jackiepoppies Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 (edited) On the 27th March at 2:25pm last year we had the most people on line...ever ... 214 What I was wondering was .......can we do it again this year in aid of BHWT If we excede that total this year I promise to send a donation £5 to the BHWT. Anyone else could do the same. Donations would be whatever you feel you could afford at that time. You could be online in any section. We could discuss a suitable time for maximum coverage. Omlet will be asked to verify total numbers of users on line (they do this anyway ) We MIGHT, if we ask them nicely, get Omlet to make a donation as we all support them so loyally £ for £ Why not Think of the publicity they could cash in on I would be happy to collate a list of willing participants and send out reminders. You would NOT commit to a donation, only a reminder that we would be attempting a record breaking sign-on in aid of the BHWT. Please let me know what you think of this idea plus any suggestions. Jx Edit to say....Could a Mod put this in the other sections too please so we can get maximum coverage? PLEASE Edited February 19, 2009 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emily95 Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 This sounds like a great idea! Emily xxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoebe Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 count me in - happy to donate and join the throng on line Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 The trouble is that number was due to some sort of forum blip apparently and probably not accurate. Nice idea though. I'd be up for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackiepoppies Posted February 19, 2009 Author Share Posted February 19, 2009 Thanks for that Egluntine, I didn't know that (before my time ) If it WAS an error....why don't we set the record straight and beat it Soo... how about we set a target Could Omlet give us the next best total? or whatever you think. and we try to beat it at a set time I don't know.....ideas please Jx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackrocksrock Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 and me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Great idea, but best check first with Matt & Matt, the Omlet Code Monkeys - they've been having a few problems with the forum lately (you may have noticed) and I'm not sure how stable it is at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackiepoppies Posted February 19, 2009 Author Share Posted February 19, 2009 Hi Claret, Will check it out with Matt & Matt..............being 'pooter numpty 2009, it may take a while............will get back to you ........OR........ Matt & Matt might be reading this, and reply anyway..........watch this space In the meantime .....any other ideas Jx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 If you PM matt_b, or mattbeale, they will help you It's a brilliant idea and a great cause, but I know that they're wracking their brains trying to sort out the problems.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Best wait until things are stable again - we don't want to lose everything We had a record challenge a few weeks ago (you were poorly Jackie) and we reached 74. Hmmmmmm - perhaps we upset the forum We have another one scheduled for the 20th September....20.09.2009 - we could see how the forum is coping then? The true record is 74 btw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoebe Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Jackiepoppies wrote In the meantime .....any other ideas [/quote ] How about a sponsored egg lay ? Anyone who wanted to take part could agree a sum per egg, omlet could be asked to join in, and then take a day (?Easter Sunday) and all report our egg production that day, and then donate according to what we had pledged. (anyone ANY idea how many omleteer eggs are laid per day ??) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 - that might cost me a fortune!!! Good idea though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoebe Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 yes my intital thought was £2 an egg or so, using ones own hens, whcih would be £8 for me but then I thought of people with many many hens and thought, why penalise them for having lots o lovely eggs ? So then I thought count the total number of omleteer eggs reported in one day ?500 ?5000 ?, and then people could say 1p per egg, or 1p per 5 eggs, or whatever they like and which produces a reasonable donation we would need to have some idea of how many omleteer eggs are laid a day, to avoid bankrupting everyone though...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancing cloud Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Not immediately full of good ideas but very happy to join in BHWT already get the egg money from my little ex-batt monsters - they got a thank you mention in the latest newsletter with all their names, and can barely fit all their egos in the cube at the moment . I'm always up for anything that raises more money to help other folks have little monsters too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester_H Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 On the 27th March at 2:25pm last year we had the most people on line...ever ... 214 What counts as on-line? I often open a web browser and have several tabs open (one of which is omlet). I look at it throughout the day, (but am working in othe rwindows/tabs most of the time. ) Would this mean that I was on-line all day ? If so, that makes it easy for me to be on-line at a certain time. H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheilaz Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 No, I think to be counted on line you have to be active & to have clicked on something within the last 5 mins. So, just having an inactive page open wouldn't count. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester_H Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 No, I think to be counted on line you have to be active & to have clicked on something within the last 5 mins.So, just having an inactive page open wouldn't count. Really ?? Can any of the admins verify this ?? H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Sheila is right - the member totals only include people who have been active during the previous 5 minutes. Not that it matters at the moment Hazel as we're not going for a forum record as it has all been a bit unstable lately and we don't want to make it crash We're looking at other ways to raise some money - if you scroll backa few posts you'll see that we're looking at cash for eggs laid! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackiepoppies Posted February 28, 2009 Author Share Posted February 28, 2009 Just as an an update.........I have had no reply from Matt! I would still like to do a charity event for the BHWT along the lines I outlined before. There is not a lot I can do from here, but I will do what I can. Jx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
