威斯康星之眼将于12月15日面临关闭,且没有100万美元的紧急资金,面临失去其3万小时公共政府档案的风险。
Wisconsin Eye faces shutdown Dec. 15 without $1M in emergency funding, risking loss of its 30K-hour public government archive.
威斯康星之眼是一家非营利组织,18年来一直直播威斯康星州政府会议,并保存着3万小时的政治事件档案,除非筹集到100万美元的紧急资金,否则将于12月15日关闭。
Wisconsin Eye, a nonprofit that has streamed Wisconsin’s government proceedings for 18 years and maintains a 30,000-hour archive of political events, will shut down on December 15 unless it raises $1 million in emergency funding.
尽管以美元换美元为条件获得了近1 000万美元的国家资金,但该小组在发出49项筹款呼吁后仍得到零捐款。
Despite securing nearly $10 million in state funds contingent on a dollar-for-dollar match, the group has received zero donations after 49 fundraising appeals.
目前,它正在寻求立法批准,以便尽早获得国家捐赠基金,但包括议会议长Robin Vos和联合财务委员会共同主席在内的共和党领导人尚未作出答复。
It is now seeking legislative approval to access state endowment funds early, but Republican leaders, including Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Joint Finance Committee co-chairs, have not responded.
若不立即干预,该组织将停止运营并移除其州政府程序的公开档案。
Without immediate intervention, the organization will cease operations and remove its public archive of state government proceedings.