2009/2/25 Stormy Peters <sto...@gnome.org>: > Sounds like a great idea. > > Was the custom page a Facebook page? > > Stormy > > P.S. My birthday's not until May. Anybody willing to jump in sooner and try > this out? > P.S. II. If it was a Facebook page, you can go check and see how successful > it was but I'm sure it depends on large part on the person, their friends > and how they normally celebrate their birthdays.
I like Dave's idea, and I think you're right saying that it depends a lot on the person. I think that GNOME's "heroes" are more likely to make it works, though. If the first experiment works we should report about it in the Support GNOME cause, I think. Roberto > > On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 7:27 AM, Dave Neary <dne...@gnome.org> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> This week, something happened to me for the first time. And like most >> things that happened to me for the first time, it made me stand up & >> take notice. >> >> I thought it was a really nice, simple idea, executed well. And while I >> can't testify to its success, I'm sure it had some. >> >> The email I got was from someone I know and am connected to on Facebook. >> I've enclosed it here in full. >> >> >> > Subject: Want to celebrate my birthday? >> > ----------------------------------------------- >> > >> > It's my birthday on March 3. This year, instead of gifts, I'm asking >> > my friends to donate $30 to my favorite cause, Free Software >> > Foundation. $30 from each of you would make a big impact on this >> > cause I really care about. Anything you can contribute will help and, >> > not only will Free Software Foundation, Inc. really appreciate it, >> > but so will I! >> > ----------------------------------------------- >> > >> > Grant ********.'s Birthday Wish [link to custom FSF Cause page with >> > ****'s fundraising goal and total so far] >> > or Learn More [link] >> >> Since we are more & more in a social network world, we get more & more >> reminders about people we know. I know that Plaxo & Facebook remind me >> regularly when people's birthdays are coming up, and I usually get a few >> emails, wall posts and the like from people I know. It's a low-cost, >> low-maintenance way for people to let me know I'm in their thoughts. >> >> Anyway - I saw this feature on causes, and thought it was interesting >> enough to share, before we start getting 5 of these a week, perhaps >> GNOME can get a foot up off this Purple Cow. >> >> Cheers, >> Dave. >> >> >> -- >> Dave Neary >> GNOME Foundation member >> dne...@gnome.org >> -- >> marketing-list mailing list >> marketing-list@gnome.org >> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list > > > -- > marketing-list mailing list > marketing-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list > > -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list