Hey there Henry-- I just forwarded your message, along with a pitch of my own, to the ABAA listserv. That's a closed listserv that reaches most of the 450 members of the ABAA. Let's see if a few of them vote and change those daily vote totals. I know the concept of voting early and often will appeal to them. I may have to buy drinks (and I don't mean Pepsi) for some of my colleagues if they do vote, and some of them can really drink --maybe not as much as some Twainians, but I'm still a little worried. Any chance grant money can be used to buy booze? Kevin @ Mac Donnell Rare Books 9307 Glenlake Drive Austin TX 78730 512-345-4139 Member: ABAA, ILAB ************************* You may browse our books at www.macdonnellrarebooks.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Henry Sweets" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 8:34 AM Subject: Important Message - Pepsi Voting > FRIENDS, > > > > Let us [pick a phrase] > > > > challenge plead with > implore > > beseech entreat > encourage > > ask inspire > entreat > > urge beg > guide > > request exhort > > > > you to contact five (5) people you have not already contacted to join in > our > Pepsi Grant voting. > > > > Over the weekend we moved up to #13. That was due to many friends voting > often all weekend long. We need to break into the top ten this week. To do > so we need YOUR help. > > > > 1. Continue your voting, > 2. Encourage your friends to continue, or to start, voting, > 3. Find some new voters to get started. > > > > We need to reach #2 or #1 to receive the grant. > > > > Good suggestions have come in to us on how to get more people involved. If > you have any suggestion at all, send it along. We have not thought of > everything. > > > > You can just highlight, copy and paste this information into emails to > friends > > > > > > > > The Mark Twain Museum is in the running for a Pepsi grant to help complete > the restoration of the Becky Thatcher House. The grant is determined by > total votes received during December. One can vote once a day by each of > three methods. > > > > VOTING IS EASY: > > > > 1) Text Pepsi at 73774 with this numeric message: 104141 - and/or > > > > 2) Vote online at http://www.refresheverything.com/savemarktwain - You > must > SIGN IN before voting (lower left corner in the blue bar). Pepsi does not > send out spam or anything else, but you do need to register your email > with > them in order to vote. After signing in, vote with the link provided > here, > or by searching for "Mark Twain" in the search box at the top of the page. > (NOTE: If you have more than one email address, you can register them and > vote more than once online.) - and/or > > > > 3) You can also vote through your Facebook account. (A Facebook icon is > provided on the Pepsi sign-in page at > http://www.refresheverything.com/savemarktwain see the see the left > corner.) > > > > We appreciate your votes and please encourage everyone else you can to > join > us in bringing this grant to Hannibal. > > > > Henry Sweets, Curator > > Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum > > > > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1170 / Virus Database: 426/3312 - Release Date: 12/12/10 >