Note to Rassah in reference to the spreadsheet: I have personally donated two more coins. One by proxy, in the name of Atlas, as promised, and another that was first donated by FlipPro of which I returned to him out of my wallet and opt to keep that coin in the current pool. FlipPro made a pledge, then erroneously deposit 1 BTC into the wallet, thinking it was part of that NORML pledge thread currently taking place in Off Topic. I'm doing my best to not cross that fine line between what
Bitcoin100 supporters expect from it, yet making sure there's not a missed opportunity for Bitcoin as a whole, as BitcoinPorn has so kindly pointed out.
@Edd, that link looks great. Thank you very much for adding it here.
@StewartJ, Welcome aboard! Anyone can pledge at any time as our campaign will continue until Bitcoin is popular enough that Charities take it upon themselves to allow bitcoin donations. Between now and then we should see the Bitcoin100 website come online which can continue to spread the notion of giving to charity with bitcoins.
I am sure as soon as Bruno sees your pledge he will kindly add you to the list. We still need ~5 to reach our 100 member goal.
Yes, I will gladly share any responses I receive here as it should prove valuable in helping us make edits to future writings.
We have a
thread about what charities we are aiming to contact first. It is open to all suggestions as well as any insight like what you have provided about PR considerations. I know DWB is on there so far and the others, if not, are excellent additions imho.
I had not given too much thought about which particular orgs would have the biggest PR benefit but I don't see where such a discussion could hurt. That kind of press would be highly impressive.
Thank you for your kind words and for joining in!
Regards,
Derek
P.S. No word back from St. Jude as of Dec. 26th @ 9:50PM EST, -5 GMT. It is not suprising though as a lot of places are closed up through New Years here in the U.S. I have also made a few minor edits to our writing, to include the sentence about bit-pay fees and keyword linking 'processors' to the page Edd posted. I will share it in the morning time here, about 12 hours from now. I want another chance to glance over it with my coffee.
You (the reader) know what I like about this post? Derek jumping right on it and addressing questions and concerns, coupled with adding comments and suggestions, as if this were his project, of which it is. It's all of ours! I truly appreciate Derek taking the initiative and doing such, and we would both welcome others to feel comfortable doing the same thing. Yes, it's been done before within this thread, but not quite at this level. Bravo! So, if another person sees a question and they're able to confidently answer it, do such. Don't worry if the answer turns out to be incorrect. We're all adults here, and we know how to back pedal and apologize, correct the answer, then move on. Don't we? Thank you again, Derek, for all your efforts.
(thought I saw an i not dotted in the letter, but I was mistaken)BTW, I just doubled check to see if any of those posts prior to yours needed addressing, and it looks like its all covered, except for my personal thanks to StewartJ.
Thank you kindly, StewartJ, for your generous pledge. As Dered stated, I've gotten around to updating the list in the OP. We're glad you like what you've seen so far. We feel there's a lot a good things yet to come out from this
Bitcoin100 endeavor. Welcome aboard, and stay tuned.
I wouldn't recommend Red Cross. Few people I know who worked with it say it's a majorly scammy rip-off. Way too high overhead expenses.
FYI, this past semester in one of my classes we had group projects where we had to organize some sort of a group to manage a project of our choosing. One of our class groups organized a bar crawl for charity (people go bar to bar around down town, and part of the proceeds, plus whatever is donated or earned from selling raffle tickets, goes to the charity). That group's first charity of choice was St. Jude's, since they have a major research hospital right here in our city. St. Jude turned them down, because they wanted to know where donations were coming from, and they did not want to be associated with money coming from alcohol sales. In short, St. Jude is not short on funds, and is very very picky. With Bitcoin having such shady publicity, I wouldn't hold your breath. Sorry. Still, at least it's a good practice run.
That is interesting, Rassah. But as you've stated, worse case scenario, the St. Jude letter would surely prove to be a good practice run. I, personally enjoyed the creating process that took place during its construction. Not only was a lot learned, but we now have a strong letter to present to future charitable organizations. Can you imagine all the rejections we'll still get yet, later down the road, when Bitcoin becomes mainstream, those same organizations, who've first rejected Bitcoin, are requesting that same donation option to be put in place onto their respective donation pages?
Operation USA is a much better option than Red Cross. Their overhead is miniscule, and it is one of the largest relief NGO. Richard Walden, the director, gave me four duffel bags of medication to bring with me to a hospital in rural Nicaragua...like, had me come in to one of their warehouses and walked around with me loading up bags with things he knew to be in short supply there. I'd like to see the red cross provide direct relief like that, without worrying about taking credit or how it is getting there. It blew my mind, and was immensely appreciated by the recipients.
Side note, I made it through US and Nicaragua customs with 8000 aspirin and a myriad of tampons, bandages, antibiotics, and surgical equipment, no questions asked.
www.opusa.orgAnyone wishing for their philanthropy to actually make it to those in need should take note.
How the heck did the plane you were in ever get off the ground?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7q3j69-SHMI've added your Operation USA suggestion to the list over on the Project Development thread. Great suggestion! I also enjoyed reading about your unique experience in regards that fine organization. From their site, I found this, which should prove an enjoyable read:
http://www.opusa.org/about/staff/richard-m-walden/I propose ImmInst as a candidate for Bitcoin donations.
The Immortality Institute (ImmInst.org) is an international, not-for-profit, membership-based organization ("501-3-c status" in the United States).
Its mission is "to conquer the blight of involuntary death".
To advance this mission, ImmInst.org aims to provide, among other things:
a repository of high-quality information,
an open public forum for the free exchange of information and views,
an infrastructure to support community projects and initiatives, and
the facilities for supporting an international community of those with an interest in life extension.
ImmInst.org hosts an online forum, publishes books, creates films, sponsors conferences and supports a varied portfolio of community projects in life-extension research and activism.
Here is their donate page :
http://www.imminst.org/donate/Thank you kindly for your fine suggestion and comments, Transisto. I will also be putting ImmInst on the list over at the Project Development site.
~Bruno~
