Jahanshah Javid

Can one pay anonymously?

Dear Mr Javid

Is there a method of payment  using which one can make an anonymous donation? 

Thanks JJ

With all sorts of fraud that's going on in cyber space, it is nice if you send an automatic confirmation to those who donated. We want to make sure you are not robbed off what good inetioned people have contributed.

I admire you for what you're doing and I think you are under-estimating the power of your site in the political arena.

Best of luck and thanks again. 

So this is it, my friends?

An initial burst of support from the usual suspects and then back to business as usual...? Where is everybody else?

Please, folks, try to understand that it is not fair for Jahanshah to be forever contributing to the quality of our lives and we not give a damn whether he has rent money or not. Please come through. And be prepared to keep coming through. Either we do this or we lose what we have in IC.

آقای جاويد

اين تارنمای شما خاصيت افيونی داره. چون ترک کردنش سخته. برای افراد ناواردی مثل ما لطف بفرماييد آدرسی يا صندوق پستی اعلام کنيد . ما هيچوقت اين مبادلات ارزی را روی خط ياد نگرفتيم. تازه اگر شما را پشتيبانی نکنيم اين همه هوادار و بلاگ نويس بلا تکليف ميشن. ... موفق باشيد. 

Be connected with each other

Dear Jahanshah

 I have a boarding school in Orlando, Florida. I have a lot of possibilities for the students, they can work here, live and study. I have eight acres land with irrigation and fence and a lot of cages for growing animals and pond for fish. I need motivated people to save this little Iran in Orlando. If we can be connected to each other and help the Iranians together; I can also support your Iranian.com as I am also Iranian Neda School...so both of us should come under an umberalla. I need students, partners and motivated people. Ghiassi

Let's Donate Right Now!

Let's donate right now! It's very easy.

PayPal worked well. Thanks.

PayPal worked well for contributions to Itanian.com.  Thanks.

To Monda

Thank you for your kind words about the best of Iranian.com project. What I did was to "edit" the archive from the beginning to 2006. Many of our present good writers were not around then.

I did break down the selection in themes, the great majority of which are not even yet published. It was such a lot of time and work to comb the archive and would have been so much more work presenting them in proper format that I ran out of steam. Especially since the project was not that well received.

I still believe in archives. IC has a really impressive one. But instead of appreciating what we've got -- and the work of people who try to revive it, though it necessarily involves some subjectivity -- we sling mud and shoot down people's efforts. Now, ain't that all too Iranian?!

JJ Jaan

Thanks for your honest response.

You are absolutely right in your explanation, and you have my support.

I am aware of united4iran.org and I will try to coordinate efforts with bigger organization that have the same purpose as our newly formed IIC group.

It is just that in many ways, despite all the noise that we make, I can see that we could be heading towards the same mistakes as our fathers, lives could be lost and the thought is absolutely killing me!

And I guess with my sensitivity every life that is lost that I could had saved just tears a part of my liver as we would say in persian.

I meant it when I said I apologize for cornering you.

For ever your friend,

Ramin.

Doubling the contribution would be this eStupid cash VISA!

Everything is sacred.

Potato, potatoe, anonymous, anonymouse :)

Dear mouse, now you see what you have done to the word. It is all your fault that I misspelled.  Mouse jan, please double whatever contribution you were planning to make since you have caused this mistake in me and possibly other people.

Aha! Good thing I caught you here, Maryam Baaji joon!

This is a good time for our literature savvy little rat to review the archives and bring some most excellent pieces to see the light of day, Again! One of which being Princess's Kabul Dairies.  Surely you've read those?!

I'd donate something extra for your reviews (plus for Erotica, as Setareh suggested).  I just cracked up again at a few of your "funniest" choices. Ok I have got to go to work Now!  Love you!

I agree with JJ

Advocacy and activism need their own infrastructure, if you will. Certainly any media outlet can accomplish more with raising consciousness than raising a few dollars.

But IC does even more than raise consciousness. It creates a community of producers and consumers of information. It is one of the very few sites -- believe it or not -- that does that in a truly independent way. It is the future of mass media, that's for sure. The problem is that it is suffering because the monetization of user-generated media has not yet been worked out. Or to be precise, the monetization of user-generated media has not been worked out as far as its benefit to the producers and curators of content is concerned. Everyone else is benefiting from the content -- communication companies, service providers, corporate media, and even the consumers of free content!

I hope JJ -- and IC -- survive until content producers and curators figure out a wayy to get a slice of the pie.

Anahid jaan I don't know why people want to be me.

The estupid cash VISA didn't even work!  I just wasted $5 down the drain!  JJJ in che vaziyeh?!

I'll try this estupid card later or tomorrow, if it still didn't work, dog ate it, I'll just use my regular paypal account.

So much for paying for anonymity! 

Everything is sacred.

LOL, Jahanshah, I love you

...iranian.com makes a lot of noise about politics and we certainly express lots of colorful views, but it would be over optimistic to think that I or a large group on iranian.com can muster a mass movement to help the innocent in Iran or gather large amounts of money for a great cause.....

So true!

Let not take ourselves too seriously! As J says we are just " a lot of noise"...nothing more.Take it easy baba :)

Knowing my limits

Dear Ramin, I completely understand your frustration. I did not follow up on your idea about setting up a "mohareb" PayPal account because I know my own limits and that of iranian.com.

This site is not the type of political vehicle that would be able to inspire a large number of people to take this sort of action. iranian.com makes a lot of noise about politics and we certainly express lots of colorful views, but it would be over optimistic to think that I or a large group on iranian.com can muster a mass movement to help the innocent in Iran or gather large amounts of money for a great cause.

For instance, putting large ads on iranian.com to collect money for a worthy political cause would not generate more than a few hundred dollars. I know that because I know the vast majority of iranian.com visitors only come to read a few blogs, watch a few interesting videos and maybe leave a comment or two.

What I can do -- and what iranian.com often does -- is to raise awareness about issues by highlighting events in Iran and discussing them. Anything beyond that would be the responsibility of advocacy groups whose mission is to do exactly what you are seeking. For instance see united4iran.org. They have built a very effective organization based on hundreds of volunteers in order to get meaningful political results.

So if I don't show enthusiasm for direct involvement in big causes, it's because I know my strengths and limitations. I would rather do something I know I am good at: publishing.

Love you lots and hope to see you in London again soon :)

I agree with Sima too

Thanks JJ for being open with us. 

Thank you for iranian.com; I will gladly donate

Just the way it is, without the interference or "taint." I know it must be difficult, but we are all so grateful. I will gladly donate! This is a great community, even when it is dysfunctional. We all enjoy this site a lot, so we should give back if we are able to. You have brought us together. Thank you for never giving up or leaving this site.

Souri jan, by no means I meant you

Dear Souri, By no means I meant you.  As I mentioned I had not read all comments so if you also asked for being anonymouse, I had not even read it.  Any way you have your picture on the site and that is not being anonymouse.  Also when you discuss politics, you don't write as if you are the bravest and most Iranian of all.  In any case, what is important for this thread is the IC readers and writers, anonymouse or not, should contribute to IC.

Homage to Iranian.com

Here is a humble contribution to why Iranian.com is so important to us all. Do especially read the part about community and citizenship.

"Being Iranian.com":

 //iranian.com/main/2007/being-iranian-com

Agreed, Sima jan!

A monthly draft is also a very good option! That works well for me.

Anahid jan: mine is only a technical matter, nothing to do with staying anonymous. I have never been anonymous.....sure not for JJ :)

About time

Let me dig into the penny jar! Aha - there is a dime in here, I shall send your way.

If I were to pay a dime for every time I read something on this site of yours and laughed, cried, wondered, learnt, got mad, got sad, got happy and felt really good, you'd be a millionaire.  If I were to pay you a penny for every word you gave me courage to put to paper - well - then you'd be a billionaire.

So for all that you do and are - thank you. 

You don't need no government money guv'nor. You've got US!  

I contributed. what is this concern about being anonymous

Dear IC friends, I have not read alll the comments in this thread but it appears some are concerned about being anonymous.  I don't get it.  What is the big deal if someone gives $100.0 to Iranian.com so they can read Farsi stories and poems or whatever.  Please let me know what the big deal is about being anonymous. 

The interesting point is that people who want to be anonymous, they talk so big always and act in certain way that you assume that they have a back bone but then you see that they are afraid of even this.  Am i missing something?  Our hamvatans in Iran are willing to die for freedom and here we are so tarso that not only most of us don't use our real names to write articles but now we even want to be anonymous when we contribute to IC. 

Monthly automatic deducation from credit cards please!

JJ jan you are a wonderful and rare inidividual and I am very thankful to you and Iranian.com. I would love to see the community you have created recognize your efforts and indeed sacrifices.

Either we support independent media/publishers or we shut up and baa baa behind Murdoch and friends.

I will make a donation right now but it would be great if you give us an option to make automatic monthly contributions via credit card. I know I can make more contributions that way.

And I truly appreciate your resisting government/foundation grants. I have experience with "independent" grant-making insitutions but I will shut my mouth to not sound like a manfi-baaf...

Iranian.com deserves millions

Iranian.com is the best website that allows virtual (and at times physical) social gatherings, political view-sharing, news and entertainment and much more. I just wish that I could donate what I think this site is worth: millions.

Thanks Jahanshah for all your hard work and I hope that those who can help, understand the importance of their financial support and show their generosity.

How about a P.O.Box

or a mailing address - I want to send in a money order.     Many people do not wish to be identified - yet want to help.  

As you know JJ

I still haven't been able to repay the money that you loaned me last year to buy my 7 series BMW...however, I did try to make a donation and my credit card was declined, so I may have to use Jaleho's American Express, a copy of which I always maintain in my wallet for emergencies.

Seriously, thanks for the hard work.  Samsam's suggestion of prepaid credit cards for anonymity is excellent.  I will certainly use one to make a [small] contribution.  Nothing that will pay for anything important, but just to show my support (times are tough these days).  :-)

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Thank you for setting up Paypal so quickly, it worked perfectly! Everything got thru smoothly in less than 2 minutes! I hope you leave the donation button there, when we hear the "calling", we will donate again and again! I prefer paperless, stampless, and addressless donations. I agree with Benross:

It is so true. But I'm delightful that JJ mentioned that. Not because he is guilty of anything, but it is very important to acknowledge a sense of guilt... by all of us. This is a collective guilt we are dealing with which should be resolved collectively.

Sorry to hear you were more than $500 in the red last month.....hopefully you will never be in the red again.

Thank you so much for IC, it has news, videos, music, blogs, pictures, poems, and articles, very cool!!! It is like one-stop shopping!

Thank you and God bless you! 

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If we want to send a check, what's your address? Check is the best way for me. Any idea?

Natalie cash paid VISA, MC cards = mailed donations

Someone mentioned earlier, you can pay cash and buy the VISA, MC cards and pay a charge.  I think on a $100 (One Hundred Billion Dollars ;-) there is a $6 charge and less for $25 or $50.  Money order is about $1 charge plus $0.42 stamp.  So dog ate the money, pay few dollars more, donate online and make JJJ happy!

Although, it'd be nice to have a mailing address.  Why limit the way people can donate.

PS JJJ I think this is the first time I've seen you write in Farsi.  Hope to see more of it, sometimes you just can't tell it in English like it is! 

PPS JJJ maybe next step for i.com would be a satellite or internet TV.  You can put a webcam on you and we can watch you sit on your couch and work on i.com and every now and then have a variety show or interview or something!

Everything is sacred.