It's one thing for GoFundMe to refuse to allow the Freedom Convoy to use the platform. It's quite another for it to say it will, on its own initiative, distribute funds raised by the Freedom Convoy to “credible and established charities.”
GoFundMe officially cancelled the Freedom Convoy fundraiser on Friday and plans to distribute the remaining $9million of donated funds to 'credible and established charities'.
GoFundMe has no right to redirect funds in this fashion. They should release the funds to the Freedom Convoy or return the funds to the donors. Refunds should not need to be “requested”.
GoFundMe is guilty of theft and fraud by doing this.
Sore losers ain't they .... bet they were really pissed when they saw how much support those brave guys and girls .... they are inspiring the world 🌎 ❤
Thanks for that. I can't find any other way for a foreigner to aid the Ottawa effort. If anyone knows of one I hope they'll post it here. (There are lots of givesendgo fundraisers but I don't know if any actually benefit the folks on the ground.) I do see a related project to fund legal help for truckers at Coutts, which appears to be legitimate. This is at truckerlawyer.ca.
The link you cite does appear legitimate, altho Tamara Lich isn't either of the two directors of the corporation receiving the funds.
Givesendgo's site is intermittently available. Checking with "isitdownrightnow.com" I see the message "Access to givesendgo is declined." So I shall need to try some alternate ways to getting to it.
Even this morning (Sunday Feb 6) givesendgo was slow, but I was able to send a donation. They're already > $US3 million! I can only imagine the administrative headache of setting up a system to get this money to folks with legitimate expenses. Figure the cost of fueling a big truck to get to Ottawa, lost income whilst waiting there, food and maybe accommodation... If there are 50.000 people there and $5 million is raised, that's just $100 for each.
Hopefully, Tamara Lich will be setting up an alternative.
She's the name to look for as far as fundraising. She set up the GFM fundraiser for the Convoy.
The media tried to make an issue out of her involvement with the separatist Maverick Party. Suddenly their goal of political independence for Western Canada makes a whole lot of sense.
We should all call the credit card company and request a refund for unfulfilled services. This way credit card companies impose a $25 fine on the offender.
Give send go was/is slow because of a DDOS attack: https://i.redd.it/fvbjx6ubg1g81.jpg
New crowdfunding at https://www.givesendgo.com/FreedomConvoy2022
Raised over $1,000,000 in less than 24 hours.
You can get a refund from your contribution via gofundme at https://twitter.com/gofundme/status/1489870510057877505?s=20&t=pIeD6Nn96iXfr6xiD1zMQQ -- if you don't request it, they will donate it to a charity of their choice.
I'm done with gofundme, this was the last straw. No more contributions or sharing, ever
Sore losers ain't they .... bet they were really pissed when they saw how much support those brave guys and girls .... they are inspiring the world 🌎 ❤
And the whole fiasco could have been avoided had the Trudeau government met with the truckers.
Instead Trudeau said they were a fringe minority with unacceptable views.
Here is GoFundMe's page for requesting a refund.
https://support.gofundme.com/hc/en-us/requests/new?ticket_form_id=4417744045211
Thanks for that. I can't find any other way for a foreigner to aid the Ottawa effort. If anyone knows of one I hope they'll post it here. (There are lots of givesendgo fundraisers but I don't know if any actually benefit the folks on the ground.) I do see a related project to fund legal help for truckers at Coutts, which appears to be legitimate. This is at truckerlawyer.ca.
Tamara Lich appears to be the organizer behind this Give Send Go fundraiser.
https://www.givesendgo.com/FreedomConvoy2022
The link you cite does appear legitimate, altho Tamara Lich isn't either of the two directors of the corporation receiving the funds.
Givesendgo's site is intermittently available. Checking with "isitdownrightnow.com" I see the message "Access to givesendgo is declined." So I shall need to try some alternate ways to getting to it.
I think their site is getting swamped by people wanting to replace the Freedom Convoy funds.
Even this morning (Sunday Feb 6) givesendgo was slow, but I was able to send a donation. They're already > $US3 million! I can only imagine the administrative headache of setting up a system to get this money to folks with legitimate expenses. Figure the cost of fueling a big truck to get to Ottawa, lost income whilst waiting there, food and maybe accommodation... If there are 50.000 people there and $5 million is raised, that's just $100 for each.
Hopefully, Tamara Lich will be setting up an alternative.
She's the name to look for as far as fundraising. She set up the GFM fundraiser for the Convoy.
The media tried to make an issue out of her involvement with the separatist Maverick Party. Suddenly their goal of political independence for Western Canada makes a whole lot of sense.
We should all call the credit card company and request a refund for unfulfilled services. This way credit card companies impose a $25 fine on the offender.