Questions and Answers Post

[cee_m]

Here's where we're going to put ALL the Q&A for this community. Feel free to ask questions about anything and we'll try to help you out.

1. Where can I find more information on the current charity?

http://www.plannedparenthood.org/

2. Where can I donate for the charity?

Here.

3. Can I donate without being a part of the auction?

ABSOLUTELY! Please. Help in any way you can! I'm sure that the charity would love your help no matter when it comes to them.

4. What are the dates of this auction?

Posting of Offers Ends: 11:59pm EST February 13
Bidding Begins: 12:01am EST February 14
Bidding Ends: 11:30pm EST February 21

5. How can I link to you?

Use this link http://fandom-helps.dreamwidth.org/

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<center><a href="http://fandom-helps.dreamwidth.org/"><img src="http://www.marymo.net/lj/fandomhelpsbandom.jpg"></a></center> We are desperately in need of people willing to offer up their seriously amazing skills for charity!! More information at the comm here! <span style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="http://fandom-helps.dreamwidth.org/profile"><img src="http://s.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png" alt="[community profile] " width="16" height="16" style="vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;" /></a><a href="http://fandom-helps.dreamwidth.org/"><b>fandom_helps</b></a></span> We could use really use your help. This round of the charity is to benefit Planned Parenthood so come lend a hand! :)

6. Can I post even though I don't have a Dreamwidth account?

Absolutely. Use open id to post - More Information Here! My tutorial here. FYI - Links and images will display as text only as DW has a policy preventing them being displayed as clickable links to prevent spam. Sorry :-/

7. When should items be delivered by?

No more than six months. Some things require a large amount of time to complete so if you think it will take longer than six months, put your time information in your notes to the bidder.

8. How does donation/confirmation work for this auction?

The bidder is responsible for going to the site and donating whatever your winning auction price is. Then you would email your confirmation email/screen (whichever is easiest for you) to the author/vidder/etc and they would post on your auction thread that you'd completed the donation.

9. Can I donate to a Planned Parenthood type organization in my own country instead?

Absolutely! If you don't live in the United States and want to support your country's family planning organization, that would be great.

Please see new post on this. Sorry for the confusion

Any further questions, comment below and we'll answer ASAP!

Comments

[echo-fangirl.livejournal.com]

Two questions:
- If I bid on and win multiple lots (here's hoping!), can I pay for them in one donation and show the combined receipt as proof for all the lots, or do I need to make each donation separately? Combining donations will mean that more money makes it to the actual charity and less to credit card companies, but it could make it harder to show that the donation was for the particular lot you've bid on.

- You've mentioned that it's okay to donate to equivalent organizations in other countries. Could you perhaps have an "approved" international equivalent charaties thread/list? I fully endorse the currently selected charity, and I approve of the idea of being able to donate locally (again, it reduces exchange-rate fees and ensures that money goes to charities rather than credit companies). However, I do have some quite firm ethical/political beliefs, and I would like to be confident that if someone bids on a lot I put up that the donation goes to an organization I wholly support (and not one which nominally supports the issue but also uses donations in ways which I personnaly do not support).

[cee_m]

This is one of the things I am going to have to just trust people on for this round. This is the first charity auction I have ever run and I'm doing it alone. Next time when a charity is chosen I will have to work out international options for people who are not in the U.S. if the charity itself is not an international one. If you're worried about your bidders donating to a charity you don't support I would suggest putting in your bidders notes that you would appreciate people donating to whichever charities you like.

I'm about to make a post on this so...

[cee_m]

More on this here

[echo-fangirl.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the clarification. I'm sorry if I sounded like I was being mean or trying to pressure you, I assure you that wasn't the intention! :)

[cee_m]

Oh you absolutely weren't. I was trying to include EVERYONE ever and should have taken some time to think about it before I answered. No worries. Truly. Thanks so much for being so understanding.

[cee_m]

Oh and as to your first question. Yes. Do the math for all your successful bids and make one large donation.