Full List here IMPACT MAGAZINE #115 The entire IAS membership list.

[Carmel]

This list is of the higher level contributors. It starts out with the level of a free 6 month Intro membersip. Then there are annual and lifetime members.

Maybe someone will know a reference, but when I was on staff you would have to be an IAS member to be in the HGC or Academy, and there was something written that was shown. There was a huge panic trying to get money together for my son's annual membership once because his lapsed during a week he was being put on the grid to comp. So, those discounts are pointless and perhaps 'proof' to outsiders (who don't see behind the scenes) that membership is voluntary. More smoke & mirrors.

In ANZO, when the IAS memberships first came in, they weren't mandatory if one wanted to receive services. Very soon afterward they became mandatory, and one wasn't permitted to receive services without a current membership. The "discount" remained in place - just a farce.

[Iknowtoomuch]

All suckers...minus those that have found the truth out for themselves.

[Carmel]

All suckers...minus those that have found the truth out for themselves.

The fact that we've found out the truth since, doesn't negate the fact that we on the list were suckers, and hell, that is annoying - finding out what that money would have been used on is still quite sickening to me, as it would be for the vast majority on the list if they knew.

[DartSmohen]

The glaring outpoint on all this is DROPPED OUT TIME.

I scanned the UK list and there are people there who YEARS ago were convicted of fraudulently raising money for Scn services etc through phony mortgage claims etc.

There is NO way they could clear those debts AND then "donate" further monies.

Also, I suspect that many of these "donations" were simply pledges and no monies have been handed across.

Of course, several of the donors have more money than sense and hope to purchase some sort of "status".

Can you imagine what a horses ass they will feel when they find out exactly where their monies did go.

In addition, once the tax status is revoked, those donations will be liable for tax. Then you just watch the rats jump ship.!

[Emma]

It used to be:

Annual Membership: $300
Lifetime: $2000
Sponsor: $5000
Crusader: $10,000
Honor Roll?: $20,000
Patron: $40,000
Patron With Honors: $100,000
ESMB: Free

Well, at least that's the sequence I did my statuses in. But I got no t-shirt for ESMB status. (hint, hint, Emma)

There is always these:

http://www.cafepress.com/ESMB.191946395#

[Dulloldfart]

There is always these:

http://www.cafepress.com/ESMB.191946395#

How about some with people's well-known avatars? You might even sell some then!

Paul

[Wisened One]

How about some with people's well-known avatars? You might even sell some then!

Paul

That real, Paul?

Cuz if it is, I'd like two, please! :D

[Pooks]

The glaring outpoint on all this is DROPPED OUT TIME.

As per the OP "came up with the figure of $383 million for the amount of money that the IAS has gathered from it's inception in Oct 1984 to the end of 2006."

This is a cumulative list.

I scanned the UK list and there are people there who YEARS ago were convicted of fraudulently raising money for Scn services etc through phony mortgage claims etc.

There is NO way they could clear those debts AND then "donate" further monies.

Again This is a cumulative list. Do a search on the UK people who were convicted of fraud plus the word "Scientology" and you may be able figure out when they first showed up on Impact Patrons List as the TAS website has much of that data.



Also, I suspect that many of these "donations" were simply pledges and no monies have been handed across.

No, these are not pledges. The person does not receive the "status" until he's paid in full. That's how both Scn and the IAS operate.

Pooks

[Dulloldfart]

That real, Paul?

Cuz if it is, I'd like two, please! :D

Sure. It's Cafepress. Create and buy your own products. Full list of potential possibilities here: http://www.cafepress.com/cp/customize/?viewall=true

Or if Emma made up the designs and put them in her shop, then anyone could buy them.

Paul

[Tiger Lily]

There is always these:

http://www.cafepress.com/ESMB.191946395#

This could be something at the protests. . . .those in the Anon masks, and those in the yellow t-shirts. . .