Payments for assistant

[Andrew Lockley]

Hi list citizens! 

As you've probably noticed, I've hired an assistant (infog...@gmail.com) to help with posting to the lists and twitter. This is due to spiralling amounts of literature and correspondence to sift, which meant I was badly neglecting my Actual Proper Work. I'm currently paying out of my pocket for this help, but contributions would ultimately be welcome. 

This email only concerns those who might be interested in chipping in - so feel free to tune out, if that's not you (unless you're a payments expert!). 

Getting donations sounds simple, but unfortunately it isn't. I have to select a way to collect payments that

* works without a registered charity

* handles international payments

* allows widely-varying donations.

There are lots of options (patreon, PayPal, gocardless, wise, etc.), and I need to know more about expected donations to choose between them.

If people are confident that they will be contributing, please can they contact me off list, with

A) location (and currency, if different) 

B) preferred donation frequency (monthly, annually, one off) 

C) expected donation amount (all welcome)

This will enable me to set up the most appropriate way to collect the payments.

Thanks, 

Andrew 

[Renaud de RICHTER]

Hi Andrew,

A complementary thought on this subject.

Carbon Dioxide Removal, GHG  Removal (GGR) and NETs are completely different from GEOENGINEERING, and many of us don't want to see GEO or SRM or SAI be associated with CDR in the public mind. This is the principal reason why the CDR list has been created.

I personally feel very uncomfortable with the N°1 poster on the CDR list being named  Geoeng Info <infog...@gmail.com>.

Would it be possible for you to change that name and that email address?

Many thanks in advance for taking into consideration the public perception.

Best,

Renaud

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[Andrew Lockley]

The reason is that my twitter is also @geoengineering1 (geoengineering info).

There's no bias, the same posting formula is followed as I've done myself for years. Nobody accused me of bias in what I share, and I don't really say anything. 

If people have thoughts on branding fair enough (AndrewsPA?), but I'd really like to hear about the funding. 

A

On Fri, 14 May 2021, 23:31 Douglas Grandt, <answer...@me.com> wrote:

Renaud, agree. I’ve been wondering who the anonymous person is for a while, to put a name and face to the “handle” ... especially one with a perceived ‘a priori’ bias.

Merci,
Doug Grandt



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> On May 14, 2021, at 6:16 PM, Renaud de RICHTER <renaud.d...@gmail.com> wrote:
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[Andrew Lockley]

I see it thus: The papers often prompt discussion. Moreover, the papers ARE the discussion. PS If you have an effective aggregation service, let me know. It would save me time and money! 

On Sat, 15 May 2021, 02:07 Anton Alferness, <an...@aquaveticlabs.com> wrote:

I use multiple news / scientific paper aggregation services and do not use this CDR list as such. I find the real value here to be the thoughts, perspectives, views, debates, opinions, etc of the people on this list. I'm curious how many people (who do not post regularly or at all) find more value in the stream of publications (as an aggregation service) or find more value in the human responses to topics and/or papers? 

If I just want to read papers I don't need to be on a listserv. 

What I can't get from reading scientific papers is YOUR OPINIONS on the topic(s). 

I apologize, I'm about to slip off my soapbox but I hope everyone realizes that the real value of this Google Group (just like any listserv community) is in fact the people on it, in this case the 612 people. I only wish more people here would participate. 

-Anton 

On Fri, May 14, 2021 at 4:26 PM Tom Goreau <gor...@globalcoral.org> wrote:

ditto

 

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Geotherapy: Innovative Methods of Soil Fertility Restoration, Carbon Sequestration, and Reversing CO2 Increase

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Innovative Methods of Marine Ecosystem Restoration

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[Andrew Lockley]

We already use Google alerts. Sifting out low quality and irrelevant material, removing duplicates, etc. takes a longtime.

People can post whatever they want to the list - announcements or discussion. It's not finding the first paper that takes the time, it's finding the last one. It's hard enough to get authors to post their own work, let alone coordinate a dozen volunteers! 

On Sat, 15 May 2021, 02:40 Anton Alferness, <an...@aquaveticlabs.com> wrote:

Google has one, science direct has one and the one I like the best is Flipboard (it grabs scientific papers as we as articles). There are others too, just do some searching. 

There is a balance to information vs discussion in a community. I prefer communities that discuss, debate, etc but perhaps I'm an outlier. 

I have another possible way to achieve information input... get 10 volunteers to post 1-3 papers, publications, articles, etc per week. Don't pay em, just stand up volunteers. I'll be one.