Forget them, the place we need to be is BTC-E. Who is up for a trip to Bulgaria and fun with Putin's dark-glasses wearing buddies? 
We should start a donation campaign for this. Who should we send? RP and David Hasselhof?
Seriously speaking, a donation address to cover particular development or marketing issues like this would be worth a try. Is MEW doing anything in that direction?
there is a ton of old bitcoiners already on board here - there needs to be a connection to btc-e and yes it would be the perfect fit.