Master Post

[hansbekhart]

Puerto Rico is in super bad shape. Hurricane Maria has destroyed entire towns, wiped out their electrical grid, trashed hospitals and roads. Right now, ten days after Maria made landfall, more than 40% of the island currently lacks access to drinking water and electricity. It's estimated that it will take up to six months to repair the electrical grid and get power back to the island. They will need sustained, committed aid.

Fandom has come together and done amazing things in the past - from Sweet Charity to Fandomaid to @fandomtrumpshate. Let's show some love to Puerto Rico and help them get back on their feet.



There is now an indexed list of every creator who has signed up for auction, as of 10/14!

How will this fundraiser work?
Creators will reply to this post to sign up for auction! We spend the next few weeks whipping social media into a frenzy about how awesome fandom charity auctions are, and how many frigging cool creators have signed up for this one! Then, the auction page will go live on Dreamwidth! Each offering will get its own comment post, and a frenzy of bidding will happen in the comment threads! The winners will have a set amount of time to send their creator proof of their donation. Once they've donated, the creator gets to work making cool shit! Easy peasy, lemon squeezy - the tried and true formula for fandom charity.

Sign ups will be open until October 15th
The auction will go live on October 17th, and close on October 23rd. Times will be announced. A lightning "Buy It Now!" event will be hosted on either the 1st or 2nd day of the auction, so stay tuned for details.
Proof of donations must be sent by November 6th to claim your prize!


What kind of fanworks can be auctioned?
- fic
- art
- vids
- podfic
- beta services (including basic editing, script/story doctoring, historical accuracy, nationality-picking, etc)
- fan vids
- tutorials (via skype, email, text, whatever)
- Basically anything you want

As far as physical objects go (fan crafts, etc), I'm not able to manage the process of shipping or coordinating the gifting, but if bidders and crafters are able to coordinate that between them, then we will provide the signal boost/publicity!


What charity will I be helping?
All proceeds raised through this auction will go to ConPRmetidos! You can find details on their campaign here, and keep up with their activities on their Facebook page.

You may have heard about the barges and vessels bringing water, diesel, and generators to Puerto Rico. You may also have heard about these goods sitting for days on the water, or on the dock still in the shipping container, because there are no roads for trucks to drive on, no cell service to coordinate drivers, and no fuel to get them anywhere. Lifesaving donations are being bottlenecked at San Juan for lack of a way to get aid to the people who need it.

The reason that we've chosen ConPRmetidos is because of their focus on long term, sustained repair of Puerto Rico's infrastructure. They'll be fixing roads, hospitals, homes, and the electrical grid. They're financing local companies and local efforts. They're working with the Puerto Rican National Guard to coordinate resources and fill financing gaps. And they're not going leave in a couple weeks.


Is this really something that the average citizen needs to chip in on?
Look, I'm as optimistic as it comes but the answer to this is almost definitely yes. Even the most hopeful expectation of the federally managed part of the recovery will fall short of what is actually needed.


But I wanna help NOW!
YAY! You totally should do that too! Here are some reputable organizations that are sending direct aid right now.

The long term will be just as important, trust me.


Who's running this thing?
I am surrounded by some very kind people by the names of @analise010, @sonickitty, @silentwalrus1, @shannonxl, and @im-the-punk-who, and I have a growing list of people who have offered help that I still may greedily call on (turns out these things are complicated and take a lot of hands).

Why are you posting this on Dreamwidth instead of tumblr or some other platform?
So we can talk to each other, of course! And so there's not sixty versions of the same post on tumblr as I edit and adjust details.

Go ahead, ask questions. You don't need a Dreamwidth account to comment; you can do it under anon or with an OpenID.

I have more questions.
Cool beans! Read through the comment threads below, or see here. If your question hasn't been answered, please ask below!

Comments

[gwyn]

I plan to sign up (just have to figure out what to offer), but I also wanted to say that if you need any extra bodies for help running this, please let me know--I'm kind of homebound for a little while, and would be able to help out in any capacity you'd need.

♥ for doing this.

[analise010]

Hello! A month ago, I started a harvey_fanaid to help the victims of Hurricane Harvey. That campaign is closing today. Can I promote your community in our closing post?

Proof of donation?

[(Anonymous)]

This is awesome, thank you so much for coordinating it! Quick question: Is the proof of donation going directly to the creator(s)? Like, they get forwarded an email or screenshot of the donation page?

[magicasen]

Hello! Thanks so much for running this!

My question/suggestion: is it possible to extend the bidding stage beyond a day? I think fandomtrumpshate had theirs up for a week. I think it'd help spread the word in case people are busy that weekend to have it last a bit longer.

[taichara]

Will this exclusively be auctions, or can people offer buy-it-now types?

[cdvla313]

If there's any chance tags can be created to sort offerings (like fic, podfic, beta, etc), that would be great.

[animangod]

I wanted to help out P.R. recover their infrastructure and when I looked at where the Money is going, I'd love to participate in this

Physical Objects

[shadytail]

As far as physical objects go (fan crafts, etc), I'm not able to manage the process of shipping or coordinating the gifting, but if bidders and crafters are able to coordinate that between them, then we will provide the signal boost/publicity!

I want to offer bookbinding services for fic. Does this mean we can sign up so long as we’re willing to pay shipping (and bidders recognize that the mods won’t help with problems), or not?

Can we sign up if we make sure our offer-comment contains an appropriate disclaimer? Or alternately, segregate us into a separate thread or post? I hope we can sign up, since noone’s even going to see my offer otherwise.

[(Anonymous)]

I would like to edit my offerings -- is there a way to do that without having a Dreamwidth account? Or should I just thread my edits as a reply to my original post (https://fandomlovespuertorico.dreamwidth.org/669.html?thread=23453#cmt23453)?

Bidding

[(Anonymous)]

For those of us who are new to all of this, how exactly does bidding work? Is it just comments to the posts advertising works? Thank you for doing this!

[firefly124]

If we're offering more than one type of thing, should we put that in separate comments? For example, I'd like to offer fic, but my muse currently only plays in one fandom. I'd like to offer beta services, too, but for that I could cover a wider range of fandoms. I'm thinking that would get very confusing in a single comment.

[green_wing]

Will there be a request post? I have fandoms that aren't mainstream, so wading through every buy-now or auction post and asking the writers can be a real chore :(

If I could just say "does anyone write this, this, or this" it would be so much quicker?

[ironlawyer]

Hi, I'm thinking of offering bead sprites. I was wondering if there are any rules about the recipient paying postage? I can't afford to send many outside the UK but it would be a shame to limit it to within the UK. The Royal Mail offer a pay online feature, so the recipient could pay for the label and then pass it on to me. All goes well, no money would need to change hands.

[catalenamara]

I have a friend who has no online presence but would like to offer beta reading in order take part. Is this possible?

Creation

[(Anonymous)]

Apologies in advance if this is a silly question, but what's the etiquette surrounding creation of the auctioned works? I want to sign up but I know I'm going to be pretty unavoidably busy/absent during the first two weeks of November, and I don't know how long the acceptable time of creation would be. Is asking someone to wait ~three weeks an Awful Thing or would that be a normal-ish amount of time anyway?

[psychicmoth]

Hello! I'm an artist and I would really love to participate! Is there a deadline to finish our creations? Or have I to talk about this with the person who will win the auction? Now I have a pretty busy schedule, but I will be able to give my whole heart and soul in December. I know I have to specify this thing in my sign up post, but I would like to know if there is already a set time limit to finish our creations. Thank you! :)

[jeslieness]

Just wanted to say thanks for all of the work you're doing--the offerings lists are very comprehensive, and I'm sure it's been pretty time-consuming. Thank you!

[staranise]

I’m on mobile today and any time I try to go to the signup post, I get told there are too many redirects. There was a comment I needed to reply to, and now in my inbox I’m told I’m not authorized to view it. Any idea what’s going on?

[soc_puppet]

So I made a couple of things:



I don't know if you have any interest in using them, but you are welcome to do so if you would like.

(Lineart available here for anyone who likes to color. Since, you know, I mostly decided to do this on account of offering custom coloring pages in the Buy It Now section.)

[citrusjava]

Hey, sorry for being annoying, but this is really a pity for me.... so I was a few hours late to sign up - I wrote most of it while it was still open, I missed it....
I'd really like to help. It's not for me to need to understand why I'm not allowed to do this, but it really is something I wanted to do, I put a lot of attention into it.... would you maybe be willing to make an exception and allow me to participate?

[luthe]

Is the Buy It Now thread open?

[citrusjava]

Hey there, lovely people running this!
I was wondering whether it is/will be possible to go over the "buy it now" items anywhere before it starts, just to be ready when it goes live?

[daisyface]

Hi! I missed the sign ups, but would be interested in auctioning some items. Is that still possible or are you permanently closed?

[scrollgirl]

[comment deleted]

Neeeeever mind! Clearly I should have gone to bed instead of trying to bid, since I missed an entire paragraphs in bold text!

ETA: Thanks so much for your hard work!

[ride_4ever]

This is a wonderful thing! I have boosted the signal via my DW and my LJ, and I've bid on three auction items.