Donation Derby! Another way to compete against yourself, but in support of NaNoWrimo!
It's a self-competition in a sense: we're competing against what was donated from this region last year, not what anybody else raises. Winner is the region with the highest average *increase* above the previous year.
We're one of the Wolverines, in League 4, and currently are neck in neck with NOTRE DAME.
(How cool would it be to beat Notre Dame?)
We're in the Wolverine League, or League 4. So far we've donated about 70 percent of what nearly 70 percent more than we donated as a group last year. (Apparently I was looking at it backwards.) YOU ALL ROCK!
From the Donation Derby FAQ:
In the Donation Derby contest, the winner in each league will be the region with the highest average increase in donations between last year and this year. Brand-new regions and existing regions that had no donations last year will be competing in the same league. Our contest will close at midnight on November 30th, and winners will be announced as close to December 4th as possible.
Each winning region will receive these lovely prizes:
* A personalized web badge to decorate blogs and regional websites
* A personal email from Chris
* Their region name on a plaque/trophy at HQ, plus photographic evidence of same.
* Public acknowledgement on the site
The fine print: Since region size is the number of active+homed participants, this number (and the data you’ll see) will fluctuate through the month as more participants home with your region, or (sadly) leave your region and home elsewhere.
The Donation Derby can only show donations made directly to OLL through the donation station (or by check). We can’t include donations made through GiftTool, since those donations are not routed directly through OLL.
If no region in a league exceeds last year’s average, the winner will be the region that comes closest to matching last year’s average. In case of a tie, the winner will be the region with the highest total donation for the current year.
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Remember -- no matter how many or how few words bleed from your fingertips, by Nov. 30 you'll have written more of a a novel than most people write in a lifetime. Keep writing! Because darn it, it's fun!
50,573 / 50,000
nov. 17, 2009 - 14 04
I had already been thinking of starting a thread encouraging people to donate. I get discouraged when I look at the main page and see how few people overall have donated to NaNoWriMo. I know this can be an expensive month, what with treating ourselves to coffee out while writing (and partaking in some of the treats the coffee shops all seem to have on a tantalizing display). And I know that we're doing all this work pounding out words. But our ML and the people at the Office of Light and Letters clearly put in a lot of work.
Anyway, I can't come up with a solid, irrefutable reason, but it feels good—and you get cute stickers in return!
50,318 / 50,000
nov. 17, 2009 - 14 26
I am woefully poor. So poor that I can no longer go to the Newport All State Write In because I just can't afford the gas. BUT! I really wanted to donate so I have attacked my family XD
My mom does this obnoxious Christmas thing where she wants lists starting in September, so of course she only got mine about a week ago. I told her that she could do me a real solid and give some money to NaNoWriMo for an early gift. I'm so excited because she thinks it's weird but likes the idea behind it. YAY.
50,573 / 50,000
nov. 17, 2009 - 14 30
That's very sweet, Miriamele.
92,640 / 50,000
nov. 17, 2009 - 17 00
Thank you, Gaudior!
If you're interested, here's where your donations go.
Just to be clear; all of the MLs are volunteers (I don't even want to *think* about how much money they'd have to raise to pay us.) It's rewarding enough watching people have fun creating their novels (and creating my own, of course.)
I'm really proud of Albany-Corvallis because we've always had a donation rate higher than the international average. I'd be *stoked* if we could get it to 10 percent. But, yannow. That's just me. *kicks toe in sand*
And I know I said I wouldn't be pushing donation requests but I just found out about this derby this week. Guess I should read my ML mail more often...
----------Remember -- no matter how many or how few words bleed from your fingertips, by Nov. 30 you'll have written more of a a novel than most people write in a lifetime. Keep writing! Because darn it, it's fun!
92,640 / 50,000
nov. 17, 2009 - 17 03
Awwwwwwwwwww! That's so cool! Thank you, Miriamele!
----------Remember -- no matter how many or how few words bleed from your fingertips, by Nov. 30 you'll have written more of a a novel than most people write in a lifetime. Keep writing! Because darn it, it's fun!
60,300 / 50,000
nov. 18, 2009 - 15 43
Another great idea to encourage supportive friends/family to donate *on your behalf*
even if they don't get the whole "I'd really rather you just made a donation in my name, I have enough stuff" thing...
Ask for a NaNo teeshirt as the most awesome, totally cool gift imaginable... and, oh yeah, I guess it isn't a very big gift... maybe you could add another ten dollars to OLL as a *DONATION* while you're at it, then.
I have family that insist that "gifts" means something that I can unwrap and hold in my hands.
My daughter will also be getting a NaNo tee under the tree.
A *thirty* dollar teeshirt it is, then. ;-)
(Guess I should get motivated and implement this plan.)
----------Life is not a spectator sport.
92,640 / 50,000
nov. 18, 2009 - 21 03
Excellent!
----------Remember -- no matter how many or how few words bleed from your fingertips, by Nov. 30 you'll have written more of a a novel than most people write in a lifetime. Keep writing! Because darn it, it's fun!