Archive for December 2009

December 21, 2009
11:55 am

Desert Bus on YouTube!

Posted by: Graham

Oh yes. That’s right.

You heard us make reference to “we’re recording this” during the run, but you may have heard the ultimate plan. Our tech setup allowed to archive all the best parts of DB09 in full HD, for future generations to realize that it’s… actually not as fun to watch unless you were there…

But still! It’s lives, and we’ll be trickling out the videos as quickly as we’re able to conveniently upload them. There’s over 200 recordings in total, so that may take a while.

Link! http://www.youtube.com/desertbus09

Example!

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December 7, 2009
6:47 pm

Where’s My Stuff?? – Auction Winners’ FAQ

Posted by: tally

Hey everyone,

As many of you know, Desert Bus was just a little break from our everyday lives and jobs, which we’re all now trying to catch up with, even as Loading Ready Run continues to make multiple videos a week. In the midst of all this, yes, we are working on packaging, labeling and mailing the mountainous pile of awesome prizes and auction items from Desert Bus.

We totally understand that those of you who won cool stuff or donated hundreds of dollars for cool stuff want to know just where your cool stuff is and when you might be getting it. Here are a few answers (or the closest we can give to answers).

Did you get the email with my name/address/other random info? I didn’t hear back from you!
Yes. Unless we have emailed you specifically saying, send us your mailing address b/c we don’t have it, we got your email and have taken note of your mailing info. We greatly appreciate all your informative emails and the many accompanying messages of encouragement, but due to the high volume of emails we’ve gotten (and the fact that they mostly arrived during Desert Bus, when we were busy with other things like singing silly songs for you for the children in front of the camera), we have not been able to respond to all of them. So you should really only have heard from us if there’s a problem. In this instance, silence is a good thing.

How can I be sure that you got my information and that I will get my prize?
Trust us. We’re good people. Mostly. No really, we have your prizes, all of which have now been packaged and labeled, and we will send them to you as soon as we can. If you’re really really worried, shoot us an email at prize@desertbus.org and we can verify that we have your information and that it’s correct. Would a catgirl lie to you?

WHEN will I get my stuff?
Isn’t life more fun when it’s full of little surprises? Honestly, we can’t tell you exactly when things will arrive. We are currently in the process of physically putting items in the mail – this will be happening over the course of this week and next. Everything is being sent via Canada Post Expedited Mail (a fairly fast service), which gives us a tracking number for each item. We understand that there are many valuable prizes being sent out and we want to do everything we can to ensure that they get to you safely. Due to factors like the high volume of mail at this time of year, we aren’t able to provide estimates of arrival dates, but with the tracking numbers we can make sure that items are on their way to you.

We’d like to say thanks again to everyone who participated in Desert Bus this year and made it so totally bussing awesome. And when it comes to sending you your sweet winnings, be patient with us please – we are but mere mortals!

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December 4, 2009
12:12 pm

Unclaimed Prizes

Posted by: Jer

Are you Colin Voyles or Geoff Bell? I’m happy to tell you you won a fantastic draw prize during Desert Bus!

I’m unhappy to tell you that because we haven’t been able to contact you, we might have to re-draw. If you are one of these folks (or you know one of them them) we need an email from the address connected with your paypal account (so we can verify your identity) by noon PST on Monday to prize@desertbus.org.

Otherwise, we’ll re-draw from the same list of eligible donators we drew from initially.

Cheers!

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December 3, 2009
7:56 pm

Tucson or Bust

Posted by: James

Anyone who was around for last years Desert Bus hopefully saw our weekly LoadingReadyRun update get a bit of a Desert Bus jolt. Also known as “Desert Bus Killed the Internet Star”

Well it would appear we are setting our selfs up for a bit of a tradition around these parts, by producing yet another musical themed Desert Bus video to wrap everything up. We hope you guys enjoy… TUCSON OR BUST!

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December 1, 2009
11:41 am

Attack of the Spectral Ghost Monies

Posted by: Jer

Even with our event over, and our ChipIn marked as closed, those of you still watching this site will notice that our donation total continues to rise. Is this a mistake? Absolutely not!

In fact, these are more amazing Desert Bus donations contributed via e-cheque, that are only now clearing through PayPal. As a result, our total has risen almost $5000 since Desert Bus came to a close last Thursday.

How high will it get? We honestly don’t know — we have no way of really tracking e-cheque donations. We’ll announce our final total at the end of the week, by which time we’re pretty sure everything will have gone through. Can we break $140 000 (double last year’s total)? The answer is mere days away.

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