Donate button.
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Permalink Reply by Kevin C Dormant on
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Are you running a pool?
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Permalink Reply by in it to win it 8.0 mi on
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Not interested. Glad the site's here as a resource and glad to give my meager sum.
Chainlink, Keep up the good work!
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My instincts were sound. None of this would have happened if M.A.R.K. had simply started a pool.
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Permalink Reply by Tank-Ridin' Ryan on
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I want to see this site's long form birth certificate!
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Permalink Reply by Adam "Cezar" Jenkins on
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I don't see why the question is disrespectful in it's current form.
I would like to see, "Someone donated $1000.00. Can you beat it?"
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Permalink Reply by Chucko on
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To be perfectly honest, I don't think Mark's question is that out of line. Even if you're not a non-profit in official parlance, soliciting donations at least implies that you are not a for-profit. And either way, I don't generally donate to anyone without at least some idea of how the money is being spent. For a non-profit, that means I at least take a cursory look at the financial statements to see how much money they're taking in, and how the money I'm giving them is likely to be spent. As it is, the statement from the donation page- "we’re free to do what we feel is right to serve the community" isn't really clear enough for me personally. Who is the "we" deciding what is right? And then of course, the obvious question of what exactly is "right?" A look at any of the more contentious debates on this site shows there really isn't consensus on a lot of issues relating to biking.
If this is indeed a community, and those who donate are part of that, then knowing how much as been donated shouldn't be that big of a deal. You opened that can of worms by soliciting donations in the first place.
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Even then. I don't think the question was about digging into the finances. I think it was about a question just from curiosity.
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Agreed. And stop tempting me to donate $1000.
Adam "Cezar" Jenkins said:
Even then. I don't think the question was about digging into the finances. I think it was about a question just from curiosity.
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Doooooo it.
Tank-Ridin' Ryan said:
Agreed. And stop tempting me to donate $1000.
Adam "Cezar" Jenkins said:
Even then. I don't think the question was about digging into the finances. I think it was about a question just from curiosity.
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Permalink Reply by Laura on
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How about.... who is the first couple to list "The Chainlink" as an optional place to donate money too in their name, vs receiving a wedding present? And how much money will be donated in their name?
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Well, we could all say "hey, I've donated xxx to date" and then make a total ourselves.
I still don't know what that would accomplish.
If this were running as a non-profit, there would still be salaried staff presumably.
Look at some of Chicago's non-profits and what their CEO's make:
Below are $400,000 plus.
Shedd Aquarium
Field Museum
Museum of Science and Industry
Art Institute of Chicago
I doubt Julie's pulling down $400K with this site. But if she were, I would say Kudos!
I look at it this way. What would I pay for this resource annually if it were a pay site. Then I contribute accordingly.
Since M.A.R.K. just now noticed the "donate" button, I suspect he has paid $0.00 for this service so far. That's a helluva deal!
Nothing in the disclaimer page says they are trying to lose money...
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Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on
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~snerk~
Tank-Ridin' Ryan said:
I want to see this site's long form birth certificate!
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