HOLLINGER’S DNA GENERAL FUND

OCT 2004

Several Surname Projects have different sources of

funding to help pay for some of their members' tests. In that regard, many

times we have received requests from Group administrators to set up a Fund

for their projects. The new link in your GAP - General Fund - is an area

that will keep track of incoming funds, the balance in the account and to

which kits the funds were applied. Family Tree DNA will enter the

information for tracking purposes as soon as funds are received or

disbursed. Funds can be sent by check, credit card or Paypal (in which

case it needs to be sent to info@familytreedna.com), and identified as

"For the XYZ Project General Fund".

 

We would also like to bring to your attention that we have launched

www.Mitosearch.org, the first worldwide mtDNA public database, and in

conjuction with the launch of Mitosearch we are offering - during the

month of October - mtDNA tests and its bundles at reduced prices. More

information about it can be found at

http://www.ftdna.com/mtDNA_promo.asp.

 

As always, thank you for your continued support.

 

 

E-mail me any time!

 

 

Max Blankfeld

Vice-President, Operations and Marketing

http://www.FamilyTreeDNA.com

"History Unearthed Daily"

max@familytreedna.com

713-868-1438

 

 

OCT 10, 2004

To Hollinger group manager,

 

Many of you have contacted me requesting more details about the Surname

Project General Fund. Here it is: The General Fund was created as a tool

to be administered by Family Tree DNA, so that it is not a burden to the

Group Administrator:

a) Family Tree DNA collects/disburses the money and keeps a log under the

General Fund link in the GAP

b) The Group Administrator tells FTDNA to which kit we should apply funds.

c) We have created a self-explanatory page to be used by those who want to

make a contribution to their family DNA project:

www.familytreedna.com/contribution.html  (You will also find a link to

this page under the General Fund at your GAP).

 

You are welcome to send the above link by e-mail to potential

contributors, as well as publish it in your website. In addition to that,

if you have a public web page for your project at Family Tree DNA, we are

including in the setup page a box where you can choose to have that

"General Fund" mentioned in the blue bar, on the left side of the page.

 

-- Matching Gift from Family Tree DNA: in conjunction with the launch of

the General Fund, Family Tree DNA will match dollar per dollar the

contributions to Surname Projects during the month of October, up to a

total of $200. There are 3 conditions for the use of FTDNA's matching

dollars:

 

a) no more than $25 that has come from FTDNA can be used per test,

b) FTDNA matching gift can be used only for new kits,

c) FTDNA contributions from the matching gift need to be used before the

end of this year, as they will expire on 12/31/04, whether used or not.

 

If all Surname Projects took advantage of this matching gift, Family Tree

DNA will be committing a total of over $250,000 to new tests!

 

Finally, a couple of reminders:

a) We will stop accepting registrations for the conference after October

11. We already have over 160 participants!

 

b) While the intention is not to push it, we don't want to be blamed that

people did not know about our October mtDNA promotion in conjunction with

the launching of the Mitosearch.org website. Therefore, in response to

several e-mails, yes, you are welcome to inform your members about it and

give them the link:

http://www.ftdna.com/mtdna_promo.asp . Note that the promotion is also

extended to mtDNA "add-ons" for those who have already tested their Y-DNA.

 

As always, we thank you for your continued support.

 

Max Blankfeld

Vice-President, Operations and Marketing http://www.FamilyTreeDNA.com

"History Unearthed Daily"

max@familytreedna.com

NOV 2004

Matching gift and more: after the launch of the General Fund, many of

you e-mailed me and asked if it would be possible for contributions to be

made in memory, or in honor of a specific person. Others asked if the

entire General Fund could be named in memory of a specific person. Our

answer is yes to both alternatives. We are adding a field in the ordering

page in case you want to honor a specific person with your donation. And,

in case you want your entire General Fund to be named after someone,

please let me know, and I will create a specific Contribution page that

will have the person's name. In conjuction with that, we are continuing

our matching gift offer until the end of