Posted by shelliR on November 25, 2001, at 19:37:44
In reply to Re: fund drive, posted by Dr. Bob on November 25, 2001, at 17:57:12
I'm starting over because the other post got confusing to me. I will e-mail you at some point about what I meant about the squares, but yes, the
green is an improvement.I sincerely can't put any time into this now because I run a business and have to spend 90% of my time working until Christmas. So either we need need to find two
people who will work now, or wait until after christmas to get someone to help me That would give you a chance to get the credit card stuff in order, anyway.
This is what I don't understand about the contributions page:
You start by saying If you like my work -- and would like to support it -- then you've followed the right link!
This is a 100% volunteer effort. It's not part of my job description, I'm not paid to work on it, and the time that goes into it comes out of my "spare" time (ie, my
life).Okay, you do not get paid for your work on this web site.
Then you say , "This site is and always has been free (and free of advertisements). But if you'd like to make a donation, I'm not
going to turn it down, either."So here's where you ask for money.
I read this is as you spend all your time on this board and don't get paid for it, and you wouldn't mind getting a donation, or if you change it, (you'd be happy to accept a donation.)
How I understand this, is that you are not paid for this, so you will accept contributions to compensate for this. It sounds to me to say that donations will go
straight into your pocketfor your time. Is this true?Because the other way of presenting this is to talk about how much money it takes to organize and support a website. You are not compensated for any of these
expenses without donations, and so you are asking those who use the site, to help support the site.Then I would think that the donated money is going to the website, not persay directly into your pockets. It is going for web development, web support,
and the services that are provided by this site (all which you provide).Do you understand what I'm saying? Now if you are willing to take money both for the expenses of the site, *and* for your time in the site, I would still present it
the second way. I would not even talk about how YOU are not compensated for the work you do in your spare time, I would only say that the site needs money to
be able to provide its services and that is why you are asking for donations. Andthen go into how helpful the site is, how little it would cost to help donate, etc.
So I guess what I am saying is in my opinion, you need to rewrite the request for donation part in a completely different way.What do you think? I'm a little scared that I know what I mean, but I don't know really how to explain it.
Shelli
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