Quick Hello and P4C

[tikay]

i is clear to me from reading all of this thread...that most of us care deeply about giving money to good causes...so here is a simple suggestion....set up a blonde committe of say 3 people....open a bank account....and get each member of blonde to pay £1 a month into that account..then say every couple of months the committe nominate 3 good causes to dontate mony to and ask blondes to vote on where the money should go to....there would be very little overheads....which would ensure a high percentage of money to charity...this i think would work well....

i am sure everyone on blonde can spare £1a month...and the money would be going to charites close to blondes hearts

And I'd add that satcom has also written to me via PM & offered to help with this proposal.

However, blonde is not a Registered Charity, so we can't really do it.

We are certainly more than happy to help with any charity appeals, & even "adopt" a chaity - providing it is compliant with the Charity Guidelines we Posted on Friday.

But thank you, satcom.
xx

[matt674]

& even "adopt" a chaity

http://www.monkeyworld.co.uk/topic.php?TopicID=12&Template=standard

 

 

[satcom]

would it be possible to hold a monthly charity torny on blonde....with the winner deciding which charity gets the money....

[tikay]

would it be possible to hold a monthly charity torny on blonde....with the winner deciding which charity gets the money....

I don't see why not, though it's a matter for Colcheter Kev & The Baron to comment on, as they look after the Cardroom. Let's see what they say.

It's very kind of you to offer, by the way.

[ariston]

think it would have to be the winner of the said tourney could give the tourney to any charity that complied with your new cahrity guidelines though or there would be no point in having them. That way every player who enters the tourney would know that any money donated is going to a good cause ( or a large % of it is).

[Colchester Kev]

Yes it is possible, we would just have a comp with a withheld prize pool, blonde would have to take responsibility in collecting the prize pool and sending any proceeds to the winners charity.

it would take a bit of administrative planning, but it is a good suggestion and one that we will certainly look into.

Only draw back I can see is that the winner wants the money to go to a cause that is controversial etc ... perhaps the way around this would be for a thread before the game where every entrant named his chosen cause before the game took place.

[satcom]

perhaps the way around this..would be to have a list of charities that are permitted and the winner can choosefrom 1 of those chariies

[matt674]

or perhaps everyone can give the buy in to a charity of their own choosing first then we play a free tournament for nothing? (or a blonde t-shirt and cap)

[Eck]

or perhaps everyone can give the buy in to a charity of their own choosing first then we play a free tournament for nothing? (or a blonde t-shirt and cap)

I thought we were doing that already i've been donating for weeks now.   

[matt674]

Only draw back I can see is that the winner wants the money to go to a cause that is controversial etc ... perhaps the way around this would be for a thread before the game where every entrant named his chosen cause before the game took place.

And what happens if someone chooses a charity that is controversial in the thread in the lead up to the tournament? If i wanted the winnings to go to an abortion clinic do people opposed to abortion not play in the tourney or do they object on the thread?

Whilst i dont want to sound negative as i think any idea of trying to raise money for charity is a good one. However i just dont think it would work trying to do it in this way as people are not going to be 100% happy with other peoples choices.

If someone wants to give money to charity then just do it, dont sit around waiting for a poker tournament.

GO ON THEN, NOW - GO PICK UP THE PHONE!!



Either that or you could get nemesis to do a poll of charities and which ever one got the most votes.............

[boldie]

or perhaps everyone can give the buy in to a charity of their own choosing first then we play a free tournament for nothing? (or a blonde t-shirt and cap)

I thought we were doing that already i've been donating for weeks now.   

me to..my donations have been going to the "bananas for monkeys" fund...I recieved an email for that a while ago and ever since then the money has automatically been taken out of my account...strange really as I never filled in the form.

[matt674]

me to..my donations have been going to the "bananas for monkeys" fund...I recieved an email for that a while ago and ever since then the money has automatically been taken out of my account...strange really as I never filled in the form.

Always read the small print!

 

Opening of email is sufficient requirement of consent for regular payment to be taken

[matt674]

would it be possible to hold a monthly charity torny on blonde....with the winner deciding which charity gets the money....

hmmm, another idea maybe?

add one letter ("k") to the above sentence and rearrange two of the words.................

would it be possible to hold a monthly charity torny on blonde....with the winner deciding which monkey gets the charity....

there - much better

[barhell]

& even "adopt" a chaity

http://www.monkeyworld.co.uk/topic.php?TopicID=12&Template=standard

 

 

As a present once i recieved an adoption certificate for a baby orang at monkey world. Its my favourite animal and i really appreciated the thought.

[Dingdell]

I nominate P4C.

I'll get my coat.....