Are MNHQ interested in facilitating a Just Giving page to support teachers...

[vindscreenviper]

.... in view of the AIBU thread about the online monstering of the teacher who was assaulted by a pupil. Lots of support for the school and teacher, plus a wish by many posters to answer the bullies online petition with one of our own. I suggested a Just Giving campaign in aid of a charity called Teacher Support, primarily as it can directly benefit any teacher put in this position but also because I think that a rival petition would also be a magnet for shitty comments by Pie Boy's friends and apologists, which rather defeats the purpose. (If the little scrotes want to pay to leave their insults then more fool them; they can be deleted anyway).

What do you think?

No I don't think so

Individuals could set up their own JG page, but a MNHQ-sanctioned one? I
am sure they can't for various reasons

Errrrmmm why would MNHQ get involved? If you want to do it then you can, you don't need MNHQ to do it for you?

No.

Why are they more worthy of MN support than any other charity with a Just Giving page??

I don't agree either

MNHQ are working on a "giving" week, and there was a huge thread recently with MNers nominations.

Yo might like to add his idea to that thread (if the decisions have nt already been taken), but I doubt very much MNHQ would support one charity above another outside the established ways.

By 'facilitate' I was thinking of a sticky at the top of Active convos or a big clicky link on main Talk page.

I think the answer will still be No because who is to say this cause is more worthy than another, which I know sounds dreadfully harsh, sorry

I don't think that would be particularly fair.

They don't sticky one charity above all the others in the charities topic, let alone in Active, and it's not a move I'd support.

I do however think the Giving Week - which had weeks of considered and amazing nominations and consultation - is a brilliant idea.

Do you seriously want to raise money to just give to random teachers? Or is this tongue in cheek? Sorry I'm not getting it!

Not tongue in cheek and not to random teachers Walter.

Perhaps I didn't phrase my OP clearly, on this thread loads of posters expressed support for the teacher who was assaulted, some thought that a new thread or online petiton with all the messages of support could be started then signposted to the school/teacher concerned. I though this could too easily be derailed by her assailant's online supporters thereby defeating the object of the exercise, but if it was combined with a donations page for a charity (Teachers Support Network) that runs a helpline for any teacher in this type of situation, then that problem would be unlikely to occur.

Ah ok - sorry my brain is not working today! :)

I'm not sure, tbh. I wouldn't want to take from a 'real' charity and I'm not sure it's something HQ should be getting involved with.

I do have the utmost sympathy for that poor teacher though and cannot believe anyone is defending that little shit!

Over 1100 people have signed his online petition to have his exclusion reversed. If I was the teacher I would feel shit knowing that .

whatever it is, don't use justgiving unless you are happy to give 6% to the middleman.

Maybe if Mnhq could tweet the thread or make it discussion of the day it would help. It's wrong on so many levels. He was a man, not a boy, and he has been rewarded for "happy slapping" a teacher. Shiney new job and loads of publicity.

Hi vindscreen

Thanks for flagging this up.

As meditrina has pointed out, we've just run a big consultation for our Giving Week (which is coming up very soon and will be focused around online giving to five charities and organisations nominated by lots of MNers). So timing-wise this would be a bit confusing.

And as this thread shows, while lots of you are understandably supportive of the teacher concerned, there's not really enough of a consensus for us to give this the full MNHQ welly.

That said, do please continue to use the boards to organise - lots of wildly successful campaigns have come about through MNers organising among themselves. We'll have a look to see if we can do some Tweeting to publicise the thread a bit.

Thanks for replying Rowan, the story is still in the press and BBC breakfast news this morning, so a tweet would be useful to show support for the school and teacher.

This thread would be a good one to tweet. Reasoned debate about the issue, the op does a complete 360 on her opinion based on the discussion.