Puerto Rico is in super bad shape. Hurricane Maria has destroyed entire towns, wiped out their electrical grid, trashed hospitals and roads. Right now, ten days after Maria made landfall, more than 40% of the island currently lacks access to drinking water and electricity. It's estimated that it will take up toto repair the electrical grid and get power back to the island. They will need sustained, committed aid.Fandom has come together and done amazing things in the past - from Sweet Charity to Fandomaid to @fandomtrumpshate. Let's show some love to Puerto Rico and help them get back on their feet.Creators will reply to this post to sign up for auction! We spend the next few weeks whipping social media into a frenzy about how awesome fandom charity auctions are, and how many frigging cool creators have signed up for this one! Then, the auction page will go live on Dreamwidth! Each offering will get its own comment post, and a frenzy of bidding will happen in the comment threads! The winners will have a set amount of time to send their creator proof of their donation. Once they've donated, the creator gets to work making cool shit! Easy peasy, lemon squeezy - the tried and true formula for fandom charity.Sign ups will be open until October 15thThe auction will go live on October 17th, and close on October 23rd. Times will be announced. A lightning "Buy It Now!" event will be hosted on either the 1st or 2nd day of the auction, so stay tuned for details.Proof of donations must be sent by November 6th to claim your prize!- fic- art- vids- podfic beta services (including basic editing, script/story doctoring, historical accuracy, nationality-picking, etc)- fan vids- tutorials (via skype, email, text, whatever)- Basically anything you wantAs far as physical objects go (fan crafts, etc), I'm not able to manage the process of shipping or coordinating the gifting, but if bidders and crafters are able to coordinate that between them, then we will provide the signal boost/publicity!All proceeds raised through this auction will go to ConPRmetidos ! You can find details on their campaign here , and keep up with their activities on their Facebook page. You may have heard about the barges and vessels bringing water, diesel, and generators to Puerto Rico. You may also have heard about these goods sitting for days on the water, or on the dock still in the shipping container, because there are no roads for trucks to drive on, no cell service to coordinate drivers, and no fuel to get them anywhere. Lifesaving donations are being bottlenecked at San Juan for lack of a way to get aid to the people who need it.The reason that we've chosen ConPRmetidos is because of their focus on long term, sustained repair of Puerto Rico's infrastructure. They'll be fixing roads, hospitals, homes, and the electrical grid. They're financing local companies and local efforts. They're working with the Puerto Rican National Guard to coordinate resources and fill financing gaps. And they're not going leave in a couple weeks.Look, I'm as optimistic as it comes but the answer to this is almost definitely yes. Even the most hopeful expectation of the federally managed part of the recovery will fall short of what is actually needed.YAY! You totally should do that too! Here are some reputable organizations that are sending direct aid right now.The long term will be just as important , trust me.I am surrounded by some very kind people by the names of @analise010, @sonickitty, @silentwalrus1, @shannonxl, and @im-the-punk-who, and I have a growing list of people who have offered help that I still may greedily call on (turns out these things are complicated and take a lot of hands).So we can talk to each other, of course! And so there's not sixty versions of the same post on tumblr as I edit and adjust details.Go ahead, ask questions. You don't need a Dreamwidth account to comment; you can do it under anon or with an OpenID.Cool beans! Read through the comment threads below, or see here . If your question hasn't been answered, please ask below!