Comments on: Dreaming of Blogathon 2008

By: Blogathon Vancouver 2008: Meet the Participants - Barbara » Vancouver Blog Miss 604

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:00:54 +0000

[...] Doduk – Being one of the two blogs I read during Blogathon 2006, I’ve been a fan of Barbara’s site ever since. She’s got her own style, her own [...]

By: Blogathon Vancouver 2008 » Vancouver Blog Miss 604

Blogathon Vancouver 2008 » Vancouver Blog Miss 604 — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:27:30 +0000

[...] put the call out earlier this month and the response was quite positive so I have setup the wiki and we’re all systems GO for the [...]

By: Duane Storey

Duane Storey — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:46:26 +0000

Boom boom, eka lekka lekka boom.

By: Miss604

Miss604 — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 05:54:04 +0000

@Gary – I think folks like the idea of dealing directly with the non-profit. That way PayPal doesn’t take a cut and they also get their name on the tax receipt.

By: Gary Jones :: BlueFur.com

Gary Jones :: BlueFur.com — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 05:33:13 +0000

Why not just make a new PayPal account and everyone submit to that one account and you donate afterwards?

I might be interested in doing it.

By: phaedra

phaedra — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 04:45:18 +0000

I’m soooo down, and it looks like I’ll my new Macbook sometime next week

By: Raul

Raul — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 01:36:16 +0000

Let’s also not forget about what we said (e.g. geeking out collectively at some coffee shop or something)…

By: Miss604

Miss604 — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:03:12 +0000

@Tanya, Yeah I was looking into a fundraising site like FirstGiving but then all the non-profits would have to sign up and create a profile and the funds would go through there and not the charity itself.

I think it may be better not to use the Blogathon platform because people weren’t too keen on submitting their email address to a third party like that before. Maybe the email approach for pledges would work but I do really like the idea of setting up a “personal donation” or “personal goals” page for everyone. However you’re right, contacting the existing/past Blogathon organizers would be a great start.

By: Tanya (aka NetChick)

Tanya (aka NetChick) — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 23:59:19 +0000

I’d be interested…

Has anyone tried to contact the peeps at the previously-used site? Perhaps they’d lend the technology to us, since they aren’t using it?

Just a thought.

There’s also several really cheap suites out there that all the participants could get together to obtain, or get a sponsor to purchase the software for us.

By: AP

AP — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 23:48:45 +0000

My girlfriend would say me blogging everyday alone is a “blogathon”.