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Banish The Beard: Donate Now!

by | Thu 13 Jul 2006

You know, I love my beard. I love its length, girth and breadth, its unique whispy feel and its oh-so-metal look. I have had it for six years and it completes me. Despite my affection to the little fella under my chin, I am willing to shave it off for charity at [LUGRadio Live 2006](https://www.lugradio.org/live/2006).

So, this is the deal. I want to raise *at least* £400 for [Amnesty International](https://www.amnesty.org/), but I think we can smash that. £400 was the target for people visiting LUGRadio Live 2006, but I want to all of you people who read my blog either directly, or via [Planet GNOME](https://planet.gnome.org/), [Planet GStreamer](https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/planet/), [Planet Advocacy](https://www.planetadvocacy.org/), [Planet LUGRadio](https://www.rimron.co.uk/lugradio/) or the [OSNews Galaxy](https://osgalaxy.com/v2/) to donate. Lets see how much we can raise – the disaster of my beard’s demise could really help human rights around the world.

So, go and [DONATE](https://lugradio.org/live/2006/index.php/BanishTheBeard)!

The actual beard shaving will happen when we record LUGRadio Live And Unleashed on the first day of LUGRadio Live 2006. Video will be provided online.

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