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Based upon multiple factors, Vattelevision, LLC, the parent company of The Birther Summit, has postponed, indefinitely, its planned event in Washington, DC.
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Also in July, an extensive analysis was done to determine what it would take, financially and logistically, for an event like this to have any chance at success; and, the overall capital required was estimated to be in the neighborhood of $800,000. Of course, that figure included all the expenses related to bringing in and putting up the participating leaders of the movement for the first-day working conference, producing a large rally the next day (at least 15,000 attendees), and also marketing the event to the general public.
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We decided on a partial funding of the event through a registration fee, which would result in many of the event's costs being covered by several people pitching in small amounts financially. While there have been relatively few donations and registrations, we underwrote the expenses of market research, telemarketing, and presentations to targeted individuals to enlist their aid. So far, we have expended far more financial resources in those efforts than we have taken in. The present apparent support does not match the resources necessary to try to hold the event at this time.
Additionally, we have observed other calls for mass gatherings and demonstrations, and have had to accept the fact that, barring some major event occurring, levels of apathy about issues such as ours seem nearly impossible to overcome. It is far easier to air one's complaints via computer keyboard than it is to leave the comfort of one's home and actually make a physical effort. Past participation in such calls for mass gatherings have been highly embarrassing, and that is certainly not an indictment of the individuals who planned them. Our nation is likely on a crash-course toward extinction simply because of the apathy of our citizenry toward doing anything beyond “talking tough” on the Internet.
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