[Marketing] Donation Wall

[Martin]

Jeff wrote to desdev
(sorry, didn't see it until now as I'm not on desdev.)

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> From: Martin Paul Burns
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> As it is, we've waited for over a month and still no
> donation wall, [...]
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> waited?  was someone supposed to be doing something in that time?

Yep, commenting.

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> or suggestions for improvements beyond your "It's all
> rubbish".
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> i didn't say "it's all rubbish".  i simply offered my opinion on
> implementation.

Which were essentially "I wouldn't do it like that" without much
suggestion for how else it would be done rapidly.

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> Unless anyone's got any further comments, I suggest that
> we start using it.
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> can we at least get a consensus on the matter?

Yep.
Finance people? Does it meet your reporting needs? (elfur/marlene I can
  let you have a treasurer role login without any probs)
Marketing people? Any branding issues? Will it do the desired job of
  recognising donors?
DesDev people? Beyond the points Jeff's brought up, any problems?

Generally, anything to stop it happening, at least until something better
is provided?

http://acornparenting.org:8080/donation_wall
for those playing along at home. That's on the eouk box btw: the URL will
of course be more sensible (eg http://give.evolt.org) - it's just a quick
Apache config change plus DNS.

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> As far as sharing the data across *eo sites for
> consistent donation bar purposes, I'm sure a simple XML
> feed would do nicely.
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> yes it would.

Can provide a feed for you, no problem. Spec the format (sample file would
be helpful) and you'll get it.

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> Note that this is an already existing problem with leo,
> deo and beo (which has a wrong-coloured top bar btw).
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> sure, but it's not accuracy of the numbers that matters,

Assuming that the 'not' was a typo, it remains a problem for leo, deo &
beo.

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> Well, when you code up a fully integrated system to
> manage all of *eo, we'll use it. I don't propose waiting
> for the donation wall until that happens, particularly
> as at the moment, you're too busy to forward emails to
> theforum.
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> easy with the cheap shots.

No cheap shots, Jeff - I genuinely understand how busy you are.

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> (Incidentally, Weo members won't neatly map onto donors)
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> they would if we developed and enforced some form of global login
> system.

I don't propose requiring that anyone be a member before they give us
something.

Cheers
Martin

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