[UCIMC-Tech] Fwd: Sustaining Fund/IMC PayPal Website

[JOY]

Hi All,
Do we have an update on when this info will be changed on our website? We
need to keep our eye on the ball here.... Do we need anything at all from
the sustaining funders to complete this?
Is somebody overseeing it?
Thanks,
Joy

Forwarded conversation
Subject: Sustaining Fund/IMC PayPal Website
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From: *Jan & Durl Kruse* <jandurl at comcast.net>
Date: Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 9:31 AM
To: Brian Duggan <bcdugga at gmail.com>, JOY <imcbooks at gmail.com>
Cc: Austin McCann <austinmccann at ucimc.org>


Hi Brian & Joy,
I just wanted to check in to see if there was anything the Sustaining Fund
committee needed to do to help the IMC rework the donation options on its
website and paypal?
The draft wording below certainly can be edited by the IMC to fit the new
design/rewriting it is working on.
Just want to be sure progress is being made on this change before our Oct. 1
mailing to the public.
Much appreciated,
Durl

DRAFT WEBSITE WORDING & DESIGN

IMC Sustaining Fund

The purpose of the Sustaining Fund is to supplement, not supplant, existing
IMC revenue streams.  Contributions will be used solely to pay off the
mortgage, pay building operations not currently fully funded, and supplement
the emergency fund. The goal is to ensure the financial viability and
stability of the IMC for years to come.

To contribute to this fund just click on the one of these five buttons
below, and you’ll go to a PayPal form.  Fill in the form for an automated
way of donating.  Thank you.



          Level I
$250 - $499


Level II
$500 - $999


Level III
$1000 - $2499


Level IV
$2500 - $5000


Level V
$5000 or more








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From: *JOY* <imcbooks at gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 10:29 AM
To: Jan & Durl Kruse <jandurl at comcast.net>
Cc: Brian Duggan <bcdugga at gmail.com>, Austin McCann <austinmccann at ucimc.org>


Hello Durl,
Thanks for sending this design and wording. Is there any reason that Brian
could not go ahead and add this to the website now or would you prefer that
he wait until closer to the mailing date?

Joy
-- 
Joy Davis
UCIMC Office Manager
202 S. Broadway Ave., Suite 100
Urbana, IL 61801
imcbooks at gmail.com
217.344.8820
www.ucimc.org

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From: *Brian Duggan* <bcdugga at gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 2:10 PM
To: JOY <imcbooks at gmail.com>
Cc: Jan & Durl Kruse <jandurl at comcast.net>, Austin McCann <
austinmccann at ucimc.org>


Hi Durl,

Actually, I'm not sure what you've got here really works with what's
possible from PayPal.

Your options are buttons that allow folks to donate a set amount and
buttons that allow them to donate an arbitrary amount. There's no way
that I've found to set a range of allowable input into the donation
field. So it's either:

Click here to donate $100:
<button>

or

Click here to donate another amount:
<button>

which leads to a blank input field.

In the interface you've described, all five buttons would link to the
same PayPal donation page - the one with the arbitrary amount field.

I would recommend simply outlining the ranges of contribution and then
having a single button for people to click on - the one that goes to the
arbitrary field.

Does that fit what you need? If so, then I can go about creating the
page you described as soon as I get a chance.

Thanks!
Brian
> imcbooks at gmail.com <mailto:imcbooks at gmail.com>
> 217.344.8820
> www.ucimc.org <http://www.ucimc.org>

--
Brian Duggan
Technical Projects Developer
UC Independent Media Center
http://www.ucimc.org | 309 310 7026

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From: *Jan & Durl Kruse* <jandurl at comcast.net>
Date: Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 8:05 PM
To: JOY <imcbooks at gmail.com>
Cc: Brian Duggan <bcdugga at gmail.com>, Austin McCann <austinmccann at ucimc.org>


Anytime is fine.  Actually the sooner the better because it is just one less
thing to do as we near Oct. 1.
Durl




-- 
Joy Davis
UCIMC Office Manager
202 S. Broadway Ave., Suite 100
Urbana, IL 61801
imcbooks at gmail.com
217.344.8820
www.ucimc.org
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