HI dudes
Hey man have you heard about kiva.org
they help all the urban achievers out there make a good thing happen man.
I gotta team out there man its http://www.kiva.org/team/dudeism
Check it out man
http://www.kiva.org/team/dudeism
Ok I checked it out. How does it work?
Quote from: meekon5 on June 29, 2010, 08:26:14 AM
Ok I checked it out. How does it work?
I actually had the same question to pose, I get the basic principle and the philanthropic element speaks for itself, but what do we give, to who, for what? Is there a paypal option?
Quote from: Rev. Ed C on June 29, 2010, 08:30:28 AM
Quote from: meekon5 on June 29, 2010, 08:26:14 AM
Ok I checked it out. How does it work?
I actually had the same question to pose, I get the basic principle and the philanthropic element speaks for itself, but what do we give, to who, for what? Is there a paypal option?
Sorry mine may have seemed a bit arsey. I'm actually interested in this but the website isn't that clear. i also think it would be nice to do this as part of a Dudeism (dudeist) group. (just felt I should clarify there!).
OK I've now watched the About Video (http://www.kiva.org/about/how).
How do we organise the Dudeist group?
Quote from: meekon5 on June 29, 2010, 09:21:38 AM
How do we organise the Dudeist group?
There's already one set up http://www.kiva.org/team/dudeism
Gald you found a video, last thing I want to do on my day off is read a bunch of stuff (err, another dose of irony!!). All looks good :)
Quote from: Rev. Ed C on June 29, 2010, 09:27:03 AM
.... There's already one set up http://www.kiva.org/team/dudeism ...
Yes thanks for that ED (more irony than Ironman visiting an iron foundry in a particular ironic way). I had read the rest of the thread. ;D
What I meant was do we now look for a particular loan to make a significant part of as the Dudeist group?
Hey man there seems to be two dude teams in Kiva.org
they are
http://www.kiva.org/team/dudes_and_bros
http://www.kiva.org/team/dudeism
why not join both and spread the word too
just for the record: http://www.kiva.org/team/dudeism is the official church of the latter day dude giving team. everyone's free to join any team they want of course. we'd dig it if you joined that one so that our total would get higher. but this isn't a competition so feel free to do as you please. you can even start up your own dudeism giving team if you like.
anyway, we're going to start promoting it soon. cheers.
oh so there is some organisation going on here in the background, and not just the three of us blundering around like kids come late to the film!
Quote from: meekon5 on June 30, 2010, 10:12:37 AM
oh so there is some organisation going on here in the background, and not just the three of us blundering around like kids come late to the film!
yeahman
have u done a loan yet ?
Actually I was wondering if we were going to help someone on-mass as dudeists, or just do our own thing?
Quote from: meekon5 on July 02, 2010, 10:46:24 AM
Actually I was wondering if we were going to help someone on-mass as dudeists, or just do our own thing?
I f you join the team , when you do a loan it will look as if you are lending as part of the team
Quote from: glasgowbry on June 27, 2010, 09:30:38 AM
HI dudes
Hey man have you heard about kiva.org
they help all the urban achievers out there make a good thing happen man.
I gotta team out there man its http://www.kiva.org/team/dudeism
Check it out man
http://www.kiva.org/team/dudeism
So I was going to replay to your post by saying "what, are you the fucking Loan Ranger now?"
But have to say it looks like you have a whole worthy fucking thing going on there, dude. Helping Little Lebowski Urban Achievers, yes, and proud we are of all of them
Dudes
Am wanting to run a competition (subject to approval from his dudeness, owner of dudeism.com)
Where WE (thats US) join our official KIVA.org team and make a loan.
ONE lucky dude who joins KIVA.org and makes at least one loan will get a $25 KIVA.org voucher (as good as cash man) from yours truly.
YOUR DUDENESS DO YOU APPROVE ????? (competiton entrants would have to join the dudeism team)
OTHER DUDES WILL YOU TAKE PART ???
(Maybe change the rules slightly, as I fear many of us dudes may be fiscally challanged... hmmmm... )
Hmmm, kind of a church charity fundraiser, eh? Got to admit, I like the idea of it a lot more than I thought I would. I'm in.
Quote from: glasgowbry on July 04, 2010, 09:55:46 AM
(Maybe change the rules slightly, as I fear many of us dudes may be fiscally challanged... hmmmm... )
I think the basic idea you've got going there is fine. I only briefly browsed the kiva site but if I'm not mistaken the min loan amount is $25. I think most people who would be at all interested could manage to scrape up that much. Even if they have to borrow a ten from their roommate or ladyfriend. That's very generous of you to front the prize like that.
Quote from: Matt the Walrus on July 04, 2010, 02:55:23 PM
Hmmm, kind of a church charity fundraiser, eh? Got to admit, I like the idea of it a lot more than I thought I would. I'm in.
Quote from: glasgowbry on July 04, 2010, 09:55:46 AM
(Maybe change the rules slightly, as I fear many of us dudes may be fiscally challanged... hmmmm... )
I think the basic idea you've got going there is fine. I only briefly browsed the kiva site but if I'm not mistaken the min loan amount is $25. I think most people who would be at all interested could manage to scrape up that much. Even if they have to borrow a ten from their roommate or ladyfriend. That's very generous of you to front the prize like that.
You know that the biggest team on Kiva has about 10,000 members, here there are about 80,000 self verified dudes , I reckon we could be the top Kiva team within a week..
what do you all think ?
Quote from: glasgowbry on July 04, 2010, 03:41:40 PM
Quote from: Matt the Walrus on July 04, 2010, 02:55:23 PM
Hmmm, kind of a church charity fundraiser, eh? Got to admit, I like the idea of it a lot more than I thought I would. I'm in.
Quote from: glasgowbry on July 04, 2010, 09:55:46 AM
(Maybe change the rules slightly, as I fear many of us dudes may be fiscally challanged... hmmmm... )
I think the basic idea you've got going there is fine. I only briefly browsed the kiva site but if I'm not mistaken the min loan amount is $25. I think most people who would be at all interested could manage to scrape up that much. Even if they have to borrow a ten from their roommate or ladyfriend. That's very generous of you to front the prize like that.
You know that the biggest team on Kiva has about 10,000 members, here there are about 80,000 self verified dudes , I reckon we could be the top Kiva team within a week..
what do you all think ?
Hey guys and gals
we all in for this ????????
Hey fellas, just added $1000 to the kiva pot with the earnings from the Dude De Ching. Article about it here:
http://dudespaper.com/dudeism-coms-real-life-little-lebowski-urban-achievers-fund.html/
Join in and lend! You can get your money back after the loan is paid (99 percent of all kiva loans are repaid) or you can reinvest it again. You've got practically nothing to lose.
Epic Awesomeness. :-p
Quote from: forumdude on July 19, 2010, 06:32:56 AM
Hey fellas, just added $1000 to the kiva pot with the earnings from the Dude De Ching. Article about it here:
http://dudespaper.com/dudeism-coms-real-life-little-lebowski-urban-achievers-fund.html/
Join in and lend! You can get your money back after the loan is paid (99 percent of all kiva loans are repaid) or you can reinvest it again. You've got practically nothing to lose.
guys and gals
Awesome article by the dude (see below)
http://dudespaper.com/dudeism-coms-real-life-little-lebowski-urban-achievers-fund.html/
Lets club together man !! lets do something worthwhile !!!