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NEW FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN - SOMALIA FAMINE CRISIS

Aug 07, 2011 15:17

Following successful fundraising efforts for the Queensland floods crisis and the Japanese tsunami disaser, fandomaid is launching a new campaign in support of the devastating famine that is sweeping Somalia.

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PLEASE LEAVE ALL QUESTIONS IN A REPLY HERE fandomaid_mod August 7 2011, 05:28:20 UTC

Thank you.

Re: PLEASE LEAVE ALL QUESTIONS IN A REPLY HERE green_wing August 7 2011, 06:27:02 UTC

Will there be a request post?

Re: PLEASE LEAVE ALL QUESTIONS IN A REPLY HERE waltzmatildah August 7 2011, 06:41:59 UTC

Oooh, good idea... I've contemplated that premise before but never really been too sure how to organise it. If you can point me in the direction of one you've seen previously, or are happy to give me a quick run-down on how it works, then I'd definitely be happy to add a request post.

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Re: PLEASE LEAVE ALL QUESTIONS IN A REPLY HERE waltzmatildah August 8 2011, 05:10:59 UTC

REQUEST AWAY HERE!!

Re: PLEASE LEAVE ALL QUESTIONS IN A REPLY HERE green_wing August 8 2011, 04:11:43 UTC

Hi, sorry for the late reply, I wasn't home yesterday :O

Here are two examples of Request pages from other auctions, they follow the same basic format so you shouldn't have too much trouble figuring out something to use :)

helpthesouth Request Post
help_japan Request Post

Re: PLEASE LEAVE ALL QUESTIONS IN A REPLY HERE waltzmatildah August 8 2011, 05:10:15 UTC

REQUEST PAGE IS UP HERE!! Thank you so much for the suggestion and for the links!

Re: PLEASE LEAVE ALL QUESTIONS IN A REPLY HERE green_wing August 8 2011, 05:32:04 UTC

*flail* OMG thank you!!! *runs over to make my request* :P

Re: PLEASE LEAVE ALL QUESTIONS IN A REPLY HERE provencepuss August 10 2011, 17:08:43 UTC

I don't want to decry your good intentions....far from it. but I do ask myself why you all feel that you have to 'buy' something on LJ in order to donate the amount you are obviously willing to give directly to the organisations trying to get something done now
In the time it takes for the work to be created; the auctions to take place, the money to be received and then sent to the charity chose...hundreds will have died.
I don't doubt your good will
I'm not denigrating the organizers of this comm....I'm just pleading for the cause.
Please....think about how much you will be willing to bid for a story/artwork etc....and just send it to one of the many accredited agencies out there trying to save lives NOW

Re: PLEASE LEAVE ALL QUESTIONS IN A REPLY HERE gandolforf August 14 2011, 15:31:13 UTC

helpthesouth and others allowed bidders/donors to buy LJ Chairty v-gifts or show screencaps of proof of donation to Red Cross/others directly to the authors/artists in order to get their fic/fanart. As far as I know, that worked well and that way the donations were made directly to charity foundations.

Re: PLEASE LEAVE ALL QUESTIONS IN A REPLY HERE waltzmatildah August 15 2011, 04:35:20 UTC

Hi there,

As far as I know, there isn't a v-gift for Somalia at this stage (though, should they create one then we'll definitely encourage people to use that method. We've used them in the past where they've been available).

Donations are to be made directly to charity foundations in this fundraiser also. We've provided a list of links with several suggestions (Doctors without Borders, Red Cross, the UN Food Programme etc).

Does this make sense? If not, please don't hesitate to ask for clarification.

Thank you!

Re: PLEASE LEAVE ALL QUESTIONS IN A REPLY HERE ravewalker August 17 2011, 09:57:38 UTC

Hi, I don't write, or draw, or make icons or anything, but I do cross-stitch small game sprites and things (like this ) - am I able to offer up a few custom ones under auction or BINs? Just asking as I've not seen any other forms of art like this on fandomaid before, so I wanted to check it was still allowed.

Re: PLEASE LEAVE ALL QUESTIONS IN A REPLY HERE fandomaid_mod August 17 2011, 14:37:42 UTC

Yeah, go for it! We've not had people offering this in the past (though not because we've said no to it, just because it's never come up) but this time we actually have quite a few, well, okay, so maybe about three! Haha! But that's still quite a few in comparison to none previously so...!

Anyway, tl:dr? YES! Go for it! I'd recommend adding the link you've provided here to your post (which is probably a really obvious thing to say so ignore me!). Argh, it's after midnight here, I blame that!

Thank you!

Re: PLEASE LEAVE ALL QUESTIONS IN A REPLY HERE siiy August 18 2011, 11:40:45 UTC

Hi, I just bid on a BUY IT NOW option while I've also bid on someone in the normal thread; do I have to send the buy it now money to a charity or can I wait till the other auction ends and send in the grand total ?

Re: PLEASE LEAVE ALL QUESTIONS IN A REPLY HERE waltzmatildah August 18 2011, 11:55:56 UTC

Hi there! Good question! Totally up to you, but it does make more sense to make one payment at the end so feel free to wait until then.

I'll put a note next to your name in my spreadsheet of doooooooom that you'll make the payment once the auction ends incase you 'win' another author.

Thanks!!

Re: PLEASE LEAVE ALL QUESTIONS IN A REPLY HERE siiy August 18 2011, 12:01:51 UTC

It indeed would! I'm going to wait until the end then when everything finishes and that I won more auctions :D it's just a couple of days now anyways - do I have to contact the writer and tell her of my plan too ?

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