Topic: Bitcoin 100: Developed Specifically for Non-Profits - page 73. (Read 262769 times)

Reviewed and edited the letter a bit. The following was sent out

Will keep you posted.

Hi, me again.
The reason I was asking about your use of funds is because, although I am a part of the fandom that will be sponsoring and raising money for you at AnthroCon this summer (I am not affiliated with AnthroCon), I am also a part of a charity fundraising group that is trying to spread knowledge of an alternative payment system called Bitcoin.

Our group is called the Bitcoin 100. We are a group of 100(+) volunteers who are fans of the system, and believe that everyone would benefit from its adoption. This payment system allows people and organizations to accept donations or payments, instantly, from around the world, without having to pay the high fees charged by PayPal or VISA/MasterCard. The reason we are so in love with this system is because its extremely low fees and ease of use will help empower charities to raise money globally without paying high processing fees, and help people in more impoverished countries to send and receive money cheaply, internationally, without relying on banks or corrupt governments. For this to happen, though, there needs to be more awareness and acceptance of Bitcoin.

The premise of our group is that we have 100 people pledging to make a donation of at least 1 Bitcoin each (so currently between $400 and $600 total), if a charity is willing to add a "Donate by Bitcoin" option to their site. We will provide all the help in setting this up, and will gladly help with any issues down the road.

You will benefit from receiving a large donation right away, and from adding another free* way to accept donations from around the world. This may be as easy as simply adding some text to your donation page. (Receiving Bitcoin does not cost anything, but converting it into another currency may have very small currency exchange costs. We are not affiliated with any such services,  though, nor get any money from them.)

We hope to benefit by spreading awareness of the benefits of Bitcoin, with the hope that as more people see it used by various charities, the more its use will be accepted by others.

Coincidentally, the furry fandom can greatly benefit from Bitcoin as well, since it allows for free online micropayments for things like buying or trading artwork. It is my hope that having you show that you accept Bitcoin at the convention will help increase awareness among our furry community as well.

Please keep in mind that in order to qualify for our donation, all that you are asked to do is add an option to your website that accepts Bitcoin donations.

Please let me know whom we could contact in your organization to pursue this further.

Thank you very much!

-- Dmitry M.
   Bitcoin100

No. I want to give ample time for people to review.

Thanks for the nice comments.  The image should be a transparent png but was probably converted when uploaded to the free image host site I used.  I'll finish it up and resize, then I'll throw it up on my webserver for download (or can email it to you bruno, or dropbox or whatever).  Let me know the best way.

The letter looks good. Has it been sent yet?

No offense intended but I think the solid orange box look for the header logo image is not great looking.  Thinking masking the edges to transparent will end up easier on the eyes.  Just a rough draft as we'd want the fade to transparent complete before hitting image edge.  While I was in photoshop I spruced up a few things.  Didn't redesign anything as I like the concept well enough.

If there is any interest I can finish it but getting the mask right was taking a bit of time and didn't want to waste too much if it wasn't liked.

I don't give to many charities but I think this initiative is interesting and impressive.  Very nice job Bruno getting so many people on board.  Of all the threads on this board this one feels like it belongs to a "community".



I can also post up the photoshop files I saved if anyone else wants to tinker with it.

Just pounded at the keyboard with fists. Please check and improve if you can before I send this out.
Thanks!

Hi, me again.
The reason I was asking is because, although I am a part of the fandom that will be sponsoring and raising money for you at AnthroCon this summer (though I am not affiliated with AnthroCon), I am also a part of a charity fundraising group that is trying to spread knowledge of an alternative payment system.

Our group is called Bitcoin100. We are a group of 100(+) volunteers, who are simply fans of this currency/payment system, and believe that everyone would benefit from its adoption. Especially charities and others that want to be able to accept donations or payments, instantly, from around the world, without having to pay the high fees charged by PayPal or VISA/MasterCard. The premise of our group is that we have 100 people pledging to make a donation of at least 1 Bitcoin each (so currently between $400 and $600 total), if a charity is willing to add a "Donate by Bitcoin" option to their site. We will provide all the help in setting this up, and will gladly help with any issues down the road.

You will benefit from receiving a large donation right away, and from adding another free* way to accept donations from around the world (receiving Bitcoin does not cost anything, but converting it into another currency may have very small currency exchange costs. We are also in no way affiliated with currency exchange sites). This option may be as easy as simply adding some text to your donation page.

We hope to benefit by spreading awareness of the benefits of Bitcoin, with the hope that as more people see it used by various charities, the more its use will be accepted by others.

Coincidentally, the furry fandom can greatly benefit from Bitcoin as well, since it allows for free online micropayments for things like buying or trading artwork. It is my hope that having you show that you accept Bitcoin at the convention will help increase awareness among our community as well.

Please let me know whom to contact in your organization to pursue this further.

Thank you very much!

-- Dmitry
    Bitcoin100

Updated my bookkeeping sheet to make it a bit easier to read and track, and to add a list column of how much everyone pledged per charity. Dow below is a list of transactions that don't seem to belong to anyone. If you recognize your address and wish to clam it, please do. I also highlighted some cells that Phinnaeus needs to check in yellow.
The file is located here
http://goo.gl/Mk3hp

I will contact the charity I mentioned tomorrow, since today was a holiday. Most likely I will write up a letter and post it for review here, first.

I've sent 1 BTC to the vanity address. Didn't want to clutter the thread further.

Transaction: http://blockexplorer.com/tx/a47349134391d637858abc1d2882fddb37dc8bd6363c2829c3ed4426460f102e#o1

Also, could you link bitcoin.clarkmoody.com to my name in the list in the OP of Bitcoin100 thread?

I'll match your 10 btc with 10 btc of my own.  I'll also pledge 10 Per Charitable Organization.

I was careful not to attack your work on bitcoin100, I appreciate your effort and I think it benefits the bitcoin community.  Hope there is no hard feelings I got agitated.

Do I send in my initial pledge now?

Thanks,
D

Is that a yea or nay for Rassah's request to move forward?

Allinvain.

...for the giggles, not very proud doing it though