So as you might be able to tell from the lack of blogs, I’ve been working frantically behind the scenes to get things ready for this year’s Worldbuilders fundraiser.
The other day, as I was desperately trying to catch up on e-mail, Oot came into my office and asked if I could play.
I told him I couldn’t, that I had work to do.
(Note: This is one of the worst things about working as a writer. I’m at home, but technically, I’m at work. That means that, technically, I’m always available to play, and Oot can see that. But when he asks me to play, I have to say no. Again and again. And again. It breaks my heart.)
Anyway, after Oot negotiated for a while and failed to bargain his way into an episode of Shaun the Sheep, he found a pad of paper to play with. Then he asked if me could borrow a pen so he could write a check.
A little mature, of course. But you have to realize that he is pretty grown up now. How grown up? Well, here’s a picture of him on his most recent birthday, dressed to the nines, aloofly telling you how old he is…
So I gave him a pen. He wrote a check, then stood up, bored with that game.
“Could you write me a letter?” I asked.
“Oh! Yeah, yeah, yeah!” he said.
Then he sat back down and scribbled onto another sheet of paper. There was a lot more going on this time. Writing a letter is a lot harder than writing a check, after all.
“What does the letter say?” I asked.
So he starts to tell me what he’s writing as he scribbles down his letter. I transcribed it onto a piece of paper here on my desk so I wouldn’t forget it.
The letter was as follows:
Dear Daddy,
Sometimes I really love you, but sometimes I don’t love you. Sometimes I do, but somethings I don’t.
Whenever you’re alone, I come to help you.
And that’s pretty awesome, because I love.
And that’s really all that needs to be said, isn’t it?
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In other news, we’ll be launching Worldbuilders later this week, so brace yourself for the coolness.
This year we’re doing a bunch of new things. It’s exhausting and exciting at the same time. Plus exhausting. Did I mention exhausting?
One of the things we’ll be doing year is stretch goals. When donations reach 50K, 100K, 150K, etc, we’ll throw something new into the fundraiser.
So I wanted to ask: What do you think our stretch goals should be? What could we throw into the fundraiser at these various levels to act as donation incentives?
Any suggestions?
And, since I’m asking questions, how about one more….
This year, as I’ve mentioned previously on the blog, Worldbuilders is offering sponsorships to folks willing to donate at certain levels. Right now, we’ve got three levels of sponsorship: Silver, Gold, and Platinum.
Here’s the thing: it bugs me that the names we have for the levels are so generic. I’d like something that was a little cooler and truer to our geek heritage. But not *so* geeky that it makes us look unprofessional to potential corporate donors.
Any thoughts?
Lastly, if you’re still interested in being a part of Worldbuilders, as a donor or sponsor, it’s not too late. Just drop us a line at donations (squiggly atsign thinger) worldbuilders.org.
Later all,
pat
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