Pledge Bank
Site now live at ![[WWW]](/wiki/mstheme/img/moin-www.png){kind=small}
http://www.pledgebank.com
Tweaks Currently Up For Discussion
Once people sign a petition, mail them a custom email especially for forwarding to their friends.
Encourage PB signers to try and hit the next barrier, not just the total target
Have the site send more chivvy messages to pledge creators, encouraging them to get other people to sign up.
Send more reminders to creators of successful pledges, encouraging them to make sure people do what they say.
Integrating payment.
Banners that can be added to sites which give current signer level of pledges.
RSS feed for one whole country, not locality.
Add hassleme to success emails
Summary
PledgeBank allows people to say "I'll do X it if other people will do X as well". This could be "I'll paint my door red if three other people on my street do the same", or "I'll start recycling if 1000 other people in my town agree to".
Project Mailing List (public) http://www.mysociety.org/mailman/listinfo/mysociety-pb
Site URL http://www.pledgebank.com
Project Wiki structure
A description of the user's experience of the site
An organiser registers with the site, describing the nature of the problem, the minimum threshold required to surpass it, and a deadline by which pledges must be in. They can also enter some email addresses to alert friends and contacts as to the creation of the pledge bank.
A user who hears about the project goes to the site, finds the project, gives a name and email address, and pledges their support.
After a certain period of time, everyone who has signed up is notified by email as to whether the pledge's minimum threshold has or has not been met. If it has, users are requested to fulfil their pledge, whether that is donating time, money, or some other action.
Please submit yourself here if you want, or email volunteers@mySociety.org
Budget
About £30,000
Timescales
Development started March 2005, Launch June 2005
Suggestions & comments
I like this idea. If using credit/debit cards for pledging payments online, there's a faciity provided that may be useful, where the amount of money is not taken from your account, but is 'locked' (or is it 'blocked'?) for the supplier to take at a later date if they require. I recall a car hire agency using this facility to 'block' a deposit on my account, which they would take only in case of accident. - Struan Bartlett.