Bideshi, et al - who have been requesting / reminding me to put on a sticky topic, here's my take on it. Once I identify something to be a sticky topic it stays dormant at the top and people stop noticing it after few days. Perhaps the new visitors to sajha will notice it, but most of the time those who will donate are regular visitors who have been visiting for at least a little while.

When the thread lives on - i.e. appear on the homepage - due to actual interest shown by other visitors then there is genuine interest and people will go back in there to see if more have donated or if more info is available in order to make new decision about whether to donate.

In addition, at every given time there are multiple causes that could possibly be identified as worthy causes for sticky topic, after a point the sticky topics begin to serve it's purpose less and less. That is why, I want to drive such topics according to visitor participation and ownership rather than subject it to be 'lost' under a dormant caption.

I would have liked to be in charge of some of these donation campaigns but since sajha is not a non-profit org, there are tax implications to driving a donation campaign, that's why unfortunely I have to lay low on such issues. At some point when perhaps I am in the condition to quit my day job, I can possibly devote more time for this. Nevertheless, for now, if anyone comes forward to help in these causes then I fully support them to help out by putting into use the exposure provided by sajha kurakani and the enthusiasm and zeal of the participating and caring visitors.