piracetam" or "50ml Bottle of C60" or "Daily Vitamins." Each member would receive one item randomly upon signup and keep the item for as long as they are a member. The items would show up under the members name on their forum posts and members could gift them to other members.

The special forum items would also be emoticons that could be sponsored by orgnizations. For instance, the bottle of Piracetam could be sponsored by "Some Nootropic Supplier" so when it is moused over, the identity of the emoticon would be shown along with "Sponsored by Nootropics Supplier" or "Available for sponsorship."

Most forum apps have a feature that adds extra fields to member profiles, so as long as the field can support and emoticon, it's just a matter of adding the emoticons to the pool and creating them.