Topic: Typhoon Haiyan Relief Fund (.org, et al. registered to raise $1M USD) (Read 5737 times)

I TOLD you to take the weekend off. 

Still waiting for this donor: https://blockchain.info/tx/0a0108495ac270663e83fc27a71b6a471120804e9ecee379639cc78b407a4970

https://blockchain.info/address/1THRF26KAsDDLh1JyWB5Hbm5mYgN6LwZt

Due to me putting all my eggs in one basket--roww.org--at the 11th hour (one of the main reasons for attending the Las Vegas conference), my grandiose venable endeavor turned into a bust.

There were only three donations (linked above), of which the first one was mine. I think it's only fair to return the other two in FULL to the donors, one of which I quoted in this post, and the other is unknown at the moment. My donated amount will be donated to Dabs for his food program in the Philippines, oppose to Sean's Outpost of which I will continue to support. Dabs seems to be in better position to make sure funds are allocated accordingly.

I will now pen a PM to Barnacle_Ed, expressing my thanks and making sure that an active receiving bitcoin wallet address is made available so that I can have Rassah transfer back his bitcoins.

Would the other person who so kindly donated please PM me with proof that you are said individual so that you will also be refunded?

Once again, thank you, fellow bitcoiners, for all the support whether you donated or not.

~Bruno Kucinskas

CMAB now has an official website.

http://www.cmab.mil.ph

It took awhile, had to go through a lot of red tape for it to be approved by senior military officers and the PH registrar.

I still need to upload stuff to it, but in the mean time it has our official address, and I'm the contact person.

Wanted to add that another candidate is St. James The Greater COPA (Church of the Poor Apostolate) Foundation. Their website is http://www.stjames-copa.com but I don't think they update it often.

I go there every now and then, to the church, that is.

They are now, like everyone else, focusing on efforts to help the typhoon victims, accepting donations in cash and in kind. For monetary donations, they issue an official receipt. They also publish and make public what they do with any money they collect. They adopt poor parishes all over the country by paying for the construction of the physical church buildings there.

This might dilute my chances of getting my preferred candidate the relief funds, but if it's not going to me, at least it's going to someone who deserves it.

Because of the recent rise in BTC value, we only need to hit a thousand bitcoins now instead of 3000.

Here's another 30 day challenge involving Bitcoin within the same exact time frame: http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/11/20/ross-ulbrichts-mother-calls-silk-road-allegations-absurd-launches-defense-fund/

11/20/2013 @ 6:03PM |3,411 views

Ain't this interesting? A 30 day challenge with the same timeframe as mine. I wonder which one will be reached first and, moreover, reach its intended goal.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/alexwinter/deep-web-the-untold-story-of-bitcoin-and-the-silk

It's not my fault that the exchange rate isn't $1M/BTC, hence its slow growth.  

The tentative deadline is Dec 20, 2013, thus close enough to my self-imposed 30 day challenge.

Looks like I'm going to have to pull a few rabbits outta my ass to see this to fruition, eh! But, I have a plan, and it involves this: http://www.mediabistro.com/insidebitcoins/

Fresh from the success of Thanksgiving at Satoshi Forest, I'm heading to Vegas for the two day Bitcoin conference and expo, to explore the growth of virtual currencies. Part of that exploration should involve NPOs and what role Bitcoin can play in that regard.

Besides hoping that I won't have to pay to attend, along with getting squeezed in for some mic time, I'll be able to rub shoulders with those in attendance then, at the end of the day(s), voilà, a million bucks. How hard could it be? If I come up a tad short, I'll call Sir Richard Branson to make up the difference.

Better yet, I'll call Sir Richard Branson first and ask if he'll match half a million dollars if Typhoon Haiyan Relief Fund raises the first half.

Perhaps, Sir Richard could be instrumental as to where the raised funds should go, given the following: http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/richard-branson#charities


http://www.charitywater.org/blog/help-in-the-philippines/


http://www.actionagainsthunger.org/blog/saving-lives-and-livelihoods-race-recovery-after-typhoon-haiyan


Seems a tad farfetched, but it's worth a shot nonetheless.

Something I didn't take into consideration, albeit I touched upon it lightly, is the matter of having a 501(c)3 in place. Big donors will surely want the ability to write off their donations, thus it's imperative that such is in place.

Although it could be a somewhat lengthy process, even with all the paperwork properly submitted, at least one can still take advantage of a write-off while it's being processed, having a tax ID number to refer to, similar to what BitGive has in place: http://bitgivefoundation.org/donate.html


I'm going to pen a post in legal to get this very important aspect rolling. Meanwhile, I've been adding content to the official website so that, once again, it doesn't come across as lame. Once I reach a point where I'm just about finish, I'll request users here to peruse it to make sue it passes the smell test, so to speak.

Bruno Kucinskas

I have another "selling point" if you donate it to CMAB through me. The funds can remain as bitcoins, used as needed, in a publicly held address, with full accounting down to the satoshi (or centavo, in Philippine Pesos).

If it's not all converted all at once, that 1 million can potentially turn into 2 million or 3 million as it is getting used to do relief operations. (Of course, the bitcoin value can also drop to zero, but I think that's not likely to happen.)

The fund is growing rather slowly... Is there a deadline for donations, at which point we just send whatever we have over?

That sounds like a good idea. I will donate to help

All the best reaching the $1M goal.  Hopefully I can add to the post sooner rather then later.

First off, thanks kindly for the donation. The website is at the top of my list, and will work on it now. Thanks for the heads-up on the address being in all caps. I could have very easily overlook that aspect, albeit it would only be that way in the tag line, not elsewhere, but still very important to have it formatted correctly there, hence its placement.

The website doesn't have to be that polished, but in no way should it come across as lame either, even if it's mostly only catered to bitcoiners, but others will visit it via media links and we don't want them thinking that Bitcoin is just some sort of amateurish thingie.

~TMIBTCITW

Good luck with the effort! Sent a small donation over. https://blockchain.info/address/1THRF26KAsDDLh1JyWB5Hbm5mYgN6LwZt




First and biggest suggestion for the main site: When the send address is in ALLCAPS, it does not register as a valid address for me. Would recommend fixing that first, then fleshing out the rest of the content so it's easier to donate.

Moving right along!: https://blockchain.info/address/1THRF26KAsDDLh1JyWB5Hbm5mYgN6LwZt

An ideally goal is to have the million dollars in bitcoins transferred to the selected NPOs bank account via BitPay on Friday, Dec. 20, 2013, so that it'll be in their bank account by Christmas.

~TMIBTCITW

Thanks to BadBear, I hope he moved this thread to the appropriate section.

Thank you so kindly, Roger, for doing such, and I'll take your post as approval, of sorts, speaking on behalf of The Bitcoin Foundation that this endeavor has their blessing for, if that wasn't the case, you would have expressed such in no uncertain terms.

I believe that up to and including the time funds are entirely in The Bitcoin Foundation's control, they're in better position to make sure Bitcoin proper receives the utmost exposure via press releases, et al. A voice much larger than mine is needed if we are to see this grandiose plan come to fruition.

The following shows that I have made the first donation to this cause and have tagged the address: https://blockchain.info/tx/15ebcb7b3b43cc98e00d7ae50867c1493cbcf10c58d208ff865b79c247d7c1aa


What's paramount now, besides garnering more donations, is tightening up the official website, for as of now it looks like a peace of shit.

~TMIBTCITW

I confirm I have a copy of the private key.

I'll keep it nice and safe.

Roger Ver

Here's an interesting article from UPenn:

http://www.impact.upenn.edu/blog/page/philippines_typhoon_how_can_i_help

They recommend some already on the list:

  Ph Red Cross
  Gawad Kalinga
  World Food Programme

Address backup is in Roger's hands, so if anything happens to me, the funds won't be lost.