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Re: "findU needs your help!" The challenge... the standings...
« Reply #15 on: September 15, 2008, 02:25:57 PM »
And, we have our first serial donator!

Make that two.  Just coughed up enough to put us ahead, for now.

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Re: "findU needs your help!" The challenge... the standings...
« Reply #16 on: September 15, 2008, 04:55:41 PM »
Please let me know how much, Dave. I'm not findU, so I only know if the donor tells me the amount.

In the interim, another donation for Wxforum...
         
WxForum         Weather-Display
$375.01         $295.00

Total   $670.01      
 
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Re: "findU needs your help!" The challenge... the standings...
« Reply #17 on: September 15, 2008, 07:45:52 PM »
At 1:42 PM PDT on 15 Sept 2008 (Harvest Moon), the second serial donator, credited to WD:
         
WxForum         Weather-Display
$375.01         $325.12

Total   $700.13      
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Re: "findU needs your help!" The challenge... the standings...
« Reply #18 on: September 15, 2008, 09:52:59 PM »
At 3:50 PM PDT on 15 Sept 2008 (Harvest Moon), another donation credited to WD.

WD is now ahead by 11 cents!


WxForum         Weather-Display
$375.01         $375.12

Total   $750.13      
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Re: "findU needs your help!" The challenge... the standings...
« Reply #19 on: September 15, 2008, 10:07:40 PM »
 :D :lol: 8)
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Re: "findU needs your help!" The challenge... the standings...
« Reply #20 on: September 16, 2008, 12:58:57 AM »
Just posted this WxForum, so I thought I'd crosspost it here.

Re: recount...

I'm keeping a spreadsheet of the donations I'm apprised of. Either the amount is PM or emailed to me, or I see it posted on one of 2 forums. A recount would have to be taken up with the Excel programmers at M$. ;)

From the beginning, I've treated info sent to me as confidential on the forums, but the spreadsheet has everyone's screen name so I can keep them straight. For the record, between the 2 forums, we have 19 donations.

The penny madness started with a donor here. :) The Kiwi donation was PMed to me in even USD ending in 0. The "odd" WD donation was from our second serial donor, from the US, and ends in .12 .

FWIW, we also had one split donation besides mine, with part going to each forum, and one substantial donation with an intention to make a continuing monthly contribution.

Just a reminder/disclaimer... I'm not findU, just a user who donated to the cause and volunteered (with the input of Ocala originally, and then George R) to help drum up some more support. I don't benefit from this. Because of that, I don't directly see the PayPal. If you don't post/PM/email me your donation, I don't know you made it, and can't add it to the tally.

My take is that, if you want to make it public, post it. I'll find it and add it to the spreadsheet. If you'd rather remain anonymous, send me the details and I'll just add it to the total.

And (with apologies to Frank Bartles and Ed Jaymes),

"Thank yew for your support..."


Chris

 
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Re: "findU needs your help!" The challenge... the standings...
« Reply #21 on: September 16, 2008, 01:19:56 AM »
7:15 PM PDT 15 Sept 2008

Another $50 for WxForum, and we break a collective $800!

WxForum         Weather-Display
$425.01         $375.12

Total   $800.13      
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Re: "findU needs your help!" The challenge... the standings...
« Reply #22 on: September 17, 2008, 02:50:49 PM »
Update:

After a quiet Tuesday, (no donations at all from either forum since Monday evening PDT), I received notification of another one in Wxforum's name just now.

8:45 AM 17 September 2008

WxForum leads by almost $100 ($99.89)!

WxForum         Weather-Display      
$475.01         $375.12      

Total   $850.13            
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Re: "findU needs your help!" The challenge... the standings...
« Reply #23 on: September 18, 2008, 03:50:18 AM »
Update
Wednesday 17 Sept 2008 9:45 PM PDT

Another donation on WxForum's side...

WxForum         Weather-Display      
$525.01         $375.12

Total   $900.13            
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Re: "findU needs your help!" The challenge... the standings...
« Reply #24 on: September 18, 2008, 09:54:42 PM »
Final update:

The challenge has been running for 9 days, and, between WxForum and Weather-Watch, we raised a total of $900.13! That's a pretty respectable total, and average of $100.01/day.

It must have helped, because at the top of my fundU page today I saw this:

"Thanks to everyone who donated! Your generosity met the fundraising goal!"

So, to everyone here that donated, I thank you from the bottom of my rain gauge.

Special Atta-Boys go out Ocala Dave, who, even without access to WxForum, thought it was important enough of a cause that he contacted  me and asked to post the need for funds.

And also to George Richardson, who had the idea to challenge Weather-Watch in fund raising.

 

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Re: "findU needs your help!" The challenge... the standings...
« Reply #25 on: September 18, 2008, 10:16:57 PM »
Thanks for the headsup in the first place Chris, and thanks too for the prompting and updates all the way through!

Graeme
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Re: "findU needs your help!" The challenge... the standings...
« Reply #26 on: September 18, 2008, 10:17:46 PM »
GREAT Job Guys!!!!!!!!!!

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Re: "findU needs your help!" The challenge... the standings...
« Reply #27 on: September 20, 2008, 09:34:19 PM »
Well, I guess we aren't done with the challenge just yet! Just received notification of another WD donation:

               
WxForum         Weather-Display      
$525.01         $400.12      

Total   $925.13            
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