UPDATE: 930AM PST Sat, March 31
Readers may have noticed that this post was offline for awhile and that the GoFundMe site was taken down. Some readers are rightfully wondering what happened, and worried that there was some scam going on.
The GoFundMe company reported that somebody tried to spoof the credentials of the campaign owner, and take control of the funds. This caused a lot of confusion and speculation. And so by request, I took the post down until it was resolved.
I’ve had prior obligations in the last two days (in preparation for Easter at my Church – (I’m setting up a live broadcast) and I was overwhelmed and could not dedicate any more time to it. I apologize to any WUWT readers that might have been concerned.
Some lessons were learned in this, and I’ll write a follow up post to explain in more detail.
Thanks for your concern. But more importantly, thanks to those who supported it.
Done (including the tip for GoFundMe).
I generally don’t do this kind of “blind” donating (I funnel my donations through my local Rotary foundation to abused kids & children with health issues, etc) However, Anthony & WUWT have more than earned my respect & trust. This is an eminently reasonable thing to do.
I’m betting her numbers change pretty substantially and pretty quickly.
Humble observation & modest proposal:
Observation: I have now donated, but I have also already received multiple unwanted emails from GoFundMe (in truth, one was a receipt). “Unsubscribe” is not a simple click, but a menu of “unsubscribes”. I did not realize a my donation earned me this unwanted attention.
Proposal: I support the idea of an annual “giving forward”, but my personal desire would be to donate to a purpose-specific WUWT fund which is then terminated & disbursed to the selected cause.
I had no idea about that either, since when I donated to kick off, I didn’t get a bunch of email solicitations. Maybe there was a “don’t email me” checkbox that I clicked.
Only a receipt email to me.
I got a receipt and a “Welcome back to GoFundMe” Email with a URL to “finish setting up your giving profile” URL. I had dropped my account because I was get more suggestions on who I should help than I wanted. I’ll just ignore the request and see what happens.
I donated for 5. For some of those that can’t
Flat water kayaking is a good thing. There’s almost always something interesting to look at, especially in marshy/swampy areas. I’m in.
She needs a dog too!
http://wermenh.com/images/kayak_ella.jpg
That’s great!
Made me laugh!
I like the idea of supervisor / navigator, and if it tips over, they can dog paddle to the shore.
Done
Anthony’s “once a year” decree is (with the greatest of respect) restrictive and may exclude one-of-our-own in great need.
Once a year for a non-core matter and once for a core matter would be good.
If Anthony won’t change his mind then surely 2019 should be reserved for Monckton & Co.
Is it that hard to teach moderately old people how to use a travel website?
Happy to help!
My wife and I both have kayaks, however when you meet up with a 14 foot alligator sunning itself on the bank, it suddenly becomes anything but serene. A friend of mine wrote two books (guide books actually) on kayaking in SW Florida. His website is https://www.paddlesinparadise.com/
I’ll support any fellow paddler. I’m not yet 50 and I Stand up Paddle more than kayak. I think her idea is fantastic. Happy to help. Paddle on!
Done.
Small donation made – best of luck from a lapsed open water swimmer!
Hope you make a great success of it 🙂
As Mr. Toad said:
“There’s nothing––absolutely nothing––half so much worth doing as messing about in boats.”
And kayaks certainly qualify!
I am forwarding this to my home email, and will donate from home.
No PayPal? Wratts. Will have to wait until I get someplace I can use a credit card.
Done. Thanks, Anthony.
Please, please, arrange for accepting PayPal – I don’t feel comfortable leaving my credit card details…