A Modest Proposal

[Cizzerhand]

Greetings All,

I hereby propose the creation of a not-for-profit Poker Players Trust whose members, should anyone besides myself decide this a worthy of pursuit, distribute the poker profits derived from one pre-selected hour-long session per month to a list of acceptable charities.

I have particular interest in helping children’s charities, including those listed below, although am not adverse to any effort to assist other equally deserving constituencies.

Newborns in Need
Share our Strength
SOS Children’s Villages
Reach Out and Read
Youth Law Center
I Have a Dream Foundation
Doctors of the World
Project Linus
Parents as Teachers
National Children’s Home (UK)
Autism Society of America
Blind Children’s Fund
Books for the Barrios
Camp Heartland Project
CASA (Court Appointed Advocates for Abused Children
Children Awaiting Parents

There are others of course, and I certainly have not analyzed the above enough to determine their suitability. Ultimately, the decisions as to which efforts would receive Trust-donated funds would be through Trust member consensus.

I have been playing for a few years now and although I am not a big hitter, I do relatively well at my regular hangout (2/4 Party) on a part time basis. My day job is intense and doesn’t leave large block of time for poker but I do manage roughly 5K hands per month. If my hour went according to my established average, I am looking at a $38.40 contribution.

I haven’t been involved in any charitable efforts since my NY days on the Charitable Contributions Committee at a previous employer and thought that this would be a great idea; honestly, who among us can’t donate a couple hundred hands to a worthy cause once a month?

If anyone is interested in pursuing this concept, please feel free to say so here and/or PM me. I haven’t fleshed out the details; although it’s a pretty simple concept and certainly the finer mechanisms could be decided upon by the group.

Thanks and Good Luck,

Cizzer


PS-- If something like this already exists among folks here, I apologize for not doing a more thorough search for evidence of it's prior existence.

[CallMeIshmael]

This is an awesome idea!

I should be good for 70-80 at the end of the month.

[XXXNoahXXX]

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Greetings All,

I hereby propose the creation of a not-for-profit Poker Players Trust whose members, should anyone besides myself decide this a worthy of pursuit, distribute the poker profits derived from one pre-selected hour-long session per month to a list of acceptable charities.

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And if I lose during that hour will the charity cut me a check???

Seriously though, sounds like a great idea.

[Redd]

I think this is a good idea. I just wondered if anyone else noticed the absolute irony in naming this post after an essay that is in favor of eating babies? Was that intentional satire of satire?

[Vroomster]

Wow. I did not even notice the allusion to that great essay. I'm assuming that if the author was knowledgable enough to refer to that essay, he was knowledgable about its content. However, he might not be trying to create satire of his own, and instead is just referring to it to add an extra line of interest to the topic. Nice catch on the reference.

This idea is definitely one of the best, but why set out 1 hour specifically aside for it. I mean, overall, if you set aside a specific hour, over a couple years, your avg. will coem out to your true earnings. Instead, why not just figure out your avg. earnings, and give 1 hour's worth of winnings.

[jman220]

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I think this is a good idea. I just wondered if anyone else noticed the absolute irony in naming this post after an essay that is in favor of eating babies? Was that intentional satire of satire?

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Could you post a link to this essay? I've heard of it.

[Cosimo]

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Could you post a link to this essay? I've heard of it.

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www.google.com, or for the truly lazy I copied the first link that google popped up. Saved you some typing that way.

[Sixth_Rule]

Thats the first thing i noticed

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I shall now therefore humbly propose my own thoughts, which I hope will not be liable to the least objection.

I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee or a ragout.



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Those who are more thrifty (as I must confess the times require) may flay the carcass; the skin of which artificially dressed will make admirable gloves for ladies, and summer boots for fine gentlemen.



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...and butchers we may be assured will not be wanting; although I rather recommend buying the children alive, and dressing them hot from the knife, as we do roasting pigs.


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Supposing that one thousand families in this city, would be constant customers for infants flesh, besides others who might have it at merry meetings, particularly at weddings and christenings,

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[jason_t]

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I think this is a good idea. I just wondered if anyone else noticed the absolute irony in naming this post after an essay that is in favor of eating babies? Was that intentional satire of satire?

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I think a lot of people aren't familiar with Swift's original and I've met a few that are but missed the point.

[Cizzerhand]

Hey Ishmael, your enthusiasm is welcome.

Noah, good question. I thought of that and just envisioned, no profits for that hour, no contribution for that month, no big deal. If members wished to devise some alternate methodology I am sure it would be equitable.

Redd, your perceptive qualities are, no doubt, a great skill at the tables.


I am not sure if "good idea" means you guys want to be involved or prefer to abstain, either way, thanks your responses.