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Hey guys,

For the most part, the MEFAs don't cost anything but time. The website
was designed and coded by volunteers and is run ad-free; the
competition itself is run by volunteers. There is no cash reward for
the winners, no monetary compensation even for the most active
volunteers. It's a labor of love.

Which is precisely why I hate asking for donations. However, the
company that hosts our website takes a slightly more capitalistic view
of things. So we occasionally ask our members to chip in towards our
site costs. Therefore, you can donate through paypal. There's a
donation button at

http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/58401.html

(You don't need a LJ account to donate; the donation is handled
through PayPal; I just put the button up there.)

This is completely voluntary. If you can't or don't want to give
money, you can still participate. As a perpetually poor graduate
student I can relate to not having the extra money, and if you want to
contribute to the awards in other ways we will always be able to find
a use for your time.

Second, whatever you contribute will go to our hosting fees. Not to my
Amazon slush fund, not as thanks to the volunteers (who IMO deserve
it!) or rewards to the winners. The more that is donated, the longer
it will be before I'm back here with my hand out.

Oh, and in the past people have wanted to donate without doing so
online. (Yes, some people don't have credit or debit cards - I think
they're smart!) For these people, in the past I've let you mail me
checks and I have deposited them into my personal account, then made a
corresponding donation for you. If you'd like to do this email me
privately (mefasupport-at-gmail-dot-com) and I'll give you my address.

Ciao,

Marta
(MEFA Admin.)

In a message dated 18/01/2008 19:07:47 GMT Standard Time, melayton@gmail.com
writes:

Oh, and in the past people have wanted to donate without doing so
online. (Yes, some people don't have credit or debit cards - I think
they're smart!) For these people, in the past I've let you mail me
checks and I have deposited them into my personal account, then made a
corresponding donation for you. If you'd like to do this email me
privately (mefasupport-privatelyprivately (mefasupport-<WBR>at-gmail-



Happy to donate thru Paypal - what sort of size donation were you thinking?
$5-$10? Just a ballpark?

Remember too, people outside the US probably can't donate by cheque.

Liza



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Hi Liza,

> Oh, and in the past people have wanted to donate without doing so
> online. (Yes, some people don't have credit or debit cards - I think
> they're smart!) For these people, in the past I've let you mail me
> checks and I have deposited them into my personal account, then made a
> corresponding donation for you. If you'd like to do this email me
> privately (mefasupport-privatelyprivately (mefasupport-<WBR>at-gmail-
>
> Happy to donate thru Paypal - what sort of size donation were you thinking?
> $5-$10? Just a ballpark?
>

Most donations tend to be in the $15-20 range, but really, whatever
you're comfortable with. Even smaller donations add up. If $5-10 would
be more in linke with what you'd like to give, that is fine. (Some
people have given $10 in the past, so it's not too small a donation.)

> Remember too, people outside the US probably can't donate by cheque.
>

Good observation. Thanks.

Marta

Do you need apaypal account to be able to donate through paypal? I had an
account once, but lost the password and was never able to retrieve it.

Chris

> -----Original Message-----
> From: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com [mailto:MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com]On
> Behalf Of aure_enteluva
> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 2:07 PM
> To: mefawards@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [MEFAwards] Funds Drive
>
>
> Hey guys,
>
> For the most part, the MEFAs don't cost anything but time. The website
> was designed and coded by volunteers and is run ad-free; the
> competition itself is run by volunteers. There is no cash reward for
> the winners, no monetary compensation even for the most active
> volunteers. It's a labor of love.
>
> Which is precisely why I hate asking for donations. However, the
> company that hosts our website takes a slightly more capitalistic view
> of things. So we occasionally ask our members to chip in towards our
> site costs. Therefore, you can donate through paypal. There's a
> donation button at
>
> http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/58401.html
>
> (You don't need a LJ account to donate; the donation is handled
> through PayPal; I just put the button up there.)
>
>

Chris wrote:

>
>
> Do you need apaypal account to be able to donate through paypal? I had an
> account once, but lost the password and was never able to retrieve it.
>
> Chris
>

Hi Chris,

It looks like you can donate without a paypal account, by just entering
your credit card information.

I have not actually tried to do this, so I don't know if it will be a
problem that you have registered in the past. But there is at least an
option to donate without an account.

Marta