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Dec 2018
3:21pm, 28 Dec 2018
137 posts
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mascott514
Forums would be mighty dull if we all agreed
I think mostly this forum gets the balance right.
Debate but be respectful etc etc
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Dec 2018
3:25pm, 28 Dec 2018
10,027 posts
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Merry Chris-MazH
Very proud of my handywork!
Had to doctor a slightly sweary version of an inbetween christmas/new year meme of metronome's!
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Dec 2018
9:21pm, 28 Dec 2018
25,721 posts
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LindsD
Nice 
That parkrunforever thing sounds a bit like the Fetch donation scheme to me.
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Dec 2018
9:42pm, 28 Dec 2018
52,193 posts
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swittle
Not just to me then, LindsD.
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Dec 2018
7:36am, 29 Dec 2018
560 posts
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Dibble
Interesting. In a similar way to Fetch they must be tempted to offer something to donors e.g. another colour t shirt or even just another symbol on their profile? I'd like to be able to opt out of their sponsor emails if I donated.
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Dec 2018
7:55am, 29 Dec 2018
40,110 posts
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Velociraptor
Can't you do that already, Dibble? I don't get any emails from parkrun or its sponsors apart from the one letting me know my time and place after I've run and the notification of t-shirts I can claim.
Ravelry has a similar model. Swathes of free content which is sufficient for most people, but a regular small donation unlocks potentially useful functions such as increased options for uploading pictures and allows people to satisfy the desire to make a financial contribution to something they value.
If there's a risk of the money going to more misguided health initiatives, though ...
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Dec 2018
10:39am, 29 Dec 2018
263 posts
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njosmith
parkrun forever seems like it is only a UK thing at the moment - no explicit mention of it in the Australian version of the letter. Just a mention of "greater financial control" which made me wonder who had control previously.
Australian version here. The website has the UK text.
"It's an ongoing challenge, but I’m pleased to let you know that we now have a greater level of financial control over parkrun than ever before, which puts us in an incredibly strong position to bring parkrun to more people in more communities."
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Dec 2018
10:57am, 29 Dec 2018
1,340 posts
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Flatlander
This seems to be a different email to the one I received asking me to donate an amount equivalent to my parkrun PB. That request struck me as odd since slower participants were presumably being asked to contribute more.
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Dec 2018
11:07am, 29 Dec 2018
3,004 posts
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Merry Fizzmas :-)
The donate your time thing was going to Alzheimer’s research, rather than parkrun, flatlander.
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Dec 2018
11:12am, 29 Dec 2018
1,341 posts
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Flatlander
Thanks Fizz, I tried to check the email but I'd already deleted it.
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