Dear
Friends,
More than ever your voice is needed for the protection of dolphins &
whales. Please join me in the “Minds
in the Water” Visual Petition campaign and help me
win* sponsorship to the
IWC meetings in June 2008.
Organized by Surfers for Cetaceans, co-founder
and world-reknowned pro surfer “Rasta”
(Dave Rastovich) has brought celebrity
surfers Kelly Slater (8 times
World Surfing Champion), Andy Irons
(3 times World), Mick Fanning
(2007 World), Jack Johnson, Ben Harper,
and many friends on board. So far over
2,000 visual
petitions have been submitted. My visual petition
may be viewed at: http://www.visualpetition.com/slippages/viewpetition1.php?countnum=995
* "The Visual
Petition Contest gives 5 passionate people around the world the opportunity
to travel with Rasta and other top surfers to the IWC (International
Whaling Commission) meeting in Chile June 2008. On an all expenses paid
trip the person who gathers the largest quantity of portraits for the
Visual Petition in their part of the world will help to physically hand
the global petition to the delegates of the IWC. ...one person from
(each of) the (5 separate) regions of Australia/New Zealand, North America,
South America, Asia/Africa, and Europe an all expenses paid trip to
Santiago Chile in late June 2008."
Whoever collects the most visual petitions per region will be awarded
sponsorship. You can help me to win by submitting your visual petition
and entering my username in the submittal process (All geographic locations
of participants qualify for points towards my entry.).
Because it is a bit more effort
than typing in an e-mail address,
rather than a list of names a
more powerful statement will be made
when these visual petitions are presented to the delegates at
the IWC meetings.
In
order for me to receive the points in the contest, these instructions
must be followed closely:
1) Go to: http://www.visualpetition.com/slippages/p1download.php
for instructions from where you may DOWNLOAD
one of the IMAGES that
they offer of a painting or photo of dolphins or whales to use. OR
you can click
here to download my painting "Dive
at Dawn" shown here (in the righthand column).
2) Have a PHOTO taken of you holding the IMAGE.
Then return to the "join petition now" page
http://www.visualpetition.com/slippages/p2upload.php
and scroll to the bottom of the page and click on "Step
2. Upload" to upload your PHOTO.
3)
When entering the information, once the image and details have been
uploaded you will see at the bottom of the
page a little text box and a description to add there will
be a place for a USERNAME. In that place, please enter
mine, which is PeggyO
The final date to submit visual petitions
is the 31st of May 2008.
Please
share this link with your friends & family*to
participate & submit my username, and I'll receive points for every
submittal.
*After
telling my friend at a party about the campaign he strongly urged that
I bring my camera & petition along with one of my own dolphin prints
(any cetacean photo or print will work for the visual petition) into
the party. I was pleasantly surprised with how many people at the party
enthusiastically supported this effort. It was really fun for all, and
I collected over 20 visual petitions, and 2 parties plus 2 events later,
I've collected over 70 VPs! If you feel it appropriate, please try this
at some of your holiday parties and visits with friends and family.
People are enjoying it! If you would like to take other people's petition
photos, please go to this link below, and scroll down towards the bottom
to download the Visual Petition Information
sheet and Visual Petition Statement and Conditions:
http://www.visualpetition.com/slippages/competition.php
It may seem like quite a challenge to win, but as another friend told
me: "If you can make a "Curtain
of 30,000 Origami Whales", you can win this contest."
So on his urging, I'm asking for your help. Whether I win the sponsorship
or not, your voice to protect Cetaceans is needed, and I am glad to
contribute to this effort and am grateful to you for your considerations.
For
the Dolphins & Whales,
Peggy Oki |
My
thanks
to all who have
already
signed the
visual petition
for my entry
towards sponsorship.
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"Never
doubt that a small group
of thoughtful committed citizens
can change the world;
Indeed it is the only thing that ever has!"
Margaret Meade
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Spring
2008
