CCC [Overview]: Suggest ideas here

[lunar1126]

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COLDPLAYING CHARITY CLUB
Coldplaying for Fair Play

** UPDATED NoV 25th **

** NEWS UPDATE: THE CCCs FLAGSHIP CHARITY PROJECT, THE $1.36 CAMPAIGN, IS NOW UNDER WAY: CLICK HERE (http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?t=29904)TO LEARN MORE **


HOW TO JOIN:

There are no requirements to join. We only ask that you read through this first post, understand the mission of the CCC, support the ideas behind the CCC, and when you are able, support the club's projects. To see a list of current members, and to join yourself, go here: http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?t=30186


Main idea: Create a club of Coldplay fans who wish to individually do their small part to help those who need it most, and collectively attempt to make a difference. Together we can promote a spirit of giving by following the example Coldplay has set. We can support charities, raise awareness for selected issues at concerts, as well as in our own communities, and encourage each other to get involved and take action in any way that we can. :)

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BRIEF outline of discussed ideas (see bottom of this post for more detailed descriptions of the following): (Edited as time goes on)

I. Charity/money raising activities:
A. Monthly monetary goals

B. A Coldplay/Coldplaying community store (t-shirts, buttons, bumper stickers) --> all proceeds to go to charities of our choice (see detailed description at bottom of post for current t-shirt designs)
i. Design contests

ii. Club logo/slogan
C. $1.36 Charity Campaign though PayPal --> money to go to Sponsor A Child

II. Raising Awareness activities:
A. Hand out posters/banners/buttons at CP concerts with info how to get involved

B. Design fliers to hold up during the concert (i.e like the Happy Birthday Chris signs)

C. Design and distribute neighborhood fliers with info on MTF and other causes

D. Get our voices heard by writing formal letters/petitions about issues we care about

E. Encourage each other to take an active role in helping others

F. Educate ourselves through thoughtful, open minded discussions about current global events and concerns (i.e. AIDS, global warning, famine, overpopulation)

(thanks an_cat, Vic and Frostbitepanda for your great ideas, and everyone else who has expressed interest so far!) :kiss:

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INDEPTH descriptions of ideas:

* Donating to charity: a few dollars can go a long way, especially if we all manage to save a little and give a little. It would be fun to challenge ourselves to meet monthly monetary goals. We could set up different threads for separate charities and keep track of how much money is donated to each one. Charities can include ones that Coldplay supports, as well as any others that we find credible and worthy. Of course keeping a reliable record of how much money is being donated is a tricky business. Victaniac had the wonderful idea of setting up a group email account to which ‘donation (email) receipts’ could be forwarded (after donating, an email confirmation including your donated amount usually follows, so we'd just send that along to the group email). Logistics need to be worked out, but a few people could have access to the email to keep the group up to speed about donation progress. Any other ideas in regard to this?

* "$1.36 Charity Campaign" - A PayPal account for the club has been established to collect money for Sponsor A Child (http://www.savethechildren.org/sponsorship/index.asp?stationpub=hpbasbutton). The CCC asks for a small donation of $1.36 (or one of your country's currency), with the aim of pooling together the equivalent/minimum of $28 dollars a month, each month. Once we are 'assigned' a child, we will recieve updates about 'our' child and will have the opportunity to coorespond with him/her. This is would be a beautiful project. Please check out the website. :nice: ** This project is underway. Go here (http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?t=29904).

* Make signs, posters/banners, and flyers to hand out at concerts to get other fans attention and hey, maybe even the guys’ attention too. :P Information on these could include useful websites and ideas how people can get more involved. We could have volunteer sign up sheets for each show for people to print and pass information out, etc. This tour is almost over, but if we get organized really quickly maybe we can do something for the Isle of Wright show in June. Frostbitepanda had the awesome idea of making flyers with the MTF equal sign on the front, with links and info on the back, including instructions reading (i.e.) "Hold this flyer high during 'Politik' and give the world love over this." (like the Happy Birthday Chris signs). :laugh4:

* Create a Coldplay/Coldplaying community t-shirt store (similar to cafepress.com) where all procedes go to charity. Since there are so many talented souls on these boards, we could hold design contests for a group statement and logo, as well as for product designs! :D Some t-shirt ideas that have been already mentioned include:
- Front: "Coldplaying for Fair Play" (with logos, designs); Back: a list of all cool causes/charity websites.
- Some fun designs that read: Jonny's Fluffer, Guy's Maid :lol:
- Coldplay lyric designs
- Here (http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1523648&postcount=54), here (http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1525674&postcount=80)and here (http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1534011&postcount=138)are a few designs so far

* Neighborhood fliers: similar to fliers that we can pass out at concerts, we can design a flier that we can all post around our neighborhood, on school bulletins or at work, etc. to raise awareness about MTF and other causes.

* Formal letters: write to local shops about using fair trade coffee, rice, etc or even higher up governmental offices about issues we are passionate about, and then post any responses we get. We can also help each other write formal letters (so they take it seriously) or we can design a form letter everyone can use.

The CCC section will soon have:

* Stickied threads for FAQs, charity links, group graphics, flyers, etc, promotional activities, etc
* Threads where we can bounce ideas off each other on how we can take a more active role in helping others.
* Threads discussing global issues (AIDS, global warming, famine, overpopulation, etc etc). It is important that we learn from each other and better educate ourselves.

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I encourage you to think about this, and share any ideas you have IN THIS THREAD! Even if you don't have any ideas yet, but still want to get involved, just POST to say you are interested in this project. If you believe in the power of Coldplayers united, then put a link back to this thread in your sig to generate a buzz!!

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Siggy CCC thread link:
♥ Coldplaying Charity Club (http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?t=28988) ♥

Use this code: (just delete the *)

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[COLOR="Red"][B]Blinkies and banners:
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(by Victaniac)

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(by Victaniac)

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(by lunar1126)

And [URL="http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1525532&postcount=77"]here (http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?t=28988) (by frostbitepanda) and here (http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1551028&postcount=249)(by Ladybug) are a ton more banners!

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Here is a list of Coldplay approved organizations:
1 Giant Leap (http://www.1giantleap.tv/php/summary.php?id=1&ID=)
Amnesty International (http://www.amnesty.org.uk)
Amnesty USA (http://www.amnestyusa.org/musicforhumanrights/)
Keep A Child Alive (http://www.keepachildalive.org/)
Make Poverty History (http://www.makepovertyhistory.org/)
Make Trade Fair (http://www.maketradefair.com/en/index.htm)
Oxfam (http://www.oxfam.org/)
Planetsave (http://planetsave.com/ps_mambo/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1)
Silver Clef (http://www.silverclef.com/)
Stop Handgun Violence (http://www.stophandgunviolence.com/home.htm)
Water Aid (http://www.aquaplastics.org/)
World's Aids Day (http://www.worldaidsday.org/)

Other good causes:
CARE (http://www.care.org/index.asp?)
Doctors without Borders (http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/)
Heifer International (http://www.heifer.org/)
International Medical Corps (http://www.imcworldwide.org/index.shtml)
ONE (http://www.one.org/)
The International Rescue Committee (http://www.theirc.org/)
Unicef (http://www.unicef.org/)
Chernobyl Children's Project International (http://www.chernobyl-international.com/home/default.asp)
Green Peace (http://www.greenpeace.org/international/)
Save Darfur (http://www.savedarfur.org/home)
Invisible Children (http://www.invisiblechildren.com/home.php)
*** Honor a Special Woman on Mother's Day with the Gift of Oxfam (https://secure.ga0.org/02/tribute_mothers)

Inform yourself:
UN Wire E-newsletter (http://www.smartbrief.com/un_wire/index.jsp) - news covering the United Nations and the world
Oxfam International Monthly Newsletter (http://www.prq0.com/quickstart/LeadCapture/Display_LeadCapture.asp?e=XbcajcajCD&oid=3565)

Be sure to visit these sites once a day:
www.thehungersite.com (http://www.thehungersite.com) - Help feed the hungry
www.thebreastcancersite.com (http://www.thebreastcancersite.com/) - Help fund free mammograms
www.thechildhealthsite.com (http://www.thechildhealthsite.com/) - Help fund healthcare for children
www.theliteracysite.com (http://www.theliteracysite.com/) - Help fund books for kids
www.therainforestsite.com (http://www.therainforestsite.com/) - Help preserve endangered land
www.theanimalrescuesite.com (http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/) - Help fund food for animals

How to take action/get your voice heard:
Help Your Community (http://www.helpyourcommunity.org/)
Make Poverty History: Email Tony Blair (http://www.oxfam.org.uk/what_you_can_do/imin/action/tonyblair02.htm?ito=2376&itc=0)
Face AIDS - a student campaign (http://faceaids.org/)
Write letters for the benefit of human rights thru Amnesty International:
Letter writing guide 1 (http://www.amnesty.org.uk/action/resources/lwg.shtml)
Letter writing guide 2, w/ sample letters (http://www.amnesty.org/campaign/letter-guide.html)


Please take note: We believe that charity should cross all borders. These borders could be state, country, AND POLITICAL. Please, we kindly request of you, keep your left and right wing tendencies out of this. We just want to help people. Yes, some of the campaigns listed may sound incredibly liberal, but that's your opinion. Drawing political, social and racial lines can only destroy good intentions.

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[boomslang]

the title of this thread sounds like good name too. :)

[victaniac]

^True! And it has "coldplaying" in it. CCCers? (sounds like we have a stutter :laugh4:) But it does have an interesting ring to it!.. :lol:

[anitafranc]

I like it too!
I also like brothers and sisters unite

[yellow_fever]

Great names and awesome idea too!

[frostbitepanda]

Yay! Our thread! *Hugs*

[coldplay_steph]

Yay! :D Some awesome ideas so far guys! I especially like the motto 'Coldplaying for Fair Play' :cool:

If this progresses further (which I really hope it does!) and we eventually have some good flyers/petitions etc, I am thinking I could ask the manager of the Starbucks Coffee I work in if I can have some out in our store.

They are a great company for charity stuff, as they are always open to ideas and willing to let partners have their say in what they would like to do for charity in the store. Plus we serve certified Fair Trade coffee, and already have info about that up in store, so it ties in well. Just a thought :)

[zeoir]

'Coldplaying for Fair Play' sounds awesome!
There isn't many things i can do for this yet, i can't draw or designe..But i can always spread the word of this hole idea and when the fliers and t-shirts and stuff are done i can post and sell them :)
I feel much better now when i know i can do something for this :P

[an_cat]

Yes, thanks for making the thread!!!:)


What about this. What if someone made one of those shops (I can't remember the name, it's some "cafe" thing) where you can design shirts or pins, people buy them, and you make money. Well, what if we ran something like that and ALL the proceeds went right to specific charities?

Ah, here's an example. The official Interference community shop: http://www.cafepress.com/interferencecom

The proceeds don't go to charity, there (I suppose proceeds go to maintaining the site, since it's huge). But we could do SOMETHING like that then change it so money goes to an organization, as I mentioned before.

However, we probably won't be able to design "Make Trade Fair" shirts or anything without getting our asses sued off for copyright infringement. Maybe if we want to do something like that, we should email someone in the MTF organization and ask them if it's ok. We COULD make shirts like "Coldplaying for Fair Play" on the front (with cool designs) and then on the back, a list of all the websites. I'm sure that'd be ok!



We'll have to think about this more, but I believe it could be the perfect way to get people involved in the organizations, as well as the Coldplaying community:) (we should also include regular shirts with things from this site. Maybe a "Jonny's/Guy's Maid" shirt. Hahaha)

[victaniac]

I loooove that suggestion an_cat! I'd never heard of cafepress before, but man does it sound awesome. I wonder if you can charge whatever you want or is there some kind of base price that goes to cafepress...I'll google around to find out. But it definitely sounds good! Exciting :nice:

I love the shirts that say other things non-relating to charities. I'd be hilarious walking around with a Guy's Maid shirt.. :laugh4:

I'll guess I'll go ahead and try to come up with some logo designs for possible tshirt/pins despite us not having an official name yet.. and I'll try to make some fliers too. Just to get the ball rolling. :sneaky:

Oh and we can also advertise the charity club on our sigs like a lot of did with CFU.. but we'd need to have an official name for that I guess. I know once we have it, I'll get right on making blinkies like I did for CFU.

(kinda like:
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-11/481341/blinky5_5596.gifor http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-11/481341/blinkie6.gif)

I realize those kinda suck so I'll definitely try to step it up for this one.. :lol:

[Texasluvsjonny]

If you make a shirt that says Jonny's Fluffer I'll buy it. :D

[an_cat]

Jonny's Fluffer



oh. my. god. LMFAOOOOOOOOO That would win best shirt ever.



I definately think this could be a cool and fun idea, as well as being for a very good cause.

[lunar1126]

*Bumpity bump, bump*

an_cat, neat idea! I have heard of cafepress before. On their site it says: "There is no limit to how much you can earn at CafePress.com. We have a base price for our products and the markup you set above the base price is your commission." So going thru the site would earn us some money, but not much. We could definitely start up our own site though, with tshirts and others crafty things like bracelets and stickers and stuff. There was one girl on here (can't remember her name :() who made some freaking awesome lyric designs that she proposed to print and sell on t-shirts. I'd totally buy one!! :P

Vic, adverts in our siggys is a good idea. Can we all put a link to this thread in your sigs? I got word back from Ian in regards to getting a section of the board, and he said that we could have it only if we have enough interest, and enough daily content to keep the forum "running continuously." So there we have it. :thinking:

[victaniac]

You kill me Angie :laugh4: :laugh4:

Jonny's Fluffer... *makes a note of it* :lol: If anyone has any other suggestion for shirts, please do tell. :sneaky:


Can we all put a link to this thread in your sigs? I got word back from Ian in regards to getting a section of the board, and he said that we could have it only if we have enough interest, and enough daily content to keep the forum "running continuously." So there we have it. :thinking:

I'll put it on my sig for sure too. I figured Ian would say something along those lines.. we definitely need more interest and support.

Oh and another site I like.. and completely forgot to post! Doesn't have alot to do with the charities, but it's a small way to help. One can click everyday (or whenever) to help feed the hungry. They also have other options one can click and help, like the breast cancer one (helps fund free mammograms for women in need) or the children's health or literacy and animal rescue one. They're all tabbed at the top! :happy:

www.thehungersite.com (http://www.thehungersite.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/CTDSites.woa/32/wa/gotoSite?destSite=HungerSite&origin=bcstab&wosid=K640008H000bB30082&revisionCode=ON_BCS_THS_Tab)

[anitafranc]

this are great ideas.. I want a shirt too!
I hope this get more interest so you get your own section :D

[lunar1126]

Oh and another site I like.. and completely forgot to post! Doesn't have alot to do with the charities, but it's a small way to help. One can click everyday (or whenever) to help feed the hungry. They also have other options one can click and help, like the breast cancer one (helps fund free mammograms for women in need) or the children's health or literacy and animal rescue one. They're all tabbed at the top! :happy:

www.thehungersite.com (http://www.thehungersite.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/CTDSites.woa/32/wa/gotoSite?destSite=HungerSite&origin=bcstab&wosid=K640008H000bB30082&revisionCode=ON_BCS_THS_Tab)

Oh yeah! I know of that site. Here's another one: http://www.therainforestsite.com/ - Just a click a day helps fund the preservation of rainforest land.

Edit: Oh duh, I just noticed it's tabbed at the top of the link you gave as well! :P

[__therese]

Got this in my mail today: http://www.oxfam.org.uk/what_you_can_do/imin/action/tonyblair02.htm?ito=2376&itc=0

[boomslang]

i think everyone who's willing to be involved should officially write their name (or screenname hehe) here so its easier to see how many people are interested. i don't think people should start making fliers and everything if the interest inst there. so here's me officially signign :)

boomslang (Junior)

[frostbitepanda]

Good idea boomslang! And have Lunar as the founder/leader and appointme some co-mods and then have members.

We should also appoint jobs. Like secretary, graphic design, promoter, ect.

I voulenteered for graphic design and promotion so I'll take of that. I can also be organizer/archiver/secretary person because I'm insanely ODD and love to organize and such. :lol:

[lunar1126]

First post has been updated! boomslang, your idea has been implemented :lol:

Frostebite, we'll figure out job positions, and the finer details soon as more people become interested. Right now I just want to concentrate on getting word out about this whole thingy.

Thanks therese for the link. I put it in the first post. :nice:

And I was thinking, if there isn't sufficient interest on here for Ian to give us a forum, then we could easily start up another website/forum to meet our needs. We can make this happen one way or another...:sneaky:

[frostbitepanda]

I know a place! i've made two message boards on it. :)

And I'll go ahead and make some banners! What is our name again exactly? All the suggestions have me confused.

[victaniac]

I've no idea what my job could be.. but omg have I been having fun making blinkies! :lol: Here's one.. (I so need to grow up!..:laugh4:)

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-11/481341/ccctrain.gif

[lunar1126]

It's all flashy and purrrdy...not sure that that little bouncey thing is, but it is quite eye catching! :lol: I wanna go make one now, but I have no clue how to even start! :P

[lunar1126]

Vic, do you know the name of that gif animator program that has a crack available? I think it was posted on here somewhere, at sometime, but I can't even recall the name of it now. Dooya know what I'm talking about? :P

[victaniac]

It's supposed to be smoke! :laugh4: Give me a little break eh? My ASCII drawing sucks! :laugh4: I'm not sure which one was posted here, but I can give you mine? Works just fine for me! :)


By the way I love (love love) the idea of us getting a forum/section outside of coldplaying, if we can't have one here. Unfortunately I know nothing about running a forum properly, so hopefully someone here does and is willing to help in that way, because that'd be amazing.

[lunar1126]

lmao, I love your gif, Vic, I really do! I get it now...it's a train! Choo, choo. :laugh4: I just found a program on my computer which I think will work to make a gif...if it doesn't, I may take you up on your offer. Thanks! :kiss:

I know of a few places where we can create a forum...I'll look into it.

:nice: to your thread link in your sig. A little :heart: too! Yay! But just so you know, your MAKE POVERTY HISTORY text can't be read anymore....:( Might want to change it back to white. ;)

[victaniac]

Ohhh.. I see now, you're using the 'brothers and sisters' skin, right Lune? I completely forgot that skin is all dark and anything written in black isn't visible.. maybe I should change that train to gray or something! :laugh4:


Don't hesitate to ask if you need the animator :wink:

[lunar1126]

Ahh, that's why I couldn't see your train! Vic, it's AWESOME! Me gusta muuucho. And the little green equal signs. Brilliant.
I'm making a little thing now...which doesn't even come close to how cool yours is...but I'm tryin! :P

[lunar1126]

This is quite silly looking, but oh well. :rolleyes: :P

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/2889/cccfast4lx.gif

Just made another...I'll attempt to make some nicer looking ones tomorrow. 1am is apparently not my creative hour. :thinking:
http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/5416/image2b7jb.gif

[victaniac]

I love those Lune! Dammit why are we only allowed one sig picture?! :veryangry:

[zeoir]

lunar(can i call you lunar? :wacko: ), i love the first one :D
Chris looks funny when his mouth is open :lol: but at the same time it looks like he's screaming " JOIN THE COLDPLAYING CHARITY CLUB!!!" and that's just good! :cool:

[frostbitepanda]

Ahh! Great things happening here guys! i'm working on a few banners, buttons and icons as we speak. :)

[coldplay_steph]

^Sweet! :cool:

[lunar1126]

I love those Lune! Dammit why are we only allowed one sig picture?!
Shame isn't it? :cry: I can't get rid of my penguins! They are too near and dear to me now! :lol:

lunar(can i call you lunar? ), i love the first one
Chris looks funny when his mouth is open but at the same time it looks like he's screaming " JOIN THE COLDPLAYING CHARITY CLUB!!!" and that's just good!
My name is Nadia, but that isn't a commonly known piece of information in these parts. ;) "You can call me whatever you like. Just don't say I'm going bald." omg, where'd that come from?? ;) I need to stop watching Live 2003. Annnnyhow, feel free to use those little promo banners if you want. I plan on making some more soon.

Ahh! Great things happening here guys! i'm working on a few banners, buttons and icons as we speak.
Yeaaah, cool! :cool:

[yellow_fever]

i love the gif animations...very creative! :)

[an_cat]

Sorry I haven't been involved in the past few days, it's the last week before school vacation and things are insane around here. Not much time to stop by and get updated.


I love all the new ideas, guys! I think we could pimp it around a bit, make little sayings like "Make Coldplaying more than just a forum, join the Coldplaying Charity Club and do some good while logged in!" or whatever. I hope we get our own area of the forum, or at LEAST get this stickied. It's certainly important enough. It would be really cool to see this grow and develop into a real compaign. Think about it, all these people logged in. Thousands of us Coldplaying people, right? Well, think what we all could do with just one dollar! That's quite a bit of money if everyone just bought a pin, or a shirt, or gave a little bit. Or made fliers, etc. I suggest everyone put it in their profiles, I am! (wait, how do you put a link in your profile? I'm dumb....)


Has Ian mentioned anything about actually making shirts with the Coldplaying name on them, or whatever? He created this place and we'll need his full support and authority to do what we want. We can't go stealing his name and doing whatever we want with it. But it could be a really great little grass roots campaign, a forum.... but also a forum that does good!:)

[lunar1126]

^ an_cat, the fact that cping has so many hundreds of members was what got me thinking bout this thing in the first place. You're right.....$1 per person aint much skin off anyones back, but together we could do a lot of good! OOooOO, idea: we should start a $1.00 campaign!!!

Sadly, not nearly as many people have shown interest as I'd hoped. :( The sig links may help a bit. To make a link use the [ url=http://....] text [ url/ ] tags.

Here's the code in my sig:
[b ][COLOR="Red" ]
♥ [URL="http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?t=28988" ]Coldplaying Charity Club[/URL ] ♥[/COLOR ][/B ]
(just delete the spaces if you want to use it)

I haven't asked Ian yet about using the coldplaying.com name on t-shirts. I'm sure he wouldn't mind (hey, it's promotion for him), but I suppose we should get permission first. :P

Good luck with exams before your term is up!

[an_cat]

Thanks for the good luck wishes, I'm going to need them...:sick: :stunned:


I hope more people show interest. I think we could definately get more if this were stickied. And it does have a relation to Coldplay... Hm. Maybe we could get a mod here to sticky it! Then we'll start building up attention, hopefully working our way up to our own portion of the board like CFU had.

I hope you don't mind if I use what you have in your signature... I want people to start recognizing it and maybe if they were all similiar people will start saying "Hey, what's this? I don't want to be left out! *goes to check it out!*"



We need to start pimping this around. I was hoping the shirt idea (and not JUST charity themed shirts) would get people motivated. It'd definately be fun to design them. Maybe things like "Coldplaying.com" and on the back "Not just a forum..." LMFAO! I'll keep bumping this, to make sure it doesn't drop any pages. And I'll post whenever I find a new charity/organization/ whatever that might be worthwhile. :)

[lunar1126]

I'll ask LiquidSky or one of the other mods for a sticky......ooor we can continue bumping it like mad. :P

Maybe things like "Coldplaying.com" and on the back "Not just a forum..." LMFAO!
Coldplaying.com
Not just a forum...but a way of LIFE!! :lol:

Aww, look at our sigs. They match. How cute. :D

[an_cat]

Haha, it IS quite cute... isn't it? LMFAO You don't mind, right? I'd like to see a lot of people put the same. It's nice and attention grabbing, which is what we need.


Haha, I like that! "A way of LIFE!" so true!

[lunar1126]

Haha, it IS quite cute... isn't it? LMFAO You don't mind, right? I'd like to see a lot of people put the same. It's nice and attention grabbing, which is what we need.


Haha, I like that! "A way of LIFE!" so true!

I don't mind at all! I think its good if we have some uniformity....a real bonifide club!!

btw, an_cat, look what you've done to my rep rating! Oh my! You didn't need to go and do that. :P I feel I should have more of a reason to deserve it. But woah, thanks anyway. :kiss: Does this mean I'm cool now?? lmao :D:lol:

[anitafranc]

I love the ideas and the gifs! I hope you don't in me putting the link in my sig too..
and the $1 idea is great.. if everyone here donated one dollar a month
it would make a huge diference in other people's lives

[an_cat]

I don't mind at all! I think its good if we have some uniformity....a real bonifide club!!

btw, an_cat, look what you've done to my rep rating! Oh my! You didn't need to go and do that. :P I feel I should have more of a reason to deserve it. But woah, thanks anyway. :kiss: Does this mean I'm cool now?? lmao :D:lol:

It makes you very cool! And you made the thread and got the ball rolling, so you definately deserved all the reps!:D

[victaniac]

Has anyone tried the cafepress thing? Myyy is it awesome! You can make shirts out of practically any pic you have saved in your pc! Amazing. I want to try and design some logos..I'll post the tshirts here after to see how everyone feels about them. We're sticking to the "Coldplaying Charity Club" as the official name, right? CCC?

[busybeeburns]

I haven't asked Ian yet about using the coldplaying.com name on t-shirts. I'm sure he wouldn't mind (hey, it's promotion for him), but I suppose we should get permission first. :P

Fine with me. Consider me asked :)

My only reservation is that if the site name is used online, then it is kept within the four walls of the site, and not used to spawn another website/members area.

Ian

[coldplay_steph]

^Great! :)

Thankyou Ian.

Vic, I look forward to the t-shirt ideas! The $1 idea is really great...im sure many people on here would donate (i hope so anyway)! Each of us donating a small amount could add up to something amazing for such a good cause...im really excited about this :nice:

[an_cat]

Fine with me. Consider me asked :)

My only reservation is that if the site name is used online, then it is kept within the four walls of the site, and not used to spawn another website/members area.

Ian


Thanks Ian!:D

I really would like this to stay inside Coldplaying, most definately! It IS Coldplaying Charity Club, afterall! If it were based somewhere else, well, it'd defeat the purpose!


What'd I'd love is this to become a real community thing. Bring everyone together. I think there have been some weird dynamics going around, and maybe with this we can bring all Coldplaying people together for a good cause:) We shouldn't MAKE people pay to "get in" either, I hope it's not coming across as that. And I don't think it should totally be "members" based. It should be open to everyone, and the members can be people who have specific jobs, like flier making/whatever, shirt designing, managing the "shop" (?possibly?). You know? I hope I'm making sense!

[coldplay_steph]

^Couldn't agree more, Danielle! :)

[lunar1126]

Didn't think you'd pop in here, Ian. Thanks for the O.K. for making cping tshirts. :D They'll be awesome, we promise.

Danielle, yup, I totally agree with you too. I was just thinking if things fall thru over here, then we might be forced to start a new forum up (not using the coldplaying name of course), but yeah, that kinda deviates from the whole idea in the first place. Iaaaan, pleeease can we have our own section? :lol: I'll beg if i have to. :P Hope it wont come to that though!

It shouldn't be members based persay, no offical regulations to 'get in' or anything, but I think people like the idea of belonging to a club, so it is kinda fun to keep a list of people who have 'joined.' In no way will it be exclusive or (god forbid) cliquey. :confused:

I'm glad you brought up the point about money. People shouldn't feel pressured to donate anything. It'd be nice, but hey, there are plenty of other things people can do! Charity comes in many different forms.

[crazyduckette]

I love the idea of what you're doing here guys! I think that the boys would be so proud. Good on you all for starting it all up. Hopefully it will be the start of something very very worthwhile. :nice:
Id like to donate and help out, but first I have to figure out this pay-pal thing!!! :laugh4:!

[busybeeburns]

I would be happy to create a new forum for CCC, as long as popularity doesn't wane.

I don't want another CFU forum situation, where the novelty wears off :)

[dajrekshn]

i don't know what to do. i'm in the middle of nowhere living with ppl with blatant smile on their faces to everything with some sense of doing meaningful stuff to the world.

the exceptions are when there's a proof they helped in any way so everyone can admire their "good deeds".

:bigcry:

[an_cat]

I would be happy to create a new forum for CCC, as long as popularity doesn't wane.

I don't want another CFU forum situation, where the novelty wears off :)


Well, I think the problem with CFU is that... it didn't do anything.

We'll have to work on making this very active, with lots of things for people to do. Since Coldplay's tour's winding down now, maybe we can start getting active and make plans for the next one. Shirts, etc. I really love the shirt idea! :lol: I want one that says "CHRIST MARTIN". I like buying clothes, but what would make it even better would be to know that all the proceeds are going to charity to help people.


I think a seperate section would be really great, because we could make threads for each of these things, keep it really organized and do a lot of good. Thanks for being so helpful, Ian! You're the best:)

[lunar1126]

Hey guys! I was bored, so I drew a t-shirt design. :P The original is bigger, but I didn't want it to warp the page. Let me know what you think!

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/1469/lunar1126cccglobefinal8nh.png

Here are some color variations:
http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/7225/globeonwhite9gc.jpg
http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/427/globeonblack9xi.jpg
http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/9044/globeonyellow1hi.png
http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/8913/globebgonblack5rt.png

[anitafranc]

oh Lunar I love them :heart:
they're great! I want one already
this is an amazing idea. Kudos to you :D

[coldplay_steph]

Those are awesome!!!! :stunned: I would wear one, definatley. :wink:


Great job Lunar! :thumbsup:

[crazyduckette]

wow, I definitely like the second black and pink one, AWESOME LUNAR!

[iriden]

Awesome really..I loooove them :)

Sorry for not being so present in this plan but as Zorana said in some countries could be very difficult to realise many of the things we're speaking of...at the same time one of my colleagues is running a Fair Trade shop here in Venice, I think she can be interested, so if things will be organised I'll let her know, and maybe she can keep some flyers in the shop for people to pick them...I should check if these sites are all in english :thinking:

[an_cat]

OH MY GOD!


Those are AMAZING!!! I want one!:stunned: :D

[zeoir]

oh god lunar!! :stunned:
The shirts looks great! I can't wait to have one..or all of them :) I'll buy all different variations :heart:
Wow..just a great job girl! :thumbsup:

[yellow_fever]

Great t-shirts Lunar! My fav is the black one! :D

[grange1975]

Lunar,

Love the t-shirts. I would buy one.

If there is anything that I can do, please let me know. Don't have loads of time on my hands due to working and having children, but will do my upmost for whatever is required to be done to get this project up and running!!

You are all doing a great job - keep it up!! :)

[lunar1126]

I'm so happy you guys like my design...and that you would actually buy one!! :nice: To my previous post, I added a "blue & green globe on black" version. Any other color requests? :P

We still need to come up with a way to produce the tshirts for the lowest cost possible, so that the maximum amount of money can go to charity. Cafepress.com is good, but their base price is kinda high (I think it's approx. $12 USD). Just to get an idea, how much is everyone willing to pay for shirts, buttons, bumper stickers, etc.?

Btw, all of you can design stuff for our 'store' too! Just post it here.

Yay to all who want to help out!! This is so awesome. :D:D Cp fans are the best.

[an_cat]

Well, since it's all going to charity, I'd be willing to pay whatever! And it's really a great shirt, I like the black one (I'm always drawn to black). I'd pay 12 for it. I don't know of any other site we could go through.... And I don't know how it works. We'll have to look into that. But I think this is one of the best things we could do.

Hell, I just bought a 30 dollar shirt off U2.com, and all the proceeds went to Gulf Coast relief. I think 12 is pretty good. Hm.

[lunar1126]

^ The thing is, with cafepress.com, if we just paid $12 bucks, we'd make no profit! :laugh4: We only make a profit if we charge over $12. I'm pretty sure this is how it works. (cafepress: "We have a base price for our products and the markup you set above the base price is your commission."). Here is a list of all the base prices for all of their offered products: http://www.cafepress.com/cp/info/help/base_prices.aspx. Yikkes.......even MORE spendy than just $12!! What do you all think? I think we could do better if we made them ourselves (at local tshirt shops...I've got several in my town and I can call around for price quotes).

[crazyduckette]

Yup...I am loving the black tshirts best! Blue and green's nice too. Love the pink on black one. :cool:
I dont mind paying like say £10-15 for a tshirt...not sure what that is in $'s...maybe like 25-30 dollars, I think.

[an_cat]

Yeesh! I see how it works now... yikes, that is pretty pricey!! I really do think we could do better making them ourselves, and selling them around. I know my friends would buy them!

However... how could we trust people to do this? Like, know that they're not going to keep the money for themselves. I know that everyone on here seems VERY reliable, and willing to help. However.... people always show their bad sides when it comes to money, if you know what I mean.

Plus, a lot of people like to order offline. I know that I do, and since I'm still living with my parents, they're a bit iffy about me making dealings with people and giving them my address over the internet. I don't know if I'm comfortable like that.


Hey, what if we got a paypal and ebay account?

[lunar1126]

Even if we did paypal or ebay....or even cafepress, we'd still have to have managers of the account, and they could easily run off with the money. This is so tricky!! We should have more than one manager, so that if something goes awry, the problem will be caught....but humm. I wish we could somehow have the money go directly to a charity, but I can't think of how.

Edit: Oh i remember now that Vic had the idea of a shared email account with which we would register for the paypal so that everyone could see the transactions taking place and monitor what's going on with their money! The pw for the paypal should be kept privy to just a small number of people though, imo.

[an_cat]

I can't either...... We'll just have to keep looking, maybe we can send emails to the people who manage the internet portion of the campaigns and ask them what we can do to help, basically tell them what we're doing. *shrug*

I like the donate one dollar thing, I'm going to go look on the sites now and see where on each of them they give links to donate...

[an_cat]

Here's a great site, although not DIRECTLY linked to Coldplay. It's still very important, and the 20th anniversary of the disaster is coming up (or has already passed? I'm not sure).

http://www.chernobyl-international.com/home/default.asp

And another excellent humanitarian organization:

http://www.greenpeace.org/international/

[lunar1126]

Great! I'll add them to the first post.

[victaniac]

Omg Nadia those shirts!! :wacky: I just love that logo! So cool, I'd definitely take a good couple of those, you're a designing genius! :cheesy: :mad:

The base prices for cafepress are quite high.. a friend recommended me another site (Spreadshirt.com (http://www.spreadshirt.com/Products_and_Printin.17.0.html)) similar to cafepress, but the base prices aren't any better.

I guess we can always take an_cat's idea and make an eBay account, and put the shirts and everything else up there to that account so we can buy through there?

So far I think we'll have to make the eBay account. A paypal one and a Gmail. All confirmation receipts (from ebay sales/paypal donations/ etc) of everything bought or sold can be sent or forwarded to that gmail account, and it'll be easier to keep track of that way? It's also easier to see whats going on and to make sure there isn't any funny business going on. Would that work? I think paypal sends confirmation mails everytime you either put money in (our case, donations) or take money out (our case, when we give it to a charity organization) so we'll definitely be able to tell if something iffy is going about and if someone is taking money out for other purposes. Any flaws in that plan?

[frostbitepanda]

Those are amazing lunar! I'd so buy one! :D It's strange because I made some designs quite like those just the other day! But I don't know how I'd ever get them made, seeing as though they're on paper.

And I apologise for not being around for a while. My family's bee commencing in some major spring cleaning and I've been too busy and exhausted to activly contribute to this wonderful idea. I'll be done with my room today though, and I can work on some banners and icons tonight. :)

And that sounds great Vic. I can see about the Gmail account. I have dozens of invites that I can send to my hotmail account and create an address. Then we can make a password that's Coldplay related and share it with only "select" members I suppose. "coldplayingforchairty@gmail.com" perhaps? If you'd like me to go ahead a do that, just let me know. :) We can discuss the password through PM. (I'm thinking lunar, vic, an_cat and anyone else who has been most active should be able to log into the account, that way there are several people o keep an eye on things. :) )

[lunar1126]

So far I think we'll have to make the eBay account. A paypal one and a Gmail. All confirmation receipts (from ebay sales/paypal donations/ etc) of everything bought or sold can be sent or forwarded to that gmail account, and it'll be easier to keep track of that way? It's also easier to see whats going on and to make sure there isn't any funny business going on. Would that work? I think paypal sends confirmation mails everytime you either put money in (our case, donations) or take money out (our case, when we give it to a charity organization) so we'll definitely be able to tell if something iffy is going about and if someone is taking money out for other purposes. Any flaws in that plan?

You know, I think this will work!! We can put fixed prices on ebay too, right? This week I'll try to find a good place to make shirts. The place where I work might actually be able to make a lot of the stuff we need. (It's a printing and mailing place. :P)

Frostbite, can't wait to see your designs. :)

I've got some other ideas for shirts, which I'll post later.

[an_cat]

I really do like the ebay account idea, and with ebay you don't have to BID, you just put "Buy It Now" and that'll be it. Maybe 10 bucks? or cheaper? I don't know, people seem really willing to pay so far (I know I am), and that's a great sign. And what's very nice is that people will see how this idea developed (we should link to this thread on each page with the shirts, incase anyone unfamiliar with ebay should happen across it up for sale) and they'll see that we are all very good people with only good motives on our minds. No ripping off happening!

[lunar1126]

I just remembered that ebay has some policies regarding 'charity listings' (http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/fundraising.html). So before we list our items, saying that all the proceeds go to charity, we have to look into this further.....or else we could be banned from ebay! (this happened to a friend of mine). Ack, so many complications....but we'll get it sussed out. :thumbsup:

[frostbitepanda]

Here's just a few of many more banners I made!

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d40/FrostbitePanda/Icons%20and%20Graphics/arobtthchrisandjon.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d40/FrostbitePanda/Icons%20and%20Graphics/bandfists.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d40/FrostbitePanda/Icons%20and%20Graphics/chrisandjonnywacky.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d40/FrostbitePanda/Icons%20and%20Graphics/cpccban.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d40/FrostbitePanda/Icons%20and%20Graphics/cpccban2.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d40/FrostbitePanda/Icons%20and%20Graphics/CPCCban3.jpg

All linking back to this thread, of course. :)

Hope you like!

[lunar1126]

Love 'em, frostbite! The first one......lmao!! :laugh4::laugh4: I'd use one, but I NEED my penguins. :P Damn 1 img only restrictions. Boooo.

[crazyduckette]

Theyre EXCELLENT Allie!!!! Particularly the "duh" one and the last one..genius!!

[lunar1126]

Okay, I made another. Not sure if I am completely satisfied with it yet. I was attempting to design something a little more unisex.

http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/6117/ccccodeshirt2ws.png

I might change the color scheme. It says Coldplaying Charity Club in baudot code. It's based off the code as generated here: http://homepage.mac.com/wysz/xy/coldcode.html

[calicat]

lunar...great t-shirt designs! Particularly like the 'beautiful world' blue/green color combo. I will most definitely buy a shirt. I don't think the $12 cost from Cafe Press is bad, especially with it going to charity. I don't mind paying more though. If it helps, I've bought a t-shirt from Cafe Press in the past and they seemed to be good quality: Hanes 100% Pre-shrunk cotton. I believe those proceeds also went to charity, but I'm not certain how it was arranged. If I come across any info, I'll pass it along. I'll be happy to pitch in where I can. :)

[merryl_]

i don't know what to do. i'm in the middle of nowhere living with ppl with blatant smile on their faces to everything with some sense of doing meaningful stuff to the world.

the exceptions are when there's a proof they helped in any way so everyone can admire their "good deeds".

:bigcry:

:chinese: same here...:cry2:

I dont post much here but this idea really caught my attention... i love it and totally support it.

the banners rock!!!:lol:

its around 50++pesos a dollar where i live in... but i'd definitely buy a shirt or two. great job. :)

jus holler if i can do anything... you guys are really doing a good thing here. duh! :rolleyes4::)

[victaniac]

If you ever find out how your other community went about selling the shirts calicat please let us know. I believe the $12 (from cafepress) isn't so bad, it's just as a base price is kinda iffy. If we wanted to make $10 for a charity, we'd have to start charging $22 for a simple shirt. I know a lot can do that and have no problem.. I'm thinking it'll be harder for younger folks to be able to talk their parents into buying a $22 dollar shirt. But maybe we can do both.. have eBay and cafepress, and instead of featuring shirts we can do mugs and buttons and use it for smaller things? Not sure.

I love those frosty!! :lol: So very creative, I think I'm gonna try to cheat the system and join two siggy pics as one.. it's easier with those because they aren't animating. :sneaky:

I just remembered that ebay has some policies regarding 'charity listings' (http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/fundraising.html). So before we list our items, saying that all the proceeds go to charity, we have to look into this further.....or else we could be banned from ebay! (this happened to a friend of mine). Ack, so many complications....but we'll get it sussed out. :thumbsup:
Is it me or does that sound somewhat confusing? :dizzy: Maybe it's too early! :laugh4: I've never used eBay for selling before so I've been reading up on our options and how to set everything up properly. Is there anyone that has actually sold stuff through it?

I see there's various formats (http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/formats.html) to selling, not sure which would be best for us.. though "fixed price" or "best offer" sound okay. And "store inventory" sounds nice but it looks like it has a lot of fees and pricey monthly charges. Should we start thinking about that sort of thing or is it still early?

I'll see if I can follow on Lune's footsteps and start designing some shirts today. Finalizing my thesis and studying for finals are sucking up all my friggin time.. :sad: Loving the shirts Nadia, they totally blow it out of the water! Glad you mentioned unisex, I was completely forgetting about that. Amazing job! :kiss:

[frostbitepanda]

Haha. What a rebel Vic. :lol:

Also, forumer.com has a deal with CafePress that's ultra good and exclusive. I don't really know much about it, but I have 2 accounts with them, so I'll look into it. If i can find out more about it perhaps I'll make a set of boards for us to use.

And also, no one answered the E-mail inquiry. I have several unused invites I could use to create a master Gmail account of sorts for this. I thought it could be "coldplayingforcharity@gmail.com" and a few of the members would be privvy to the password; such as myself, vic, an_cat, and lunar. If you'd like me to do this, Pm me so we can discuss the password.

I'll get back to you about forumer and CafePress either tonight or tomorrow.

I'm working on some prettier (And more compact) banners tomorrow as well.

And excellent t-shirt designs lunar! LOVE the green ('tis my favorite color).

[lunar1126]

Vic, it's not just you, that ebay stuff is hella confusing to me too. :rolleyes: BUT, this missionfish business (http://www.missionfish.org/index.html) seems like just what we need. See this: http://www.missionfish.org/About/mfnews/mfn_032906.jsp. From what I understand, it's creates a paypal account that is directly liked to a charity, and is supported by eBays Giving Works donation plan. (From eBay:....eBay has partnered with MissionFish to make charitable listing easy and has created very specific guidelines for allowing charitable solicitations on eBay. We will allow sellers to list items on eBay and collect proceeds (in whole or in part) on behalf of a charity, either via MissionFish, or directly on eBay, as long as the listings meet these guidelines.) Missionfish has a list of supported charities, so if we can find some organizations on there that we'd like our money to go to, I think it might be the best plan. What do you guys think?

Frosty, in any case, we'll need an email, so I say go ahead and make it. I like "coldplayingforcharity"....but maybe we could make it coldplaying.for.charity@gmail.com to make it a bit easier to read? Or just coldplaying.charity@gmail.com?

What exactly is the deal between forumer and CafePress?......would we get better CafePress deals?? :idea2: :sneaky: I think we may yet get our own forum here, so let's hold off on creating a new board elsewhere for now. But it's a good option!

Edit: Oh and Vic, best of luck with exams and your thesis!! :kiss: What's your topic?

[frostbitepanda]

http://frostbitepanda.livejournal.com/profile <- Check it out! :D

And I'll get on that tomorrow, but for now it's bed time! :)

[lunar1126]

Pimpin the club on your LJ! Niiiiiiice. :cool2: :D
G'night Allie :)

[coldplay_steph]

Just popping in to say you guys are doing such great work :nice: ....sorry im not as actively helping as you lot, but im really not a creative person in any shape or form so im a bit crap at this stuff :\ ....but I think it's an amazing idea and if you need any help I will do my best! :wink:

Allie - would you mind if I used one of your banners? I'd quite like to use the 'raise your hand...' one, it's great! :thumbsup: Someone would have to let me know how to link it back to this thread though....I dont know how...:embarassed: :laugh4:

[Ladybug]

You guys are so great to try and pull something like this off :)

That I haven't posted earlier, doesn't mean I'm not reading this. I think it's fantastic, but I'm just not sure how I can contribute.
The only thing I can think of right now is that I could make some graphics, but Allie's already doing her amazing job there :)

[frostbitepanda]

No problem Steph!

I probably should've put instructions in my post. Sorry about that.

Just copy and paste this right here without the * :

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d40/FrostbitePanda/Icons%20and%20Graphics/cpccban2.jpg

the good thing about that is that the code will stretch out the window instead of making multiple lines so you'll have a wider margin to write lots of stuff for your sig. :lol:

And ladybug, feel free to make any graphics you want! It'd be fantastic. :D

[calicat]

If you ever find out how your other community went about selling the shirts calicat please let us know. I believe the $12 (from cafepress) isn't so bad, it's just as a base price is kinda iffy. If we wanted to make $10 for a charity, we'd have to start charging $22 for a simple shirt. I know a lot can do that and have no problem.. I'm thinking it'll be harder for younger folks to be able to talk their parents into buying a $22 dollar shirt. But maybe we can do both.. have eBay and cafepress, and instead of featuring shirts we can do mugs and buttons and use it for smaller things? Not sure.
I did some perusing in the forum where I purchased my last Café Press t-shirt. That particular shop is no longer open, but in general, profits from the merchandise sold are paid directly to the shop owner in the form of a commission check. It does not appear that you can designate the money to be sent to a charity. The person who opens the shop and receives the commission would need to forward the money to the charitable group (the honor system). And I believe there is a 30-day lag time before the commission is received. Another item to note: the shop owner must agree not to use any copyrighted material. Back to lunar’s post above, the ‘missionfish.org’ site sounds like a good option to consider, as well.


Like the "Coldplaying for Charity" slogan…that would work nicely on a t-shirt as well. I lack graphic design skills…still a novice in PS. But I'm happy to lend whatever skills (software, ect.) I can. Great project!:)

[airieslady]

Hi, just read this whole thread and think this is absolutely the best on here! I will take one of each of those shirts, the globes especially liked...they show to everyone who sees it a picture understood by anyone...liked the code too, although anyone who doesn't know Coldplay would not understand the code thing, but good for all the fans! Bumper stickers would be excellent, cause everyone would see that! The banners are great and funny too! The donate a dollar would raise alot of money...there's alot of members!

Not real good in any of the areas involved with the set up...but I can talk and talk to many people everyday that I see at Disney! And that is why I like the bumper sticker thing, as there are people from all over the world driving around Orlando! Hope this gets off and running, cause I would definitely do the shirts and bumper stickers! I was feeling such a void after the band leaving the US, now this would definitely fill that emptiness! Great work!

Barb :)

[an_cat]

Hey, was just catching up with what I've missed in the past couple days.

Looks like Missionfish is what we're looking for. We'll have to work out the technicalities of "who's going to manage it??" stuff. I'm going to do a google search and see if there are any other forums (no matter WHAT the forum is associated with) which does something like this.

I would be very willing in managing a g-mail account, and I'm perfectly ok with whatever the password turns out to be ;) I have a very good memory. (No elephant jokes, now!!!) Feel free to PM me, anybody, about possibilities.

I'm going to start pimping this around the internet. Heh. And this is totally unrelated, but Allie, you have an LJ? Cool! You wouldn't mind if I added you? I don't update my LJ often at all (I stick to my Greatest Journal most of the time), but I always read my friends list.

Guh, looks like Amnesty International and UNICEF is supported by missionfish... I absolutely LOVE both of those organizations!

Keep posting guys, this is EXCELLENT! I love to see all the members who don't post that often coming out and giving us their support! Keep it comin'!:)

[coldplay_steph]

No problem Steph!

I probably should've put instructions in my post. Sorry about that.

Just copy and paste this right here without the * :

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d40/FrostbitePanda/Icons%20and%20Graphics/cpccban2.jpg


Thankyou for that! :wink: I loves it! :D

As I said before...great job guys, this is really exciting stuff! :nice:

[tinker]

Okay, I have a lot of work to do so I could not read through the thread but...wow. I can't believe the response on this. I've always loved CP fans, and now I feel that much more proud to count myself in their number. Kudos, guys. Seriously.

I want to offer any admin-type help that I can. I have actually been sorta hoping something like this would happen, or waiting for an opportunity to instigate it myself. You see, some similar sorts of things have happened in the U2 community, and ever since my involvement in those, I've had an idea in the back of my head for a while, which was to start a website to help support groups and organizations of music fans who want to give back like this. Mostly because of Coldplay. I'm a huge fan of both bands, and many others.

Anyway, I know there has historically been a little bit of animosity between some Coldplay fans and U2 fans, but if you'll permit me I'd like to share the stories for those of you who don't know. I think you'll all agree that this is about more than the bands and their music.

First thing that happened was in 2002 when a bunch of U2 fans decided to travel to Dublin together. They came from ALLL over the world. It was pretty crazy. Well, I couldn't afford to go at the time, and I wanted to participate somehow, and I also really wanted to capitalize on the big-heartedness of U2 fans in some way. I decided to make t-shirts to commemorate the event, and sell it and give the profits to the Chernobyl Children's Project. To design it, I contacted someone I knew from the X-Files fan community who used to make cute little cartoons of Mulder and Scully hehe and I knew that she was a U2 fan. She lived in South Korea and couldn't really leave so U2 and X-Files were like her only outlet into the outside world. I asked her if she would make a little cartoon of U2 and she did a really awesome job. Too bad the website is down now, but I will try and find it on my old computer...

Anyway, we ended up raising over $500 for Chernobyl and sent it off with a letter from us and why we did it. I'm fairly sure we got a letter back, too...I'll have to check.

After that, I got ballsier and got involved with a group of fans who wanted to start an organization to raise money to build wells in Africa for people who didn't have clean water to drink. They got the idea from when Bono was on MTV Diaries with Chris Tucker and the then Secretary of Treasury of the US, Paul O'Neill I think was his name. There was this scene where they visited a villiage where a new well had been built and since then 3 times the amount of children were going to school and there were less people having to be taken to the hospital. One well costs $500-$1000 and it makes such a huge difference in their lives. So we started what eventually became the African Well Fund (www.africanwellfund.org (http://www.africanwellfund.org)) on which I served on the board of directors for about two years. It was one of the most fullfilling experiences of my life. I think since it's inception they've raised $145,000 to fund more than 40 clean water projects in Sub-Saharan Africa. It's craaazy.

Anyway, I wanted to share those stories because they both started exactly like this, and especially in the latter case I saw some amaaazing things happen. And learned a lot about how to do this stuff. So in that light I offer my services wherever I might be useful, and also, I hope, inspiration. Don't be afraid to dream big, you guys.

Thanks for letting me share. :)

[tinker]

Also, I like the name "Brothers and Sisters." Without the "United" part. It emphasizes that mere geography should no longer determine the haves and the have-nots; in a global community, we're all "brothers and sisters" and have to take care of each other.

[coldplay_steph]

Wow tinker, that's really inspirational stuff, thanks for sharing your stories! :nice:

I hope that this idea can grow as much as those did!....with great people like you willing to help out im sure it will! Everyone's doing such a great job so far, I wish there was more I could do to help!

Ooh it's very exciting!!! :D

[an_cat]

Wow, Tinker! Firstly, let me just say a HUUUUUGE welcome from me! I'm involved in the U2 fan community, as well as here, and I knew about the stories you just told. In fact, I mentioned something like that earlier in this thread but I just didn't know the whole story, so I couldn't really get that much info on how it was run. But now that you're here, I'm sure you could help a LOT! So you played a part in having the whole "Build a well for Bono's birthday!" campaign? That's so cool!

I love the Brothers+Sisters idea, and I agree that we should leave "unite" out. This should be a no borders campaign, afterall, no matter where you live we've got to "carry each other";)

EDIT: Oy, I left my little happy rant out!

Well, what I would really like to see happen with this is something similiar to what the U2 fans did. Now that Coldplay is so world wide known, and so popular, I think it's time that the huge fanbase really get together and do good. Much like the U2 fans have done. Maybe we can even partner up with the U2 comm (yikes, I don't know how that'd fair....), as a sister project? I don't know, I'm just blabbing and throwing random thoughts out there and see what becomes of them.

[tinker]

Well, what I would really like to see happen with this is something similiar to what the U2 fans did. Now that Coldplay is so world wide known, and so popular, I think it's time that the huge fanbase really get together and do good. Much like the U2 fans have done. Maybe we can even partner up with the U2 comm (yikes, I don't know how that'd fair....), as a sister project? I don't know, I'm just blabbing and throwing random thoughts out there and see what becomes of them.

Partnering up with U2.com is not likely at this stage in the game. At the very most, they might hear about it and feature it in a blurb on the news page, and link to our site -- which in and of itself would probably crash our site lol. As of 2003, U2.com got about 6 million hits a day...god knows what it is now. That was before the site was rebuilt by a different company. (It still sucks, IMO lol.) Anyway, it's mostly a matter of credentials, but even then, they don't seem to have enough time on their hands to do very much. I've always been a little disappointed with the U2 website.

[an_cat]

I hardly ever visit the U2 website, I get my news elsewhere. I keep subscribed so I can get my GA tickets, though....:rolleyes: Other than that, it doesn't mean much to me.

I'm thinking maybe with the U2 fans, and the actual organizations... maybe with them we could share some ideas. I don't know though, I'm new to all this organizing and stuff! LOL! But glad to know you're here, and you're willing to pitch in.

[tinker]

I hardly ever visit the U2 website, I get my news elsewhere. I keep subscribed so I can get my GA tickets, though....:rolleyes: Other than that, it doesn't mean much to me.

I'm thinking maybe with the U2 fans, and the actual organizations... maybe with them we could share some ideas.

I am trying to create a website for that purpose right now. It's been an idea in the back of my head for a while, but I've been so busy with work and school, and the domain name I want is already owned. I am currently in the process of making a bid, but I still have no idea how much the guy wants...He just told me to "make an offer"...which likely means that he doesn't know, either, lol.

[julimp92]

HI guys i just wanted to tell u all that i thinks a great idea and that im in if u need me :D

[lunar1126]

wow...tinker, I got a tingle up my spine just reading your story. That's absolutely amazing what you, and the U2 community, accomplished. I truly believe that this little project can evolve into something as big!! With the recent surge of interest, I've got high hopes! I think it is wonderful that you picked one cause (water wells) to which you guys devoted all your energy and passion. Thank you so much for sharing your story, and offering your support here. Welcome aboard!! :D

And thanks to everyone else who wants to help! I keep getting warmfuzzy feelings after reading everyones posts. :nice:

Okay, on to business matters: I called up local tshirt shops today to get price quotes on tshirt printings. What I basically found out is that screen printing is quite expensive because there is a hefty fee to make screens for each individual color used in the design. In the case of the first design I made (globe), there would be 4 colors, and that would run a pretty penny. There would be an approx. $60.00 cost to set up the screens, then $10.50 per shirt (on orders over 30 shirts). Once the screens are made however, we can bypass the screen set up fee the next time we get reprints. In any case, screen prints, even though the color lasts longer, and they can be printed on any color fabric, are going to be quite spendy. The other option is iron on transfers (also called heat transfers) in which we are not limited by the number of colors in the design. However, the colors do fade a little bit and (according to the guy I talked with on the phone) can only be printed on white shirts. If we got bulk orders or iron-ons at one of the shops I called, the price would be about $9.00. I can go there, and see some samples to check the quality. The actual color quality depends on the quality of the printer used to make the transfer. This made me think....where I work, I have access to really hightech printers, so if I can buy blank transfer sheets (I think HP makes something like this), I could potentially make them at home. This would really lower the cost of production. If some of you guys have similar technology available to you, maybe you could print some too? But this is a lot of work that would be distributed (probably) amongst only a few people who have the means to produce and ship the products. The more I think about it, the more I am drawn to cafepress.....

Seems our two options are:
1) Cafepress:
Pros:
We wouldn't have to worry about product production or shipping
Cons:
Money management - who'd be in control? Who'd get it to the charity?
Cost of t-shirts...in my mind, we'd have to price them at a minimum of $20.00 to make this worthwhile.

2) Ebay & missionfish:
Pros:
Money would be automatically sent to charity bypassing the worry of someone stealing the money
Cost of each shirt would be lower
Cons:
The burden of producing and shipping products may fall on just a few peoples shoulders - could get complicated

Soooo..........anyone have any other suggestions to throw into the bucket?

Ack, sorry...I didn't mean to babble on so much about tshirt princing and all!! We just gotta come up with a finalized plan so we can get some ideas into motion.

[clockpolitiks]

Wow guys, this is really awesome. I cant believe i havent found this thread till now! I'd totally help out. Donations, whatever ya need! Nice shirts too! I'd buy one. Oh and I work at a law firm, and we have very high tech printers and stuff. If you told me what to get I might be able to help.

[an_cat]

By god, lunar1126 (oh, and this is off topic, but is there something easier I can call you?), I'm absolutely amazed by your work. I applaud you ten fold for making this so doable!!! I think that if I explained to my parents about this whole thing, and the charity involved, blah blah, they could approve my involvment in regards to handling shipping, or whatever. Perhaps if we WERE to make them ourselves, then we could do that, have people email the gmail account, get addresses that way, then have those who can be trusted to make/ship/handle expenses in regards to the shirt can split the people who want the shirts equally. Did any of that make sense? However.... I still don't know about that... I'm not TOTALLY comfortable with giving out my own address, let alone how some other people might feel (some people are pretty young and with credit cards, would HAVE to go through their parents).

I'm drawn to cafepress. The shirts might seem expensive, but for shirts, that's an incredibly good price. The shipping and production is a huge, HUGE bonus. Then we could just handle the money and stuff through the gmail. I also really like the missionfish, however... Some of the charities directly linked to Coldplay aren't on there. I love Amnesty and UNICEF, though. Those are ones I lean towards, personally.


Talking about the wells, and how the U2 comm got behind one major idea, are we thinking of doing something like that? I think that the shirts and merchandise is really cool for just simple donations to charities (who, we'll have to decide later/soon). But what if we came up with a really incredible project? I'm going to start scouring around to see if there are things going on that need help, or need to be stopped, whatever (sorry for the use of "whatever" here, I realise that sounds kind of flippant).



Again, thank you to EVERYONE for being involved with this! I think we're going to need help, but in the end all our hard work will be rewarded time and time again!

[victaniac]

^Yay! Welcome aboard :nice: I'm super excited by the new surge of interest! :cheesy:

As for our options Lune.. unless we have a separate paypal account that'll cover the printing and ink/supplies expenses, I don't really like the sound of you or anyone printing out shirts because that means you'll be wasting your own money. But let me get something straight.. to use eBay/Missionfish we'd have to make the shirt ourselves, right? If so.. then maybe we could focus on making our shirts (at a minimum of $20, like you said) through Cafepress. And we could also have tons of other things that Cafepress offers, like mugs/cups, teddybears, caps, scarves, calendar, cards, postcards, stickers (like airieslady suggested) and other little things that go for way less. People don't have to necessarily shell out $20+ bucks to contribute by buying.

Not sure who could be in control of getting it to the charity.. I think it's safer if a few people could be in charge of that so there's less chances of something going wrong? And for others to be more assured that the money will not be handled irresponsibly.

I'm so excited! Tinker what you started up sounds simply unreal..amazing. I'm so glad you made your way over here, I'm sure you'll help us enormously with all your experience. The site you're making.. what is it about exactly?

Oh and Nadia my thesis on Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace novel.. kinda focusing on the profound effects of war on the various facets of society. Sounds horribly boring I know, but it's not really! :laugh4:

[an_cat]

I also really don't like the idea of people having to make the shirts totally by themselves. What if they just don't come out right, etc? I know that I once tried to make an iron on shirt and uh..... well after a couple washes it started to peel off and that was the end of that. With cafepress/missionfish I think that they make the shirts themselves, ship them themselves, but all money and that gets sent to the owner of the shop. I think? Or am I wrong with this?


I've gotten an idea, I'm going to start PMing new people, and just a lot of people in general on here, to let them know about this. A lot of people in the lounge section don't ever visit here, so I think I'm going to make a thread letting them know. Does that sound ok to you guys? I'm going to in particular "target" the new people, it would be nice to get them involved, make them feel really welcome. Plus, I've been accused of being a "bitch" to new members (:rolleyes: ) so maybe this will shut people up. LMFAO

[Texasluvsjonny]

maybe everyone could check with tshirt print shops in their area and we could see which city we could get the best deal in.

[lunar1126]

Talking about the wells, and how the U2 comm got behind one major idea, are we thinking of doing something like that? I think that the shirts and merchandise is really cool for just simple donations to charities (who, we'll have to decide later/soon). But what if we came up with a really incredible project? I'm going to start scouring around to see if there are things going on that need help, or need to be stopped, whatever (sorry for the use of "whatever" here, I realise that sounds kind of flippant)

Yup, I was thinking the same - find one big idea, and give it our all, instead of hopping around from charity to charity. One think I'd really like to see us get involved with is 'sponsor a child' thru Save the Children (http://www.savethechildren.org/sponsorship/index.asp?stationpub=hpbasbutton). You basically are able to sponsor one child by regularly donating money each month to him/her. The minimum donation is $28.00 a month, which, I think we could easily meet, and exceed. In return, we would be mailed information about 'our child' and would be able to directly communicate with him/her....which would be SO, SO special!!!

Vic, I'm thinking cafepress too. :( I really wanted to find something where we wouldn't have to have a gobetween between the money and the charity...but it looks like the best option at the moment. Maybe we can try it out, and see how well it works. If it doesn't, we can attempt something different. But I'm still googling around for other 'cafepress-like' sites....something might turn up!

Btw, your thesis sounds fascinating...not boring at all! :P May I assume you are an English/lit major?

Danielle, you can call me Nadia...coz that's my name! :D

[Texasluvsjonny]

I'm going to in particular "target" the new people, it would be nice to get them involved, make them feel really welcome. Plus, I've been accused of being a "bitch" to new members (:rolleyes: ) so maybe this will shut people up. LMFAOOr you could just beat them up and take their lunch money. Hey it's for charity, so you'd be like Robin Hood. :laugh4:

[lunar1126]

Hahah, yeah Danielle, let's reel in the n00bs!!! Let's put 'em to work!!! I kid, I kid. :P Kinda. heh btw, I've been meaning to ask for a sticky request for this thread. I think I'll do that now! :)

And you're right, with cafepress, they make and ship everything ordered, but missionfish will NOT work with cafepress....it is strictly for eBay. Sadly we cannot have the best of both worlds. :(

[an_cat]

Hey Nadia, that's definately better than using your username! heh.


!! I love the sponser a child idea! That would be so much fun, and really great for everyone! Awwwwww! I have ALWAYS wanted to do that, but never got the chance to. This could be incredible!! If we got our own section of the forum, we could have threads with each update to keep everyone regular on it! *makes wonderful plots*

heh, bring the newbies in on gunpoint "DAMNIT, WORK FOR OUR CHARITY OR NEVER COME BACK! *cackle*" lmfao lmfaooooo

I made a thread in the Lounge section, by the way. A lot of people don't visit the Coldplay one from there, and I want EVERYONE to know about this, so I think that'd be good.

[lunar1126]

I see your Lounge thread. :thumbsup: Now we sit back and wait for all those Loungers and n00bs to file thru the door! And they will come. :whip: :sneaky:

[an_cat]

I think for anything in there to get attention it's got to have a really snazzy title... bleh. *hopes SOMEONE in there takes the "time" to look!*

Oh yes, and I'm starting to send out PMs right now. Here's what they say (for the newbies):

Hello, and welcome to Coldplaying! We all truly hope you have a great time here, and meet great people!:D

I'd like to draw your attention to an ongoing project that a few of us are trying to get the community involved in. It's the 'Coldplaying Charity Club'. You don't have to do anything to join, just come visit the thread and share in our ideas. We'd appreciate you looking at the organizations listed in the first post, they are really worthwhile. Coldplay is a world conscious band, and that is one of the reasons we love them so much. There's no reason why their fans shouldn't be the same way!

Then the link, which I have to get now. Think that's good?

[lunar1126]

Sounds great!! Would you mind if I used it to send out too? Though, I don't want to the newbies to get repeats of the same msg from you and me...maybe you can handle it for a few days, then I'll take over, then someone else? We could rotate PMing duty. :P

[an_cat]

Heh, of course! Here's what I have for the "older" members:

Hi! I'd like to draw your attention to an ongoing project that a few of us are trying to get the community involved in. It's the 'Coldplaying Charity Club'. You don't have to do anything to join, just come visit the thread and share in our ideas. We'd appreciate you looking at the organizations listed in the first post, they are really worthwhile. Coldplay is a world conscious band, and that is one of the reasons we love them so much. There's no reason why their fans shouldn't be the same way!

Here is the thread:

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?t=28988

We're trying to get our own section of the forum, but only if there's enough interest.

Thank you for your time! :)

Which is the same thing, without the welcome stuff. I'm sure the newer members won't know that they're the same, they don't know anyone anyways... LOL!! ;) I'm going to write down who's posted in this thread and detract them from my PMing, then go through the members list and just do everybody. Hell, I want everyone to know about this! Ok... maybe not EVERYONE, but certainly the people signed on. LMFAO! There's a lot of "dead" accounts here, anyways...


I just found a really good article that explains problems in the southern half of Africa (and even Africa as a whole, I don't know why the article is so specific?). It's good and could help explain the problems in a simple way to people who might not be aware of what's going on (AKA: the people living under rocks!)

[an_cat]

Fatal Problems in Africa South of the Sahara
Published Nov 17, 2005 by Celin Childs

Despite Africa South of the Sahara’s rich history the present day is filled with tragedy. Disease and poverty have taken such a serious toll on the region that the death rate is constantly rising. Not to mention the great population that is also steady increasing at an alarming rate, creating more famine and disease to spread throughout the land.

HIV/AIDS is the fifth main cause of death in this part of the world. This disease has already destroyed so many lives in Africa since the 1960’s and is continuing to demise a majority of the population. By this year, the HIV/AIDS epidemic is expected to be the third leading cause of death.

This disease destroys a person’s immune system causing them to be more susceptible to other fatal diseases such as tuberculosis, toxoplasmosis, cancer, pneumonia, and others. Many people contract the disease from having sexual intercourse without protection causing the bodily fluids to mix. It is also caused by the sharing of dirty needles, from mother to child either from birth or through breast milk, and through transfusions of infected blood. Once infected with this disease a person is incurable and will eventually die.

Often times people receive the disease because of the increased spread of poverty, a traditional family breakdown of support systems, and miners having sexual intercourse with prostitutes and then transporting the disease to their wives.
So many people have contracted the disease already that treatment for it is scarce and costly. Many people can not afford to take on the medical expenses and they end up suffering until their death.

Orphans roam the streets of Africa because many of their family members have passed away from the disease and they are left to survive on their own. Africa South of the Sahara has the world’s highest and most rapidly increasing spread of the disease. This region reported that 40% of the population has already contracted the disease being the ages of 15-49 years.

Organizations are constantly working solutions in order to control this critical problem by providing condoms, sex education to the youth, and educating people on the harmfulness’ of the disease. However, more money, in this region, is spent on armaments than on facilities to help people with this fatal condition.

Not only has HIV/AIDS taken a serious toll on this region but tropical diseases have also. Tropical diseases are one of the main environmental problems of Africa S. of the Sahara. This tropical climate creates epidemics such as malaria, river blindness, cholera, Ebola, and sleeping sickness. Sleeping sickness comes from tsetse fly infestations from the cattle. Sleeping sickness has had the power of killing more than 200,000 people in one year. There is a cure for this fatal disease, however, many people can not afford health care to treat it.

Famine is also a huge problem in this part of the world. Many people can not afford food to adequately supply their families. Many children die at a very young age from malnutrition and diseases associated with malnutrition. The widespread of poverty, inefficient food distribution, and the population growth are all factors to the reason that famine has taken such a heavy toll on this region. Somalia, Kenya, and Rwanda are some of the many countries effected by this horrible problem.
Population in Africa S. of the Sahara has had such an alarming increase that the population rate has exceeded the economic growth. Many of the countries in this region are unable to supply adequate food and water to the masses because of the increasingly large population. Many of these countries rely on outside help from other countries and continents in order to receive a limited supply of food.

In only twenty one years the population almost doubled from about 380 million people to 638 million people in Africa S. of the Sahara. The population increase in the year 2000 was 1% over that of the agricultural growth causing serious problems for supplying adequate food supplies to the people. As modern medicine became sufficient the death rate fell, however, the birthrates mostly stayed the same or decreased very slowly.

Africa plans on controlling the population. The plan is to encourage people to have smaller families because of the many pressures that larger families have to deal with; including: economical, political, and cultural issues. The population is also being forcibly controlled by the epidemic of HIV/AIDS which is constantly increasing the death toll and reducing the life expectancies in this region.

As the population steadily increases in Africa so may the threat of serious diseases. Hopefully as technology enhances and medical solutions began to become more apparent than this portion of the world will one day regain its richness.

Source: http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/14316/fatal_problems_in_africa_south_of_the.html

[lunar1126]

You know what we could do? We could sort the member list alphabetically and both pick letters to cover. You start with A, and I'll do the Bs...and only PM the active members (people who have logged on sometime within the past month, let's say?)

Can you post the article link in here? You know, this term I'm actually taking an anthro class on Africa, so as I find/learn important/interesting information, I'll try to post it in here as well.

Edit: You're too quick for me! Thanks for posting the article. :)

[Texasluvsjonny]

Are any of you members of Oxfam? I am and they often send out requests on special projects or crisis situations. They ususally ask for a minimum donation of $15. East Africia food relief was the most recent one I received.

Anyone that doesn't have much cash, Amnesty International can always use people to write letters. Prisoners have a better chance for survival if their captors know someone out there knows about them. I know a lot of people on here speak many lauguages, so I sure that would be very helpful.

[an_cat]

Heh, I meant to say in my last post that I was going to post it after I entered it! LOL!

I'd be very, very willing to do that. Since I'm on vacation all week I have plenty of spare time on my hands. And it's not like we'll have to write out the same thing over and over again (that wouldn't be fun...!). I think we should definately rotate, how about we do that? I'll start with the A's! There's a way to know if they're active, right? You just go into their profile and see when the last time they logged in? Boy, I hope so! LMFAO

That is so cool that you're taking a class on that! I'm actually looking into Internationl Relations/Third World Studies for my college major! So this is REALLY great for me! Wow, maybe I could put it on my application...:idea2: heheh!


Well, I'm going to go watch a movie now (wow, vacation is awesome). I'll be back on later to see if my thread in the Lounge did any good, and I'm going to keep looking for interesting articles to educate people with.:)

EDIT:

Holy crap, what a great way to mark my 4,000th post!!!!

[square_1]

Your lucky. I have to go to school all day :\

[lunar1126]

Are any of you members of Oxfam? I am and they often send out requests on special projects or crisis situations. They ususally ask for a minimum donation of $15. East Africia food relief was the most recent one I received.

Anyone that doesn't have much cash, Amnesty International can always use people to write letters. Prisoners have a better chance for survival if their captors know someone out there knows about them. I know a lot of people on here speak many lauguages, so I sure that would be very helpful.

Great ideas Angie! I'm not signed up for Oxfams newletters, but I'm sure that would be a great resource. I am signed up for the UN Wire which helps me keep abreast of (under publicied) international news.

Enjoy your movie Danielle. :)

[Texasluvsjonny]

If anyone is interested in writing letters for Amnesty here are a couple of web sites with info.

http://www.amnesty.org.uk/action/resources/lwg.shtml

http://www.amnesty.org/campaign/letter-guide.html

[lunar1126]

^ Both those links will be very, very helpful. Added to the first post! :)

[tinker]

Wow guys, this is really awesome. I cant believe i havent found this thread till now! I'd totally help out. Donations, whatever ya need! Nice shirts too! I'd buy one. Oh and I work at a law firm, and we have very high tech printers and stuff. If you told me what to get I might be able to help.

How 'bout a pro bono lawyer in case this ends up an official org? :D

[Anita_sp]

I really like the idea of do something for charity, it would be awesom if we can help , all we can, people who dont have the same life condition than us.... I woul be gratefull if i can help ... u cout with me!!! :) I can design!! hehe! I really like that....
hehe!!

Anita...

any info pm me...... thanx!

:)

[tinker]

Talking about the wells, and how the U2 comm got behind one major idea, are we thinking of doing something like that? I think that the shirts and merchandise is really cool for just simple donations to charities (who, we'll have to decide later/soon). But what if we came up with a really incredible project? I'm going to start scouring around to see if there are things going on that need help, or need to be stopped, whatever (sorry for the use of "whatever" here, I realise that sounds kind of flippant).


I need to clarify -- While we did correspond (and they continue to) with Principle Management (U2's people), we never actually had any sort of official partnership with them or U2.com. They expressed their support to us on the phone, but on the official front all they ever did was report on us a few times on the website -- and that was only after a very significant amount of achievement...I'd say by that time I'd been working on the project for well over a year and a half.

Sorry to sound like a lawyer hehe.

Anyway, I think venture philanthropy is a very good place to start. It's very easy and direct, and low-risk. You can always branch out from there. It sounds like there are a lot of ideas flying around, but while that continues, perhaps a few people should start organizing and focusing on the t-shirt and getting that off the ground. Once some cash starts flowing in from that, then some of it can perhaps be used to launch other projects.

[victaniac]

I'm so loving this thread.. *hugs thread* :laugh4:

What a interesting idea to go around PMing everyone! I can take a letter, too! I never miss an opportunity to harrass people.. :lol:

Vic, I'm thinking cafepress too. :( I really wanted to find something where we wouldn't have to have a gobetween between the money and the charity...but it looks like the best option at the moment. Maybe we can try it out, and see how well it works. If it doesn't, we can attempt something different. But I'm still googling around for other 'cafepress-like' sites....something might turn up!
Well.. if we really don't want to worry about the charity money, we can do the eBay/Missionfish.. if we get around making the shirts professionally, I can also do shipping since I have the means to do so at work and nothing comes from my own pockets! :cheesy: :sneaky: I'm at work practically 24/7 too and can get them shipped very quickly. The problem would be finding a place that makes quality shirts at fairly reasonable prices. And yeah.. I'm a English major, how ever did ya know? :lol:

I too loveee the idea of kinda adopting a child! My dad used to do that all the time...they send you a bunch of cute stickers and pictures of the child as a thank you. We should definitely do that!

[tinker]

I'm so excited! Tinker what you started up sounds simply unreal..amazing. I'm so glad you made your way over here, I'm sure you'll help us enormously with all your experience. The site you're making.. what is it about exactly?


Welll it's still really vaguely defined...And in last year's journal, I might add! Hmm let me pull it out lol. The main idea is a website for music fans who are socially aware and are, if you will, "moved by the music" into action. I want to provide information and resources to people about how they can become involved and implement their ideas. I want to create a community around it -- living, breathing proof that music can and does change the world.

OK..List of site features:
-message boards
-blog w/ regular column about various issues
-resources/info about organizations
-profiles of bands and the causes they support
-opinion polls
-news stories/features on different projects

Ok on my list of objectives:
-Facilitate action
-Facilitate discussion
-Provide info/resources
-Prompt thought and inquiry into issues

Again, it's still very vaguely defined and I'm not even sure if I'll even need to start an NPO for it. It might just end up being a website and nothing more. Which is fine. We'll see how it goes. If I get it together, anyway.

The project does have a name, but I'm afraid to talk about it because I haven't yet secured the domain and whatnot. But it's a cute name hehe. ;)

EDIT: Okay well the greedy bastards who own the domain I want won't sell it to me, so it will be located at www.projectlemonaid.org. There's nothing really there right now except for a bunch of quotes and a working logo.

[frostbitepanda]

I am so, so behind and I feel really bad. School has been crushing down on me lately and I have lectures in the afternoons and there have been SO MANY developments in a few short days! This is incrediable!

I'll be back later tonight to read all the posts a bit more thoroughly and then post back with something constructive to contribute (Hopefully) afterwards. I just wanted to pop in and congradulate all my fellow philanthropists out there. :)

And also give a big welcome to tinker who seems to really know his/her stuff! :D Welcome to the thread!

Be back later guys!

[*Coldplay Lover*]

Hmmm..I decided to read this thread...saw it in frostbitepanda's sig. And I must say its pretty freaking organized! I like the t-shirt ideas! Especially the one with the baudot code! I would def. buy that! nd now that I have money its a good time! lol I like where you/we are going with this...my creativity just went up hill! I will come back during the weekend and post some ideas! :)

[stormy_haze]

i think this is a marvellous idea and i would love to join if that's all right with you all. this is my very first post on coldplaying, as well! hooray! :]

[an_cat]

Wow, welcome!! :) Of course it's ok with us! It's not like we have any particular hazing rituals for new "members" ;) We just want support and ideas!!

[Bar]

this is a great idea (just bumping so more people can see)

[Ondes Martenot]

indeed it's a great idea!

if you need some commercial or something in Switzerland, i am here :)

[tinker]

And also give a big welcome to tinker who seems to really know his/her stuff! :D Welcome to the thread!


Hehe I don't know about that but whatever service I could be I hope will be useful...anyway I am Starlightm42 on LJ. So, hi. :)

[master_place_forever]

i am in

[victaniac]

Oy.. sorry for the delay! I finally got around to making some shirts through Cafepress.. since Lune focused on the charity, I tried to focus on the boys so we have more choices and to attract others whatever way we can. Any suggestions on shirt colors or font colors (or font type or word choices) or anything at all that might make them any better are very welcome, God knows I need all the help I can get! :laugh4:

I put down the shirt sample I used incase anyone wants to know.. we can use any other model/color, of course.

01 Custom White T-Shirt $13.99 (base price)
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-11/481341/01WhenIgrowup.jpg

02 Custom Value T-Shirt $8.99 (base price)
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-11/481341/02Guyspick.jpg

Not sure if we'd prefer the "When I grow up" part or no?

03 Custom Fitted T-Shirt - USA Made $15.99 (base price)
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-11/481341/03IbelieveinChrisMartin.jpg

Not a big fan of that Chris pic.. but I couldn't really find an appropriate one. Ideas anyone?

Some silly blinkies.. I fixed that train so it's visible (I hope!) in the all the board skins :sneaky:

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-11/481341/joinccc.gif
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-11/481341/trainccc.gif


And I'll be working on Jonny and Will shirts next hopefully! Just give me another 475,896 days, por favor.. :lol:

[iriden]

You know what we could do? We could sort the member list alphabetically and both pick letters to cover. You start with A, and I'll do the Bs...and only PM the active members (people who have logged on sometime within the past month, let's say?)
Why don't we try to be more people doing this so we can save a lot of time :)
I won't probably be able to give you a lot of support but I'll try to do my best

nice idea for the t-shirts Vic :nice:

[calicat]

Nice t-shirts, vic...I love the one with Chris and the microphone.:nice: Not sure if it would pose a problem for any of the designs, but I came across this link regarding copyright issues and 'Prohibited Content' at Cafe Press. :\ Might be something to consider.

http://www.cafepress.com/cp/info/help/law.aspx#1

[Jorran]

that is actually a very good idea!

[an_cat]

As for the PM campaign, I've actually started going through the 'New Members' portion of this forum and sending PMs to every newbie who hasn't posted here. Hopefully it gets a response!

[an_cat]

Oh! And Vic! Awesome shirts, I love how we're using the idea of having alternate styles instead of JUST the ones specific "about" charity. I know that Angie (or someone??) said earlier that she wants a shirt that says "Jonny's Personal Fluffer" (or was it Guy's? DOES IT MATTER?! LMFAO!). Or "Guy's Maid". Sort of inside jokes around here, but that's what would make it fun! ;)


Great work guys! I've never tried designing shirts... where could you get the template for it? :confused:

[frostbitepanda]

Hey guys! I LOVE what's going on here! Great designs Vic and great work Danielle with the PM campaign. :smug: I loves yous guys. *Huggels*

In the mean time, I've set up the Gmail account and I'm PMing Vic and Danielle the password. Nadia has already been notified. I'm also planning on making posts about this in the Coldplay LJ community. I already put my banners up there and a few people posted them in their user info, but I think it'd get the word out more if I made a seperate post about it.

I slapped together some more banners as well. I'm a slight rush, so sorry for the slightly poor work, but I thought that some more compact banners for signatures would be practical. :)

Here they are:

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d40/FrostbitePanda/Icons%20and%20Graphics/jonnyfunnymirror.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d40/FrostbitePanda/Icons%20and%20Graphics/guy128qe4fe.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d40/FrostbitePanda/Icons%20and%20Graphics/cccban4.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d40/FrostbitePanda/Icons%20and%20Graphics/ccc6.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d40/FrostbitePanda/Icons%20and%20Graphics/ccc5.jpg

And there you go!

[an_cat]

Awesome!!!! I'm going to connect one of those to my sig pic now, thanks! I really like the one of Chris and the rice, it fits ;)

[frostbitepanda]

No prob!

I was also thinking that, if sounds good to you guys, I could make and design a super cool LJ for CCC. that way we can have our own unofficial website type thing. We could post stories and E-mails we receive from organizations, promotional type things, and anything else that meets our fancy. It could be a sort of centeral meeting place and be a bit more organized. Of course, if Ian grants us our own little niche on Coldplaying, we can always have those as well, but I think it's always nice to have a community on LJ. It's cohesive and will keep people and things together. :)

Just let me know!

Also, when I have time, I'm going to make a master document file on my harddrive, archiving and documenting all that's developed so far, future plans and will update it regularly just to keep things down! :D

Cheers!

[airieslady]

I posted a thread on the Official site yesterday and had almost 200 views already a few responses, all of which are interested and positive! It would be great if all the boards come together on this....this could be really big! For all CP Fans!

I'm sorry, but I am really illiterate on the technical part of this, but I can get that message out there! I spoke with several coworkers at Disney today, and they all thought it was just a great idea...may get some to join the board and or just get involved... Disney's strange about stuff like this, they don't like you talking about anything but Disney...but I can work this into any conversation, since Coldplay has a song in their new movie, The Wild...that's my opportunity to spread the word! Hahah!

So, I took one of the blue globe pics off the shirt design and put it on a bumper sticker, it should be arriving in a couple days, to see what it would look like...2.99 from cafepress. Whenever we decide what our charity project will be, which I hope will be something unique...These could easily be sold for the decided charity! And the bumper stickers would be easy to take to concerts, cause they are small...hey, if we could get 12,000 signs into Philly show, we could get a few of these into the last of the shows, well, if anyone over there is going to any of the shows... Just say you are part of the "volunteers for CCC.com", believe me, it works! I was the talker for the Sign Gang at the gate entrance. We would have a great start in profits... we just need to decide on the charity or project! :)

[Grace]

i've just read your pm an_cat ...

and i'm in too ... i think it's a great idea ...

and it's good to inform other boards ... it would be great if we could mobilise coldplay fans all over the globe

[an_cat]

Hey, glad to know people are responding to the PMs! :) I just went through the members list and was trying to find really active people who haven't posted yet in here, and I know it's really hard to see this thread. Thanks for the interest, guys!

[Sam]

woah, this looks excellent, all the sites and banners and.....woah.

Ill definitely be monitoring this one, great job guys :wink2:

[frostbitepanda]

^ I like your signature... mainly because Chris is actually wearing some cool shoes. :lol:

Anywho... it would interesting to get the whole Coldplay community in on it, but me, Danielle and Nadia were all talking about this tonight and we;re not sure if it could work or how. Ian's a bit concerned with "Coldplaying" being in the title of the club and it getting outside exposure. We can look into it and maybe start a whole bridge across to the official forum.

The Paypal account is being set up tonight and Nadia is going to give me some more info on it later. She is probably going to be the one to receive letters and updates and things if we sponser a child. She has a scanner and has said that se'll scan everything that she gets for us.

We also stumbled across another interesting organization that is probaly worth our attention. http://www.campaignforeducationusa.org/default.asp It's the Global Campaign for Education. Besides just aid with food, water and shelter, people in dire need also should be receiveing educations to prevent the perpetualization of poverty and the cancelling out of precious aid. It's much like Fair Trade that way. There is an activity we can all do about making a poster or a cut-out of a friend and sending it to DC to be displayed before government officials. Me and the girls were thinking that it may be a great thing to do.

Also, I've been given permission to create an Lj community to keep things a bit more organized and coherant. I'll probably be getting around to that Tuesday. I have nothing but tests, projects, papers and work until then. :angry: :lol:

More details plus more announcements about these developments will come later on. But for now, I'm going to sleep. Night Night!

[Marisa]

Got that PM

Sorry to post so late after the idea, guys.
I am all for it. I see nothing but LUV from the Coldplay community!
I love the shirts!
But I don't think I can buy one until I feel like I have contributed. And here's the problemo for me. ME without a job= one sad broke ass girl. BUt the future is bright. I will be working by the end of May and hope to give my share then.
But until then make me your servant to the cause. I really want success for this cause!

[lunar1126]

Hello all you lovely people!

Sorry I haven't been very active in here today. Just wanted pop in to make a few comments before I get back to my homework. :P

Vic, great shirts!! :P "Christ Martin" :laugh4: And you'll be pleased to know that someone over at the official boards is using one of your cute blinkies!!.....this is because airieslady had the wonderful idea of starting a thread about the CCC over there as well! It really would be wonderful if the two boards could unite in this venture. Thanks airieslady! :nice:

Allie, you know I love your banners! ;) I'm going to try to attach one to my penguins if I can figure out how. :thinking: Look forward to seeing the LJ page!

Danielle, good work with the spam-....erm, I mean PMing. REALLY. I started sending a few msgs out myself. Hopefully it helps!

This evening I got a PayPal account ready for the CCC's first 'donation box!' I will post all the details tomorrow, but essentially we are going to begin a $1.00 campaign (or 1.00 of whatever currency it is you use in your country) to raise money to sponsor a child. The idea is that small actions can lead to big differences. You will find a link about the Sponsor A Child program in the first post of this thread....I encourage you all to check it out so that you realize how we will be making an impact in the life of an impoverished child. I promise more details will be posted tomorrow. :)

Thank you everyone!

[Flying Sparks]

Hey there! Haven't read all the pages yet, but I got through the front page and got aware of your project through your e-mail and I'm DEFINITELY interested in it - so you can already put me on the list on the front page ;)

I think there aren't many people from Austria on this message board so I could kinda be your foreign correspondant in Vienna, haha

Whatever, I think your ideas are great and I'd love to be part of this! I'm definitely going to think about it and try to develop some ideas myself =) It's great that Coldplay fans are doing this, the guys would be proud of us ;)

[Li_cold]

Oh my, I discovered the coldplay charity club just today!!!Please guys, count me in the club!The whole idea is really interesting and it's great to be part of something that I can real be proud of. If there's something I can do, please, pm me and I'll do it.

[Reilly]

There is so much reading I dont know what to do!

But it sounds alright, what the hell is this?

[Joyce]

ja...reillo!!!!

ok...count me in...Im already in Oxfam, MPH and MTF...

[an_cat]

Read the first page, I think I'm going to get in touch with Nadia and Allie to try and write up a new update!:)

[marianatsl]

I like the plain and simple Coldplaying Charity Club, just leaves no doubts about what it is...

The idea is awsome and i realized that there are ppl from all around the world here on the board, including places that need help.
We could try to gather local organizations and post here, so that if theres anyone interested in helping...
I say that coz here in Brazil there are a looooooot of smallers organizations need help, and because most of them dont get enough attention, they just end up closing, leaving the children, the sick, or whoever on their own.

i dont know if that made any sense... but its just an idea...

[Briggins]

Count me in, this is really exciting and a good idea!

[LiquidSky]

Count me in :p

[frostbitepanda]

Woo hoo for new members! Welcome everyone! :D

And Danielle, are we getting together online today?

[crazyduckette]

I think I mentioned before, but Im very interested in helping.
Ok if I add the little heart siggy in mine? :nice:

[zeoir]

oh wow..i haven't been here just for a couple of days and again a lot have happened :stunned:! You've done a great job guys :) the new shirts looks awesome and all other ideas are great too.
But about that iron-on stransfers thing.. i've done a shirt with iron-on stransfers and i don't think it's a good idea to do shirts by that :\ the picture cracked and just like someone(sorry i don't remember who, there is so much to read!) said, the picture will also lose its color after a few washes. My shirt is black and white so the colour lose isn't so visible as it would be with more colours.:\ And there is also at least one more problem; it's quite hard to get the picture straight :thinking:
But if i got it right, we wouldn't do the shirts by ourselves, and i think it's a way better idea :)

[MrLick]

Im very much agaisnt a few of those groups they linked on the main page, but overall i think this i a good idea.

[Gitta Rensolo]

I got the PM...and i want to show you that I know about it and care about it....
I still have some problems to understand the whole thing....but i think I'll get "through the jungle" the next days....:nice:

the main idea of it is good!:nice:

[an_cat]

Im very much agaisnt a few of those groups they linked on the main page, but overall i think this i a good idea.


And what ones would those be?:sick:

[an_cat]

And Danielle, are we getting together online today?


Well, I'm on for the rest of the night (I'm on right now, too, but you're away;) ). If Nadia comes on later we can make a chat. If not, then feel free to IM me and we can discuss. I don't have much new stuff to add though.... Hm. I think I'll start looking around the internet again and finding some new sites.

[rionne]

This a fantastic idea! I'm definitely interested, though I have limited time at the moment, getting ready to move out and start classes next month at uni so I won't be able to do much until things calm down a little. But great idea guys! Coldplay fans are the best in the world. :nice:

[66]

I'm interested, but cant take much of a role in my public, due to my occupation. Would be happy and willing to do whatever else "behind the scenes" type stuff there'd be to do (typing, printing, etc...).

[an_cat]

Any help at all is fine, we'll start telling people what they can do soon. Things are still in the process of being worked on:)

[Lore]

I'd love to participate.. but I don't know how.. i'd give the dollar or I don't know.. but I have not credit card... is there another way to help?

[Briggins]

Yeah I don't have a credit card either....I may not be able to help financially but I may be able to help with promotion/design stuff.

[MrLick]

Amnesty International
Amnesty USA

[an_cat]

lmfao.



Care to express why, or is it political?


Because we keep politics out of this, me friend.:kiss:

[an_cat]

Here's a quote I'd just like everybody to keep in mind, it's the approach I want this campaign to take.

"I'm sick and tired of party politics. You know, the left, the right - I'm sick of the left, I'm sick of the right. Even the liberals are giving me a pain in the ass. We need new solutions to new problems."-Bono in 1987

Don't bring your right and left wing agendas in here. We all respectfully accept your opinions, and OF COURSE we'll listen! :) But don't let this affect your views toward this campaign and what we want to do.


Thank you.

[lunar1126]

Thank you Danielle for bringing that up. :) MrCool, we'll give you a chance to explain why you don't like those charities...but for everyone, do keep in mind that one goal of this club is to promote a sense of unity, and divisive political agendas will only destroy that spirit. Thank you everyone for your understanding.

And just so you all know, the first post has been edited and is hopefully a little more clearer to first time visitors to this thread. :)

Also, if there is anyone here who is really familiar with the PayPal donation feature, could you please PM me? I need a bit of assistance. Thx!

[Plug_in_coldplaying]

i want to be a member, i must just send 1 dolar?

[frostbitepanda]

Great first post Nadia! It's all nice and purty. Great job!

And also, I won't be able to meet online tonight. I have work all day and then babysitting in the evening. If you guys want to meet up Sunday, I can do so... anywhere after about 5:30 PM Easter time. :)

And yes Chris! Any donation is greatly appreciated. :D

[Briggins]

Here's a quote I'd just like everybody to keep in mind, it's the approach I want this campaign to take.

"I'm sick and tired of party politics. You know, the left, the right - I'm sick of the left, I'm sick of the right. Even the liberals are giving me a pain in the ass. We need new solutions to new problems."-Bono in 1987

Don't bring your right and left wing agendas in here. We all respectfully accept your opinions, and OF COURSE we'll listen! :) But don't let this affect your views toward this campaign and what we want to do.


Thank you.

I'm to young to understand politics. :P

But no that is a good point to keep politics out of this. We have so many people here from so many countries it could become an issue if we allow political views and biases to creep in.

[an_cat]

Right! We don't need any pointless arguments in here, it'll just get in the way and create bad blood.


Chris, that's cool if you just want to send 1 dollar!:) I'm positive if EVERYONE here donated just one dollar a month we could raise a LOT of money!!

[lunar1126]

Hey guys, sooo turns out we missed Earth Day by 2 days (:(), but it's not too late to celebrate it!

Take this Ecologocal Footprint Quiz (http://www.earthday.net/Footprint/index.asp) to measure your 'ecological dent' and estimate how much productive land and water your lifestyle requires. This is quite an eye opener!

We could say that Western consumption culture has created a world where mass production of foods and material goods is the impetus for our society’s progress and growth. But by saying this, we are merely transferring the blame to a socially created ideal. We, the people, are the creators of our consumption culture, so the change needs to come from root levels. Hope the quiz gives everyone something to think about! :-)

[thescientist__]

:D

[iriden]

Hey guys, sooo turns out we missed Earth Day by 2 days (:(), but it's not too late to celebrate it!

Take this Ecologocal Footprint Quiz (http://www.earthday.net/Footprint/index.asp) to measure your 'ecological dent' and estimate how much productive land and water your lifestyle requires. This is quite an eye opener!

We could say that Western consumption culture has created a world where mass production of foods and material goods is the impetus for our society’s progress and growth. But by saying this, we are merely transferring the blame to a socially created ideal. We, the people, are the creators of our consumption culture, so the change needs to come from root levels. Hope the quiz gives everyone something to think about! :-)
I'm so liking this link cause I've been studying and working on sustainable development and I attended a lesson about the ecological footprint, thanks Nadia:)

[an_cat]

Just bumping this up higher so it doesn't get lost in the shuffle (I really wish it could get stickied...:( ).


Nadia, Allie and I have been ironing out some details, just so you know. We'll be bringing you up to date about that very, very soon!

[tilolas]

nice work everyone!!!!

you can count on me too... :D

[bonita]

aw what a lovely thread! :nice:
i'd love to join.
only thing is i'd be pretty useless for a couple of months because it's my final year of high school and final exams. so after that i could definitely have a bigger involvement in this. i just wanted to express my interest :) just that i won't be able to help much until a few more months. :nice:

[sparky17]

count me in too please, i always want to make a difference on issues such as this, i would be more than happy to contribute my money towards this, the thing is i dont have a credit card so i dont think i can use paypal, it may seem like a silly question but could i contribute by SMS (text message) somehow? because some services do use SMS.

this obviously ties in with everyday life for me since im an a level politics student, im studying pressure groups at the moment, and i would be intrested in a future in politics, so i would definetly join it, thanks for your time!!!

[Paula Crocker]

I think its a brilliant idea, i already support Oxfam and maketradefair.com so if i can help at all i would be happy to do so. Count me in!!

Regards
Paula xx

[frostbitepanda]

Great guys! Glad to see there's so much interest in this. :)

[iriden]

I would like to invite everyone to really measure your ecological footprint...it can be really surprising, and it will make you think about a looot of things that seem normal in our lives

[sparky17]

hahaha, like ur sig ;) (panda)

btw, great work with this charity club, it will be a success, im sure of it! :d

[oskarpc2001]

it´s very interesting.

[anitafranc]

I just took that ecological footprint quiz.. it said that if everyone lived like me we would need 4.3 planets :sick:

[ColdplayJoe]

I would love to support this wonderful organization! From the moment I read the AROBTTH Liner Notes where it discussed the meaning and inspiration of Politik, I have been transformed into a person who is willing to help others. During the Live 8 Concerts last summer, I made it my utmost priority to get all of my friends to not only watch the concerts, but to donate their time or money to the ONE Organization. About 1/4 of my High School now sports the ONE Organization bracelets.

Therefore, I am willing to help spread the word about the Coldplay Charity Club throughout my neighborhood and school! Please add my name to the list!

Thanks and congrats on such a wonderful and meaningful idea!

-ColdplayJoe

[Elwoodgal]

I want to join, how do i join?

[an_cat]

There's no special thing you have to do, just give us your support and help us come up with ideas!:) Maybe add the link provided on the first post to your signature, and when we get it all set up perfectly, you can donate a couple bucks to our paypal account (which will go to a charity!).


Thanks for the interest, guys!

[coldplay_steph]

This is sorta off-topic but :

"Alright, STOP! Collaborate and LISTEN! <-- Hey, Vanilla Ice had a good point!"

^LMFAO :laugh4: :laugh4: :laugh4: *now cant get song out of head! :sick:*


This thread has grown quite a bit now,a lot of people showing interest...yay! :nice:

[an_cat]

Hahahaha, well, someone was fighting with me about politics in another thread and all I kept thinking was "this person needs to stop and LISTEN!" then I thought of the song and laughed my ass off. LMFAO


Vanilla Ice ROCKS! Or uh... RAPS?

[coldplay_steph]

:laugh4: :laugh4: :laugh4: :laugh4:

[lunar1126]

What a great response from everyone! Stay tuned to this thread for news on projects and different ways to help. We will also update the first post with any new information. As an_cat said, you can all start off by putting a link back to this thread in your sigs to draw in more support. And if you have a chance, go check out some of the charity links in the first thread to learn more about the issues that need help.

You all are awesome! :D

[Li_cold]

Girls, I don't have a credit card, how am I suposed to donate 1 dollar per month?Is there another way to do that?

[grange1975]

I have managed to put the link on my sig. I have had to take some things out, but it is worth it!!

[an_cat]

Girls, I don't have a credit card, how am I suposed to donate 1 dollar per month?Is there another way to do that?


That's something that we're definately going to have to work on, perhaps money can be mailed to someone's address, and we'll just donate the money into the paypal account with OUR credit card (but you'd have sent your dollar, so it'd have been payed for and you wouldn't owe anything or whatever;) ).

We'll keep you updated on how it'll actually work, just an idea I'm throwing out there...

[grange1975]

I'm a bit behind on what has been happening, as I was on holiday for a couple of weeks. Is the Paypal account set up and ready to go yet? Can someone fill me in please?

[Li_cold]

^Oh, I see...Thanks, Danielle!You girls are doing an amazing work!I'm going to visit this thread as much as possible to catch the whole process... ;)

[an_cat]

No problem, Nadia (lunar), Allie (frostbite) and I will be discussing things a bit more today, and I'll mention that to them (actually I think I'll PM Nadia now... :thinking:). That's probably what we'll have to do since a lot of people don't like to use their credit cards online (if they have them). Of course, Paypal's very secure, but I understand the apprehension people have completely ;)

grange, yes we've set up a paypal account, however we're still working out the bugs and making sure it's reliable enough to use for everyone. It seems that paypal takes 33cents out of each donation, so we'd only have 67 cents out of each dollar. So we came up with the idea that we'll do a $1.36 campaign (which related to Coldplay, heh). That way we can get a full dollar, even with the amount paypal takes out! Sound good to you guys?

[grange1975]

Sounds fine to me!! I will keep an eye on this thread for more information.

I have a paypal account already, as I use e-bay regularly.

[an_cat]

Yay!


Definately keep an eye on it, the first post is edited whenever the information changes. I think that when everything gets completely set up I'll start PMing all the people who have shown interest so far to tell them it's all set and ready to go.:)

[grange1975]

Ok.

[Li_cold]

^I agree with the $1.36 campaign... :) I just have to find a way to get dollars...Sending reais won't be allowed thought... :P

[coldplay_steph]

So we came up with the idea that we'll do a $1.36 campaign (which related to Coldplay, heh). That way we can get a full dollar, even with the amount paypal takes out! Sound good to you guys?

1.36 - genius! :thumbsup: Sounds great to me!

[lunar1126]

The paypal situation needs some further thinking. I worked out the math, and if the minimum $28.00 was met each month (the minimum for Sponsor a Child), with everyone just giving the minimum $1.36, we'd lose $9.33 in transaction fees!! For each transaction, PayPal keeps 2.9% + 0.30 cents. The 2.9% isn't the problem...it's the 0.30 cents...because 0.30 out of one dollar is a huge amount, and it would add up quickly. Basically, we wouldn't be hammered as hard if people choose to donate more than the minimum. To give an idea, if just one person donated $28.00, we'd only lose $1.11. See what I'm saying? If some people are able to give over the minimum....like $5.00 instead of $1.36, it might work out okay.

We will have alternatives for people who don't feel comfortable donating through PayPal. For example, an idea that was proposed early on was that people could donate directly to the charities themselves. Then forward email receipts to a specific email address so we can keep track how much is being raised for each charity. Kind of make sense?

Like an_cat (danielle) said, for those who don't have credit cards, we could accept mailed in amounts.

There is more planning that needs to be done obviously...and hopefully it will all be ironed out soon! :nice:

[FluMTonks]

new member... may I help the cause and raise awareness also? :)

[an_cat]

Of course you can!:) of course of course of course! heh

Definately visit the pages linked on the first post. Sign up for any of the campaigns you can, get on their mailing lists. You can learn a lot about the things they're fighting for (or against), and also learn many ways you can chip in! Until we get the paypal/donation situation totally under control, that's what I suggest you do ;)

[clockpolitiks]

I dont think its possible for ancat to get any more reputation, lol.

[clockpolitiks]

Anyway, I would def be willing to do paypal. I have an account.

[an_cat]

Oh good! That's what I like to hear. Having an account through paypal is the easiest ;)


Haha, it is possible, I want the gold star! LMFAO

[clockpolitiks]

Do you know how much rep you really can get? Yea, paypal is so easy, It puzzles me why so many people dont have it. I understand with younger people, but some people my age (20) just refuse to sign up for it. Its worth any hassles that paypal throws at you (which arent many).

[an_cat]

I don't know. I think I've only got a couple blocks left, and then I get to a gold star.... I have like 5700 points... ???? I don't even know what that MEANS, but it's kind of funny/cool.

Paypal is definately INCREDIBLY easy, and very secure. I've never worried about anything when it comes to paypal or ordering things off in the internet (on sites that I KNOW are secure, that is).

[Breakfast_of_CHAMPION]

wow I have missed out! Count me in! I will do whatever needs to be done. This is a great idea!

[frostbitepanda]

Welcome Mary! :D

[Breakfast_of_CHAMPION]

thanks allie, it took me too long to join bit it's good to be here.

[linnea]

This is great!:thumbsup: I'm so happy to be part of this community:nice:

I'll definitely do whatever I can to help the cause!:)

[Sofy]

hey, i wanna be in too, can i?

But there is just one problem about donating money...that my parents dont like the idea so much. Guess im not so useful, but i´ll try to help doing other things, so count me in!

[chloe82]

wow! i just discovered this. you can definetly count me in. let me know anything i can do!!

[tinker]

I don't know. I think I've only got a couple blocks left, and then I get to a gold star.... I have like 5700 points... ???? I don't even know what that MEANS, but it's kind of funny/cool.

Paypal is definately INCREDIBLY easy, and very secure. I've never worried about anything when it comes to paypal or ordering things off in the internet (on sites that I KNOW are secure, that is).

I feel like I should pipe up, here -- My sister got her credit card stolen on PayPal, and I've had lots of problems with it as well.

[lunar1126]

Really? Yippes. Could you elaborate on the sorts of problems you've had?

I would think that most of the problems that could arise would stem from who is managing the account. The paypal account is under my name, and the account is going to be mutually managed by myself, Victaniac, an_cat, and Frostbite. I'd like to assure you all that your donations will be in safe hands, but if anyone has any doubts about our sincerity, please feel free to PM us with any questions or concerns you may have.

[calicat]

Just wanted to chime in about PayPal. I've had an account for quite some time and haven't any experienced any problems thus far. I use it for all of my EBay purchases and everything has gone smoothly. As for the CCC account being set-up, I fully trust that donations will be in safe hands. :)

[an_cat]

There's always a risk involved with any transactions you do (be they in person, or over the phone, or on the net). But the internet is a tough place to do business, since you can't see the person's face and really have no idea if they're genuine or not... I think that a situation like that does arise more out of WHO gets the credit card number more than the place it went through... But then again, I don't know. That's just what I always assumed... (but we all know what assuming does to u and me! LOL)


But yes, you can all trust us. :) We won't be ripping you off, this isn't a scam, or a con, or ANYTHING. Hell, we're donating as well, that's why we want to be 500% positive nothing bad will happen before we open it up to all you guys. 100% of everything you donate will be used for charity (except for the percent that we're being forced to fork over to paypal for their "services" :rolleyes:).

[RICK8]

Sounds like a excellent idea,I will contribute what i can:)

[frostbitepanda]

I agree 100% with what Danielle said. And let me reassure anyone here, as one of the people that will be overseeing the transactions, that my motives are in no way malicious. I'm planning to give as much as I can to this cause and then some. I love this club and what it's doing. Trust me on that. :)

And welcome RICK8!!

[frostbitepanda]

...OMG YAY FOR STICKINESS!

And yay to whichever mod did this! SO AWESOME. :D :wacky:

[lunar1126]

OMG, WOOHOO!! We got stickied!!!
Yes, thanks to who ever did this!!
:kiss::kiss:

[frostbitepanda]

HAHA! Nadia! We're twins! (Well sort of) :P

[an_cat]

Yay! No more unnecessary bumpage! LMFAO!






I just wrote bondage..... :uhoh:

[lunar1126]

Now that is unnecessary.......:lol:
Or is it? :sneaky:

:uhoh:

[frostbitepanda]

Danielle... if only I had kept count of all the little typos that turn a statement completly absurd.

Good response Nadia. :laugh3:

[lunar1126]

Freud would have such a field day with me and my typos. That's for sure! :P

Hey everyone, sorry it is taking a while to get the $1.36 campaign up and running. But we promise that you'll get all the details in the next few days! :)

[frostbitepanda]

Tomorrow I'm making the LJ for us. I've just had tons of papers to write yesterday and today, but after tonight my week will be clear for atleast another 3 days. :laugh3:

Meeting tomorrow night? 'Round 6ish - 7ish Danielle and my's time?

[lunar1126]

Tomorrow I'm making the LJ for us. I've just had tons of papers to write yesterday and today, but after tonight my week will be clear for atleast another 3 days. :laugh3:

Meeting tomorrow night? 'Round 6ish - 7ish Danielle and my's time?
Great! Lemme know if I can help set that up in anyway.

And yeah, 7 (your time) would be fine. I'll have just got back from classes. :P I have a midterm tomorrow, but once I finish studying for it tonight, I'm going to write up some stuff for the $1.36 page. If you can think of anything that must be included on there, just PM moi, k? :nice:

[an_cat]

I'll be online, definately, tomorrow around 7 Eastern.....! :)

[frostbitepanda]

Well Nadia I thought you could write up what's to go on the UserInfo page and the first post. And I thought Danielle (And i, I suppose) could make some lovely graphics (Banners, headers, buttons, icons, ect.). I just thought I'd make the page since I'm pretty familiar with HTML. Don't think I was going to hog this all up meself! :laugh3:

[lunar1126]

Well Nadia I thought you could write up what's to go on the UserInfo page and the first post. And I thought Danielle (And i, I suppose) could make some lovely graphics (Banners, headers, buttons, icons, ect.). I just thought I'd make the page since I'm pretty familiar with HTML. Don't think I was going to hog this all up meself! :laugh3:

Ok, I'll be thinking of something then.....we might be able to use some of the stuff that is already in the first post here.
And yes, let's make it pretty and eye catching. :D I can help with graphics and html too. Just hollar! :)

[an_cat]

Oh whee I love graphics!!!!!!!!! :wideeyed: LOL more of an excuse to spend hours on PSP9!!!

[bedofroses]

erm i havent been in this thread yet but am rather interested to join..erm can someone explain? :laugh4:

[an_cat]

Check out the first post, basically everything is explained there. If you have any other questions, just ask and feel free to PM me, lunar(Nadia), or Allie (frostbite) (and I'd say Vic, but she's away). :)

[coldplay_steph]

Oooooh STICKIED!!! :D


Yay! :nice:

[Ladybug]

Absolutely fantastic things going on in this thread, you guys.
Always so interesting to come here and read all of your posts. :nice:


Here are a few banners I've made, hope they are okay.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v140/Giulietta/%20Banner/cpcc01.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v140/Giulietta/%20Banner/cpcc02.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v140/Giulietta/%20Banner/cpcc04.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v140/Giulietta/%20Banner/cpcc03.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v140/Giulietta/%20Banner/cpcc05.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v140/Giulietta/%20Banner/cpcc06.jpg

[iriden]

amazing banners :nice: