The .NET Celebrity Auction for Aceh Aid at IDEP - Tsunamis Relief

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This is a neat idea of how to help out with releif for the Tsunamis and get .NET expertise in return. Below is the text form the EBay Auction, where .NET Experts are auctioning time to donate money.

The .NET Celebrity Auction for Aceh Aid at IDEP

Thirty of the top consultants and trainers in the worldwide .NET community have come together to help raise money for an organization that is doing amazing and heroic disaster relief in Aceh Province, Sumatra, the hardest hit area of the Dec 26th Tsunamis.

The organization is Aceh Aid at IDEP, headquartered in Bali. Because the organization is located in Indonesia, ALL of the money is able to go to help the victims. Below you will find an explanation about this project. You can also go to www.AcehAid.org to learn more. For a closer look at what they are accomplishing, visit the weblog of Susi Johnston, who is the Acting Emergency Director of Operations and Communications for Aceh Aid at IDEP.

The consultants in this auction are Michelle Leroux Bustamante, Kimberly L. Tripp, Jonathan Goodyear, Andrew Brust, Richard Campbell, Adam Cogan, Malek Kemmou, Jackie Goldstein, Ted Neward, Kathleen Dollard, Hector M Obregon, Patrick Hynds, Fernando Guerrero, Kate Gregory, Joel Semeniuk, Scott Hanselman, Barry Gervin, Clemens Vasters, Jorge Oblitas, Stephen Forte, Jeffrey Richter, John Robbins, Jeff Prosise, Deborah Kurata, Goksin Bakir, Edgar Sánchez, Thomas Lee, J. Michael Palermo IV, Vishwas Lele, and John Lam.

Buyers will bid to win one hour of consulting time from one of these 30 gurus. Starting bid is $100 with no reserve. There will be 30 winners. Winners can pick the brain of a .NET Expert for an hour. Highest bidders will be first in the “draft” for the consultant assigned to them. Winners can call, email or IM the consultant and use the hour to answer that nagging question, do a code review, or just get some general .NET advice. The winners and consultant are free to make other arrangements if they like.

There will be 30 winning bids. eBay rules require that all 30 winners pay the lowest bid price. Though you are only required to pay the lowest bid amount, remember the cause -- we hope that you will donate to Aceh Aid at IDEP the amount of your winning bid.

Payments are made directly to the Aceh Aid at IDEP PayPal account held by Tides Foundation which is a U.S. based 501c3 non-profit. Once the auction is closed, you will be contacted and asked to make this donation via PayPal to AcehAid@tides.org. This can be done from the eBay website, the PayPal site or even directly from the Aceh Aid at IDEP (hyperlink) website. When they have received the payments, the consultants will be assigned to the winners in order of the size of the donations (which we hope will be equal to your winning bid). You will receive an invoice from us, the sellers. All selling fees will be paid by the sellers as a contribution to making this charity event a success.

More details can be found at the EBay Auction.