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Important Dates and Updates!
So it seems that Sunday afternoon seems to be the more popular vote for auction closing day and I think because of time-zone issues I will be moving it earlier to around 1 PM (EST) in the afternoon. Since people on GMT and GMT +8 were the only ones to voice concerns on the poll post, I'll say that 1 PM EST my time is about 6 PM GMT and 1 AM GMT + ( Read more... ) -
News for Canadians and other updates
many of you may have already come across this:
The Honourable John Baird, Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, on behalf of the Honourable Beverley J. Oda, Minister of International Cooperation, today announced that the Government of Canada has established a Pakistan Floods Relief Fund....
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Pre-donations
Hello!
First of all, I want to direct bidders who haven't seen it over to the help_pakistan delicious account, where we're trying to bookmark all the offers that have been made and tag them according to offerer, type, and fandom(s) - made for ease of searching! And similarly, anyone who is offering: if you haven't yet done so, it would be very ( Read more... ) -
Poll: Auction Closing Time
because there has been some concern about the present closing time for bidding, Saturday August 28th, 11:59 EST. Unfortunately, the closing time will not be optimal for everyone as we have people from many time zones but this is where you can voice your opinion on the matter.
Also, please note that we would still start closing off new offers roughly ( Read more... ) -
Pinch-hitter Offers (All types)
So first of all: the response has been amazing, you guys! I may or may not have teared up earlier today.
I will make a post later about some common concerns that have come up in the questions post but for now, because our offering is well underway, this seems to be a good time for this post.
So we have had some questions about what would happen in ( Read more... ) -
searching for offerings: delicious!
Hello all! help_pk_mod has kindly given me posting access so I can clarify a little about the way that offerings are tagged on the help_pakistan delicious account. I find that people tend to tag in many different ways, so hopefully it'll be helpful to have an explanation ( Read more... ) -
BIDDING HAS BEGUN! (and earlier!)
So due to popular demand and the fact that I have some new people on board helping out with this now (thank you arizonaicerose and myr_soleil for volunteering, and, of course, tresa_cho and pinkfinity for helping with the setup!)--we have decided to start the bidding early.
I apologize for the confusion and if there is any conflicting information in other posts, please disregard ( Read more... ) -
Get ready to offer!
So this is the green light to go and sign up to make offers!
You can scroll down the main page (help_pakistan) to find the different offerings posts or go through the list of offerings to choose from at THIS POST.
BIDDING WILL START FRIDAY AUGUST 20TH, 12 AM EST, AND WILL RUN UNTIL SATURDAY AUGUST 28TH 11:59 PM EST.
NEW OFFERS WILL BE CLOSED AROUND 24 HOURS ( Read more... ) -
Donations and Charities/Aid Agencies List
There will be a more detailed post coming up about the auction-related donation process. We will try to follow the template used by help_haiti as it was successful in the past.
If you don't want to wait to donate, this is a list of recognized charity and aid groups who are accepting donations for the Pakistan Floods:
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Links to All Offering Posts
Please make offers and bids on the respective posts:
Word Offerings (fanfic, original fic, printed writing, other related services, etc)
Art Offerings (not graphics) (fanart, original art, designs, prints, 3-D art or accessories, fanvid, photography, etc)
Audio Offerings (podfics, original music, fanmixes, audio editing services, etc)
Freebie ( Read more... )