From: "Eli Pariser, MoveOn.org" moveon-help@list.moveon.org To: "Daniel Ehrenberg" name12323@hotmail.com Subject: Amazing. Help us reach 750,000 by Friday. Date: 6 Mar 2003 20:41:55 -0000
Dear MoveOn member,
The response to our emergency petition to the U.N. Security Council has been nothing short of extraordinary. Less than two days after the petition was launched, over 550,000 people have signed, from over 200 countries. It's a strong message from the peoples of the world that the Security Council should support tough inspections in Iraq, not war. It's also the fastest-growing online petition we've ever seen -- and already one of the largest in history.
Thanks for being a part of this enormous success. With your help, we can make it even bigger. Please let your friends and colleagues know about the petition by sending them a short note and this email. They can sign up at:
http://www.moveon.org/emergency/
We've pushed back our delivery date to Monday -- our sources at the U.N. tell us that's when it'll make the most waves. We need to send the petition to press on Friday night, but we'd like to have as many signers as possible by that time. If each person who signed the petition gets a few friends to sign, we'll easily reach our 750,000 goal -- but it has to happen today.
Please take a moment to let your friends know about this important initiative. With your help, we can make an even bigger impact on the U.N. Security Council.
Sincerely, --Carrie, Eli, Joan, Peter, Wes, and Zack The MoveOn Team March 6th, 2003
P.S. Our petition was launched in cooperation with the American Friends Service Committee, who have a terrific website that provides resources and information on the crisis in Iraq. Check it out at:
P.P.S. Yesterday, our local ad went up in over 111 local newspapers across the nation, our billboards are now up in Detroit, San Francisco and L.A., and our "Inspections Work. War Won't." message is on a quarter of all the busses in Washington D.C. The financial support of MoveOn members for these initiatives has been overwhelming -- you funded over 100 local ads in less than a day!
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Thanks for making this work possible.
Some links:
Our "No link" ad that ran in 111 newspapers yesterday: http://www.moveon.org/localads/localad.pdf
Our billboard and busses layout: http://www.moveon.org/billboards/
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Daniel Ehrenberg wrote:
Dear MoveOn member,
The response to our emergency petition to the U.N. Security Council has been nothing short of extraordinary. Less than two days after the petition was launched, over 550,000 people have signed, from over 200 countries. It's a strong message from the peoples of the world that the Security Council should support tough inspections in Iraq, not war. It's also the fastest-growing online petition we've ever seen -- and already one of the largest in history
etc. etc...
A word of caution here. Amazingly, this kind of thing is controversial here, and some people may consider it as spam. Not everybody here supports the war crimes against Iraq that have been proposed by Bush's Axis with Benito Blair. Some even think that it is a healthy democratic proposal. At the same time we find that there are other areas where we can work together constructively with ease. An atmosphere where people are continually promoting or defending their views about the Iraq crisis could make life in the Wikipedia community intolerable, and we would accomplish very little. Engaging in this kind of debate can sometimes jeopardize one's credibility.
Better that this note of caution come from an avowed leftist that mostly supports your position than from an incensed opponent. I'm confident that you can proceed on this issue with a maturity and wisdom that is sometimes lacking on the perches of power.
Eclecticology
Besides the fact that this is, indeed, spam, it's useless. See "http://www.snopes.com/rumors/un.htm" The UN's own websit says, "The UN is NOT involved in soliciting or collecting such petitions. We would suggest that since it is member governments of the UN who will decide on whatever action occurs in various situations, citizens should contact their own government.". Zoe
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Yes, by all means, let's not discuss the war or world politics on this list.
I think one of the key "discoveries" that we've made here is that people of *very* divergent political/ethical/religious perspectives can agree on NPOV. It's more difficult on "hot" issues, of course, but people of very divergent positions can agree that access to basic information is highly valuable.
If we start arguing politics on the mailing list, I fear a serious "infection" of our pleasant discourse on the wikipedia proper.
--Jimbo