Introduction - All About help_japan!

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HELP JAPAN INTRODUCTION POST

This community was created on 11 March 2011, to raise funds to assist Japan after being hit by both an earthquake and a tsunami. It is a multi-fandom, multi-media auction with the intention of uniting everyone with the one cause: to help Japan.

If you'd like to participate, please familiarize yourself with the community

Comments

[theantimodel]

Hey mods! Thanks for ALL of your hard work on this auction! I'm really excited about it!

I was searching through the delicious and noticed that my offer is titled incorrectly. It ought to be Northern California in a Box not North Carolina.

I don't know how to link to the entry, but it's the first result in this search:

http://www.delicious.com/search?p=san+francisco&chk=&context=userposts|help_japan&fr=del_icio_us&lc=0

[mementis]

Thanks for pointing us right to it! Sorry for the mistake, it should be fixed now :)

[theantimodel]

No problem! If you guys are still looking for help with tagging, I could probably help out, I don't have a TON of time, but I could spend a few hours if that would be useful?

[mementis]

Hi and thanks so much for the offer! We can definitely use your help. If you're still up for it, email me at m.mentis[at]gmail.com and I'll introduce you to our instructions doc. If you still have time and you're still interested after that, then you can help as much or as little as you'd like - every bit helps :)

[malnpudl]

You are CRAZY hard-working and CRAZY awesome mods! *salutes you all and showers you with shiny little hearts that stick to everything and get in your hair and you find them in the clothes dryer for the next three weeks and oh never mind you get the idea*

♥ ♥ ♥

[hesselives]

<3 <3 thanks to everyone who is supporting us with compassion and enthusiasm. we're so lucky to have such a great team of volunteers working around the clock. :)

[maichan]

First off, thank you to all the mods for doing such an awesome job! I looked through the FAQs and comments, but didn't see this covered. I was wondering if we made donations now (while the auctions are still ongoing), if we could still use that amount towards any potential winning bids? I ask because many organizations could use immediate assistance and getting them the money now instead of at the end of the month could actually make a difference.

[hesselives]

yes, this is perfectly fine. :) please ensure that the amount on the receipt(s) either matches or exceeds the winning donation amount(s). if you are making one lump-sum donation with the intention to make multiple bids, please make sure that all offerers are aware and that you provide to them a breakdown of your lump-sum donation after the end of the auction.

we'll be sure to include this in the FAQ shortly. thanks!

[maichan]

Thanks so much for the clarification! You might want to also edit the donation confirmation instructions so it doesn't specify restricted dates:

If you didn't use that donation receipt as confirmation for something else, it will count as long as you donated between 26-31 March.

[hesselives]

thanks for the heads-up! we'll amend it shortly. :)

[marionetteblue3]

thank you for your work.

my heart breaks for all those suffering in japan.

[anonymous]

A fantastic idea, only, having been new to this site, was there anything similar for the nation of Haiti or New Zealand in their time of peril?