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*[[March]] - Students and faculty at a Swedish Secondary School, after they invited Swedish Raelian Representatives who had previously given a lecture at the school, 120 free [[compact discs]] containing the Raelian Message, with an audiobook, links to websites, and the video "Age of Science", were distributed to the students<ref name="IN SWEDEN">Vandinja, Daniel. [http://www.raelianews.org/download.php?view.25 IN SWEDEN], Raelian Contact 266. 23 March 2005. Retrieved 1 October 2006.</ref>.
*[[March]] - After students and faculty at a [[Swedish]] [[secondary school]] invited [[Swedish]] Raelian Representatives who had previously given a lecture at the school, the students recieved 120 free [[compact discs]] containing the Raelian Message, with an audiobook, links to websites, and the video "Age of Science"<ref name="IN SWEDEN">Vandinja, Daniel. [http://www.raelianews.org/download.php?view.25 IN SWEDEN], Raelian Contact 266. 23 March 2005. Retrieved 1 October 2006.</ref>.


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The Raelian Foundation is funded by voluntary donations. The Raelian Foundation is not funded by the optional Raelian membership fees. The said justification for those optional and non-enforced membership fees is stated on the Raelian website:

As our society is still based on a money system, the Raelian Movement too depends on donations to fund its activities throughout the world.

Donations made to the Raelian Movement are used for our two main goals:

1) to inform mankind about the Messages given to Rael by the Elohim (through flyers, posters, billboard ads, lectures, paying for the hosting of this website etc.)

2) to build an embassy to officially welcome the Elohim

No member of the Raelian Movement receives a salary, we all help on an entirely voluntary basis. This also applies to Rael himself who doesn't receive one cent from the Raelian Movement.[1]

The website assures the public that:

Anybody who would like to donate money to him personally can do so through the Raelian Foundation which is a totally [financially] seperate entity allowing him to devote his life fully to his mission.[1]

The Raelian Foundation is responsible for the publishing of the latest editions of the some Raelian books. Some of the revenue from these books, which currently can only be from printed copies, is used for the purpose of increasing the accounts of the Raelian Foundation. Some printed Raelian books are given away for free, and the e-book versions of the Raelian Messages have been available at no charge since December 2004[2].

Timeline of free book giveaways

2005

  • March - After students and faculty at a Swedish secondary school invited Swedish Raelian Representatives who had previously given a lecture at the school, the students recieved 120 free compact discs containing the Raelian Message, with an audiobook, links to websites, and the video "Age of Science"[3].

2006

Further Reading

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b The Raelian Movement: FAQ - You accept donations, where does the money go?, The Raelian Movement: FAQ. 2005. Retrieved 1 October 2006.
  2. ^ THE ATHEIST CONVENTION IN ROME, Contact 255. 1 December 2004. Retrieved 1 October 2006.
  3. ^ Vandinja, Daniel. IN SWEDEN, Raelian Contact 266. 23 March 2005. Retrieved 1 October 2006.
  4. ^ Saori, In London too, Raelian Contact 314. 9 July 2006. Retrieved 1 October 2006.