omerbasket
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In April 21st the competition of the "Chase Community Giving program" is going to begin (I found it through the WPI website). This competition includes many many charity organizations, and the voters are the internet surfers. There are two rounds: The top 100 organizations in the first round wins 25,000$ each, and then they qualify to round number two. In round number two, the winner wins 500,000$, and the other 99 organization win prizes anywhere from 20,000$ to 400,000$. This is the link to the competition - again, the voting starts on April 21st:
http://apps.facebook.com/chasecommunitygiving/
If I remember correctly, the WPI had participated in this competition last year, as well as in a competition of American Express - and did not earn any money from those competitions. So it's very difficlult to win there. So the question is: What can we do in order to sustantially increase the WPI chances? They desperately need more money. More money could mean, for example, money to sequence full genomes of the isolates they have, which is very important and can be very important against the contamination claims, as well as in favour of testing for viruses that are not exactly 100% VP62. And that is just one example out of many examples for what the WPI can do with the money.
So, as I said, the competition begins in April 21st, and since it writes to me "10 VOTES LEFT", I guess every one of us can vote up to 10 times - so we better do it, because probably most of the voters for the other organizations will.
Another, I think very important way, would be to send invitations to the voting to your contacts on facebook, or through email and other routes.
Now, please, if you have other suggestions or thoughts about possible routes to help the WPI win this money, please write it here.
http://apps.facebook.com/chasecommunitygiving/
If I remember correctly, the WPI had participated in this competition last year, as well as in a competition of American Express - and did not earn any money from those competitions. So it's very difficlult to win there. So the question is: What can we do in order to sustantially increase the WPI chances? They desperately need more money. More money could mean, for example, money to sequence full genomes of the isolates they have, which is very important and can be very important against the contamination claims, as well as in favour of testing for viruses that are not exactly 100% VP62. And that is just one example out of many examples for what the WPI can do with the money.
So, as I said, the competition begins in April 21st, and since it writes to me "10 VOTES LEFT", I guess every one of us can vote up to 10 times - so we better do it, because probably most of the voters for the other organizations will.
Another, I think very important way, would be to send invitations to the voting to your contacts on facebook, or through email and other routes.
Now, please, if you have other suggestions or thoughts about possible routes to help the WPI win this money, please write it here.