David Tuller crowdfund: Trial By Error: Reporting on ME/CFS and Related Controversies

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  1. Andy

    Andy Committee Member

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    I was expecting the exchange rate to be closer - now I’ve seen my credit card bill I realise I should have adjusted for that so the second amount will need to be adjusted to round everything up to the figure I wanted to give in £quids. I’m pretty certain the same thing occurred last year. Minion brain was not in gear. :confused:
     
  3. Alvin

    Alvin Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    The CAD exchange rate sucks so my donation will be less in USD then i am paying in CAD :(
     
  4. Andy

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    Hope it's OK to put a Google translation here ...
     
  7. Clementine

    Clementine Established Member (Voting Rights)

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    Thank you, I forgot!
     
  8. Jonathan Edwards

    Jonathan Edwards Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    Good plan.

    Already 49%.
     
  9. AliceLily

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    @Wonko Thanks, I deleted my post above before you posted. I had asked whether I would be charged more for my NZ dollars donated.

    I tried to donate just a while ago and it wouldn't go through. I think it is because I haven't activated this particular bank card which was renewed last October. I use this card just for buying things on the internet. So don't use it often and only put a little money into it. I will activate it tomorrow at a money machine. It should be OK then, so I will donate tomorrow once sorted.
     
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  11. Hutan

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    New Zealand: 5 :(

    That's a low number of NZ donors, especially as David is considering coming to New Zealand this year.
     
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    wdb Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    Per capita that is 3x US
     
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  13. April

    April Established Member (Voting Rights)

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    Today has not been a good day for donations - the total has only gone up a small amount. :(
     
  14. AliceLily

    AliceLily Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    Donated. Will donate a second time in 2 weeks. Thanks.
     
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  15. Andy

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  16. Barry

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    There is a FB group I post on occasionally, but they have a strict rule against any posts asking for money, for whatever cause. It's frustrating because there must surely be many more people who would be prepared to donate.
     
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  17. MSEsperanza

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    A reminder for those who don't have credit cards:

    An easy way to donate without a credit card is offered by the Dutch ME/cvs vereniging (a registered charity), at least for people having a bank account in the SEPA* countries:

    https://twitter.com/user/status/1112109743420727296


    You can donate via bank transfer to the ME/cvs vereniging with reference to David Tuller. They will collect the donations and transfer them to the Berkeley Crowdfunding.

    The bank details at a glance:

    ME/cvs Vereniging te Zuurdijk
    IBAN: NL85 INGB 0004 2869 57
    BIC/SWIFT = INGBNL2A
    with reference to 'David Tuller'

    https://www.me-cvsvereniging.nl/contact

    The transfers should be made by April 23th.

    In the meantime I asked the ME/cvs vereniging and they feel comfortable with the idea of spreading the info via Twitter in English and every other language. (Thanks, Carolien!)

    I am not on Twitter myself--so any Tweets with regard to this matter will be highly appreciated.

    *SEPA -> wikipedia: "The Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) is a payment-integration initiative of the European Union for simplification of bank transfers denominated in euro. As of 2018, SEPA consists of the 28 member states of the European Union, as well as the four member states of the European Free Trade Association (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland), and Andorra[3][4], Monaco, San Marino, and Vatican City "

    Edit: Added URL to the charity: the https://www.me-cvsvereniging.nl/contact
     
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  18. NelliePledge

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    As DT has mentioned his crowdfunding in some of his more recent blog posts could you just post up one of those and sing his praises without mentioning the crowdfunding. Then at least some might read and incidentally see the crowdfunding link? If anyone queries it as against the rules you were posting the blog.....might get away with it

    There’s a certain support forum I go on fairly regularly where theyre not hot on advocacy/research posts. I am quite inventive in finding ways to make sure issues get raised nevertheless. Felt a bit like Michelle of the resistance from Allo Allo at one time. I am often mentioning stuff on what are you thankful for posts for example. I posted a thread about DT that didn’t have fundraiser in the title & seem to have got away with it and a couple of people on there have donated.
     
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