David Tuller's new crowdfunding campaign (April 1, 2018)

Brilliant to see everyone donating, just on my own behalf as a patient, thanks all of you. This feels so important for all of us.

Looks like there are 500 donations less than last year even though he is doing well. I would feel a lot of those people just know the campaign is happening. Maybe we need to give it an extra plug on social media and everywhere we use? You can put it in your signature so every post you make here advertises it. I don't know if it helps but it might.

 

I wonder if there's any way of sending an email to those who donated last time, notifying them of the new effort? Possibly not. @dave30th ?

 

Yes donations have slowed and it might be hard to raise the full amount. How long did the campaign last in 2017?

 

Yeah, I assumed there must be some regulations on when people's email addresses can be used. I don't think one email would necessarily seem like hassling though (depending on whether they'd given permission for their emails to be used), or that we can assume people who donated last time are even aware of this years effort.

 

Something else to bear in mind is that contact via email addresses given previously may not be legal unless specific consent was given originally.

 

I say the following without any specialist knowledge of this area.

I would doubt there is any law against emailing someone.
I would be even more doubtful, if that person already gave you their email address.

The main issue i think, is data protection and ensuring you don't give personal data to 3rd parties without prior consent.

But, having said that, if you're Mark Zuckerberg you get plenty of chances to say sorry, so it's nothing to worry about

 

This is the new GDPR regulations which comes into force on May 25th in the UK. You have to affirm that you want contact from businesses/charities. So yes, it is the ideal opportunity to get rid of all those annoying emails.

 

A slow is normal in fundraisers. He's two weeks in and over 60%. This is wholly positive!
When there's a natural slow period, it's a good time for social media people to re-post it so it stays visible.

 

There'll be another wave, I reckon. I'm planning a second go but need to wait until closer to the end of the month.

 

I wonder if not having PayPal slowed things this year. (I am pretty sure he did it through a crowd rise platform last year and they did have PayPal.) Many don't dare use a credit card and have deductions from their bank account or a debit card and some will only use PayPal for security reasons.

 

Supplying a bank account number for electronic transfer is another solution....

 

Thanks for all the support! Last year was on a platform called Crowdrise, and I got asked about PayPal. I'm pretty sure that wasn't available. I agree that Berkeley's platform should include that possibility. In terms of e-mailing, I've e-mailed some people from last year's campaign. I don't see any way that could be construed as harassment. People supplied their e-mails and were funding my project. At least in the U.S., there isn't a law against sending a personal e-mail to someone who has already supplied it. Many people have donated again, but obviously many have so far not. I do plan to reach out to some more people in the next few days...I'm just about at $50,000--two-thirds. The remaining amount should be doable, I think. Each time I post on Facebook or elsewhere, I assume some people see it that hadn't already seen it or had meant to donate but hadn't yet gotten around to it.

 

@dave30th There's probably a few donors like me, who are holding out just to see if any matching campaigns get announced near the end like last year. I think I managed to either double or triple my donation last time

Rest assured it'll be coming in before the end of the campaign.

 

Just shared this to facebook again.

 

@Dave 30th a while to go yet, I think it will come good. My husband is called David and a complete saint. But next to him, you have got to be the best David I know. We are all so grateful to you, that Aussie video showed what a super man you are, we knew it already but you really got me on that! I so hope I live to see the truth exposed and M.E getting the research money it deserves and patients getting the respect and care they deserve.

 

@dave30th Another suggestion I have found helpful is to post an update to the crowdfunding platform, as well as to the other ways you are sharing it, and add the request that if you can't donate now, or have already, please share again widely, which is a great contribution in itself.

In my experience those appeals always generate new activity, as people are so happy to share, they just forget and are glad to have a little reminder. Anyone else on FB etc can also add the request to please share even if donating isn't on the menu.