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faisj

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Hi -RJ- and other members,

The idea is to make a new user
(for example username: nameproshelpfund)
(who will open one thread where the basic concept will be explained)

This user only receives NP$'s.
All users who want to do a donation of any size (1NP$ or 1000NP$'s)
can do that to that user.

The moment somewhere in the world there would be a tragedy.
(for example 9/11, tsunami or anything huge) we could use this relief fund
to help the people by donating all or a part of it to that cause
real emergency bank account.

In points:
- Anybody can donate any amount.
(you dont need to submit 4000NP$'s at once you can help with
whatever amount you want to help with and what you can spare
at that moment)


- RJ will be the only one who can remove funds from this account
(to donate it to the real bank account, after that financial transaction he can make a
screenshot of the payment so everyone can see what exactly happend
and what amount to witch account has been transferred)


- In the username profile everyone can see every moment how big
this relief fund has become.


- There will be a 3 special members who will be assigned to this project
and when something happens they will create a thread that will be
sticked... so everyone can see they can submit extra NP$'s
before the money get transferred from NP$'s to real $.

- before a transfer will be made a poll will open and a minimum of 75
members have to agree that this is a good cause to donate the money
to.

(The poll will also have a "negative donate" option. the moment 25
members have voted no, this the donation will not go through!!!
even though 75 people want to send it)


This way we can all vote in a fast manner if this tragedy will or will not receive
money from our NP Relief Fund.

- The 3 main members of this project will inform everyone about
what is going on and are more or less the spokes persons and the people
who start these threads in case of a tragedy.
(the reason why we need 3 members is that we always need someone
who can do this for us. Incase, we have only one spokes person/emergency
thread opener it could be that he/she is on vacation or has no internet on that moment
with multiple people; there will always be someone to be there.)


- There could be a link on the Namepros homepage on the right side
where people can click and directly come to the donation page.
so people can donate whenever they want to.

I hope we can set up this "Emergency NamePros Relief Fund"
It does not look very usefull now, but it could make a small difference
for some lifes in the future!

In case Ron and you all find it a great idea it would be my honour
and pleasure to set up the explaination thread and username etc...
To start this project.

thanks for reading.

kind regards,

Faisj.
 
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Great idea IMO :tu:

Just think;
1NP$ per user, per day. Let's say 1500 minimum active members a day and 1/3 of them contribute.

That's 182500NP$ a year!

Would be nice to see everyone putting a little into it every time they're feeling generous or see something on the news that makes them feel the need to donate.
 
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only 1np$? pfft
we make more than that by one post ;)

Joe
 
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TheArbiter said:
only 1np$? pfft
we make more than that by one post ;)

Joe

Exactly my point.

This post is making 1NP$. All you're basically donating is 400NP$ odd a year (the equivalent of a charity ribbon), except it doesn't seem like it's anywhere near that if you do it in small payments ;) (I'm not saying pay in 1NP$ payments :D)
 
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I'd like to see the option of splitting our NP$ earning.. for example, in forums where we earn 2 NP per post, I'd like the option of automatically putting 1 NP$ toward a specific cause or ribbon.. having to wait til we accumulate 400 NP$ for a ribbon would be eliminated.. we would have the ribbon with the idea being we are continually contributing to it by posting.
 
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dgridley said:
I'd like to see the option of splitting our NP$ earning.. for example, in forums where we earn 2 NP per post, I'd like the option of automatically putting 1 NP$ toward a specific cause or ribbon.. having to wait til we accumulate 400 NP$ for a ribbon would be eliminated.. we would have the ribbon with the idea being we are continually contributing to it by posting.

I like that idea a lot Dave! Plus, it would most likely result in more NP $ being donated, as people could automatically donate 50% of their NP $ earned, and not have to think about making a donation - which may only occur once every few months.

Tom
 
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Exactly.. and the ribbons would only signify your choice of commitment. I think alot, if not 90% of us, would donate in this way.


jeter4982 said:
I like that idea a lot Dave! Plus, it would most likely result in more NP $ being donated, as people could automatically donate 50% of their NP $ earned, and not have to think about making a donation - which may only occur once every few months.

Tom
 
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Great idea dgridley, but I think it would take a lot of programming work
from -rj- to make a income split.
 
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No problem.. now that he has a partner, what else does RJ have to do? ;)


faisj said:
Great idea dgridley, but I think it would take a lot of programming work
from -rj- to make a income split.
 
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dgridley said:
No problem.. now that he has a partner, what else does RJ have to do? ;)

That's the spirit Dave, he's no doubt just lazing around with his feet up, reading a newspaper by his swimming pool as usual. He sure loves that caribbean estate. Get him to do some work I say! :D

But seriously, I love the idea. I'd definately be willing to partake in the scheme if it were to be introduced.
 
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It is going great ( 2977.26 Np$'s so far )
But, we really need extra Np$'s!

Please note the special contest this week! :)
 
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Heres another thought...

If someone gets permantly banned and they have NP$ in their account, why not donate that NP$ to the Emergency Fund account? The NP$ is doing no good just sitting in a banned user account, mind as well put it to a good cause.

Just a thought. :)
 
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Fewski said:
Heres another thought...

If someone gets permantly banned and they have NP$ in their account, why not donate that NP$ to the Emergency Fund account? The NP$ is doing no good just sitting in a banned user account, mind as well put it to a good cause.

Just a thought. :)

Not a bad idea... but, it has to be inserted into the general signup rules
of this forum (i think)
-RJ- what do you think?
 
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dgridley said:
I'd like to see the option of splitting our NP$ earning.. for example, in forums where we earn 2 NP per post, I'd like the option of automatically putting 1 NP$ toward a specific cause or ribbon.. having to wait til we accumulate 400 NP$ for a ribbon would be eliminated.. we would have the ribbon with the idea being we are continually contributing to it by posting.
faisj said:
Great idea dgridley, but I think it would take a lot of programming work
from -rj- to make a income split.
Excellent idea from Dave,

And also, really it would not take a huge amount of coding to do this I believe, add a column to the members table in the database, add the option into the design and php of the profile page, and then edit the NP$ system slightly.

Might take a couple hours if you don't know how the Vbulletin system works (As I don't lol), but with phpBB or IPB this would be pretty easy, and I assume VBulletin would be just as easy.

Great idea! I'd do it...
 
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Fewski said:
Heres another thought...

If someone gets permantly banned and they have NP$ in their account, why not donate that NP$ to the Emergency Fund account? The NP$ is doing no good just sitting in a banned user account, mind as well put it to a good cause.

Just a thought. :)
Great idea Fewski! I was going to suggest the exact same thing. If the banned/suspended user is not going to return, then their NP$ could be put to good use. If a rule was put into the Namepros TOS that your NP$ balance will be donated to charity if you are banned or temporarily suspended for more than 30 days (or if you voluntarily close your account), then there should be no ethical or legal problems with this.
 
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i think its a great idea to have an auto donate feature on the forum.

itd save quite a lot of time actually, and stop people forgetting to donate.

also, it shouldnt be too hard to code, its not like he has to recode the domain system.
 
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