Re: Viadeo/LinkedIn/Facebook/Plaxo fundraising

[Roberto Galoppini <roberto galoppini gmail com>]

2009/2/25 Stormy Peters <stormy gnome org>:
> Sounds like a great idea.
>
> Was the custom page a Facebook page?
>
> Stormy
>
> P.S. My birthday's not until May. Anybody willing to jump in sooner and try
> this out?
> P.S. II. If it was a Facebook page, you can go check and see how successful
> it was but I'm sure it depends on large part on the person, their friends
> and how they normally celebrate their birthdays.

I like Dave's idea, and I think you're right saying that it depends a
lot on the person.
I think that GNOME's "heroes" are more likely to make it works, though.
If the first experiment works we should report about it in the Support
GNOME cause, I think.

Roberto

>
> On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 7:27 AM, Dave Neary <dneary gnome org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> This week, something happened to me for the first time. And like most
>> things that happened to me for the first time, it made me stand up &
>> take notice.
>>
>> I thought it was a really nice, simple idea, executed well. And while I
>> can't testify to its success, I'm sure it had some.
>>
>> The email I got was from someone I know and am connected to on Facebook.
>> I've enclosed it here in full.
>>
>>
>> > Subject: Want to celebrate my birthday?
>> > -----------------------------------------------
>> >
>> > It's my birthday on March 3. This year, instead of gifts, I'm asking
>> > my friends to donate $30 to my favorite cause, Free Software
>> > Foundation. $30 from each of you would make a big impact on this
>> > cause I really care about. Anything you can contribute will help and,
>> > not only will Free Software Foundation, Inc. really appreciate it,
>> > but so will I!
>> > -----------------------------------------------
>> >
>> > Grant ********.'s Birthday Wish [link to custom FSF Cause page with
>> > ****'s fundraising goal and total so far]
>> > or Learn More [link]
>>
>> Since we are more & more in a social network world, we get more & more
>> reminders about people we know. I know that Plaxo & Facebook remind me
>> regularly when people's birthdays are coming up, and I usually get a few
>> emails, wall posts and the like from people I know. It's a low-cost,
>> low-maintenance way for people to let me know I'm in their thoughts.
>>
>> Anyway - I saw this feature on causes, and thought it was interesting
>> enough to share, before we start getting 5 of these a week, perhaps
>> GNOME can get a foot up off this Purple Cow.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Dave.
>>
>>
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>> Dave Neary
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>> dneary gnome org
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