help_japan (original) (raw)

06 November 2012 @ 01:05 pm

Hello, everyone! First of all, I wanted to thank you all again for participating in help_japan's fundraising efforts: we were able to do something truly incredible, and I'm proud to have been involved.

Now I'm posting to ask you to take a few minutes to think about another opportunity to participate in fandom-organized disaster relief, at fandomaid.

How does it work? A little differently than help_japan did. Things are divided into three categories: Auctions ending November 29th/30th, Buy-It-Now offers, and Custom Requests. The items being auctioned, offered and requested vary: fic, fanart, vids, podfic, etc.

Check out the auctions here.
Take a look at the buy-it-now offers here.
Post or offer to fill a custom request here.

The news coverage about Hurricane Sandy seems to have become less immediate, but the real long slog has only just begun. In the Caribbean, Haiti was devastated and may well be facing a food shortage because of the storm. In North America, the mayor of NYC estimated yesterday that as many as 40,000 people may have been left homeless by the storm, and New Jersey was hit even harder. The effects of this storm range far and wide, and the damage it caused won't be fixed quickly.

People need help now, and the Red Cross keeps asking over and over again: donate money, not goods. fandomaid is your chance to feel good about donating and to get something in exchange at the same time, or to turn your own time writing or drawing or vidding into a cash donation.

Please check it out.

Thank you to everyone who participated in help_japan, especially all the mods for the main round and the lightning round, without whom none of this would have been organized or orchestrated. As of June 30th, this community will be closed.

The community as a whole raised:

$116,805.34

The Lightning Round raised a total of:

$2,351.38

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For previous Round One donation totals, please look here.

Hello, all! Long time no see. As a brief reminder to those who are still seeking pinch-hitters (due to unresponsive/decommitted offerers) and/or looking to pinch-hit, the Pinch-Hitter Post is still open!

The deadline for pinch-hit requests/offers has been set for Thursday, June 30, 11:59 PM (UTC/GMT+0). The post will be frozen and officially closed at that time. (Time-zone conversions available here.)

Again, please feel free to comment here or PM the mods (hesselives, carolinelamb, tucuxi) with any questions or concerns you may have.

Addendum: as the donation confirmation deadlines for the first-auction and lightning rounds have already passed, we will no longer require confirmation posts from either the offerer or winning bidder. If you are still having trouble getting in touch with your offerer/winning-bidder, you are still welcome to contact the mods about it. We will do our best to assist, but cannot guarantee a positive resolution. Thank you for your understanding and for sticking with us this whole way! ♥

1.) The lightning round has raised $2039.11 so far: but that doesn't include unconfirmed donations, which we would love to be able to count.

2.) The deadline for both lightning-round donation confirmations and late first-auction-round donation confirmations is Sunday, May 22, 12 AM (UTC/GMT+0) (time zone conversions can be done here).

To confirm a donation from the first round, please post a comment here. To confirm a donation from the lightning round, please comment in the offer thread. For more details on either, please read the detailed instructions here

3.) If your offerer has vanished, please go post a comment on our Pinch Hitter Post. If you might be able to fill in for a vanished offerer, please go check it out as well. The pinch hitter post will remain open until mid June, by which time we hope to have matched everyone up with a pinch hitter.

4.) As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please contact one of the mods, or comment on this post.

Finally:
Thank you to everyone who has participated in help_japan's fandom auctions. This has really been something incredible, and it's all due to you.

  1. To first-auction-round winners who have confirmed their donations: If your offerer has been unresponsive to your communication efforts up until this time, you are free to find a replacement offerer here. (Please ensure that you read this announcement first.)

Please post a request for a pinch-hitter using the following template:

[ Subject line: category of post (e.g. Words or Graphics) ]

If you receive a reply from a pinch-hitter and accept his/her offer, please respond to your own request stating: "Pinch-hitter found! This request is now closed."

  1. To anyone who is willing to be a pinch-hitter: If you are willing to be a pinch-hitter for someone who is seeking one, please respond to said person's request using the following template.

  2. We will aim to keep this pinch-hitter post open until pinch-hitters are found for all who are seeking one. Hopefully, we will achieve this by mid-June. If you have any questions/concerns/suggestions regarding this post, please comment here instead. (This is to make it easier for potential pinch-hitters to browse through requests.)

Hi, all! A few announcements:

  1. The lightning round is now officially closed. Thank you so much for your participation and generous support! Per the timetable, any offers/bids that are made after Sunday, May 8, 4:00 PM (UTC/GMT+0) will be automatically discounted and screened. (For clarification purposes, this means any offers/bids timestamped at Sunday, May 8, 4:01 PM (UTC/GMT+0) and onwards will be discounted and screened.)

To lightning-round offerers and winners

: Please do follow the lightning-round donation confirmation procedure. The deadline for both lightning-round donation confirmations and late first-auction-round donation confirmations is Sunday, May 22, 12 AM (UTC/GMT+0). (Time-zone conversion available here.) We will shut down all first-auction-round and lightning-round activity then.

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To first-auction-round participants who have unresponsive offerers/winners

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  1. Given the first-auction-round's extraordinary success and the lightning-round's sizable participation, we will not be hosting a second round. This is it, everyone! ♥ Please do consider supporting helpthesouth, which is already up and running.

Please feel free to comment with any questions/concerns you may have! The mods will get back to you ASAP. :)

Thank you to everyone who participated in round one of help_japan!

The first round raised an absolutely amazing

$101,733.91.

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Thank you so much to everyone who participated. We couldn't have done it without you, and together we've managed to do something really amazing!

The lightning round is now open!

  1. Structure & process: The structure and process will be the same as they were for the first auction round, with exception to the donation confirmation procedure. If you are new to the community, welcome! Please familiarize yourself with the rules of the community and details on participation by reading the general FAQ page. Your moderators are hesselives, carolinelamb, and tucuxi. Your supporting moderators are kina54, hwlinyitw, ohrenesmee, and ladyrhyanne.

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  3. Offer categories: Please click on the respective links below to make your offers and/or bids. (You will see more detailed instructions therein.)

  1. Delicious account: To browse through offers by category, fandom, username, and/or other specifics, please look through the lightning round Delicious account. If you have any questions/concerns regarding the account, please PM hwlinyitw. If your offer has not yet been included and tagged, please be patient, as we are adding the offers as quickly as possible. If it still has not shown up after 24 hours, please PM hwlinyitw for a status update.

  2. Donation confirmation procedure

  3. List of vetted charities: Winning bidders may choose to send their donations to any of the organizations listed here. Non-listed organizations are acceptable, as well. (The list is merely a guideline.) Winners, please come to a consensus with the offerer on where the donation will be sent, prior to making the actual donation.

Please feel free to comment with lightning-round questions/concerns here, and the mods will get back to you ASAP. :)

This auction post will remain open until Sunday, May 8, 4 PM (GMT+0). (Timetable with multiple time-zone conversions here.)

Attention offerers: If you’d like to participate in the auction by offering words – fanfic, original fic, printed fanfic or original fic, beta services, non-fanfic editing services, and related things – please comment here with what you’re offering. (If you are offering written work that was purchased / not created by you, please offer at the Interesting Stuff auction post.)

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Attention bidders:

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This auction post will remain open until Sunday, May 8, 4 PM (GMT+0). (Timetable with multiple time-zone conversions here.)

Attention offerers: If you’d like to participate in the auction by offering art – fanart, original art, fanvideos, photography, and related things – please comment here with what you’re offering. (If you are offering icons / wallpapers / journal or site layouts, please offer at the Graphics auction post. If you are offering art that was purchased / not created by you, please offer at the Interesting Stuff auction post.)

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Attention bidders:

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