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I've got my email ready to send early tomorrow morning. Well, it's almost ready.
How do I find out if I need commas or semi-colons between the email addresses?
How do I find out if I need commas or semi-colons between the email addresses?
I can put my contact information in mine. I will also say something about CASAA in mine. Like DC said, if some do it, it would be ok. If EVERYONE does it, then it no longer becomes a personal passionate statement from the people. It then sounds like an organization behind the whole idea. This is Truly a grassroots idea. CASAA is good with this idea, but they had no hand in anything that we've done.
Now I think know why I didn't get any input from them. I did get "Good Idea" type feedback, but no help. Probably because they wanted it to be totally a non agenda driven effort.
I don't think we need to try to over think this. Let our letters speak for themselves. Hopefully in volumes!
WE do have a voice, let's use it.
Please wait till TOMORROW to send the emails.
Now I think know why I didn't get any input from them. I did get "Good Idea" type feedback, but no help. Probably because they wanted it to be totally a non agenda driven effort.
I don't think we need to try to over think this. Let our letters speak for themselves. Hopefully in volumes!
WE do have a voice, let's use it.
Please wait till TOMORROW to send the emails.
LOL. I think it's more a case of WE took a special day!
I'm thinking we, as a group, need to do something we can all do to get positive attention. Instead of all the negative press that has been happening lately.
Thinking caps people! I still have an idea but want to hear others first.
Might want to change the day next year... 9/19 is already taken and the owners are not ones you should be trifling with... Arrrr.. a mighty crusty bunch of scalawags they be.
I love it... International Talk Like a Pirate Day is already my favorite unofficial holiday... now I can celebrate it two ways!
Also, in any email going to "letters to the editor," shouldn't you add permission to publish?
ignore this... i deleted this post... meant to be a new post, stupidly posted it as a reply instead.
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I'm hoping the story will be more in the line of: Look at all these emails from people that ecigarettes have helped. Maybe we should look more into why. And it might be possible that there is another side to their effectiveness. The story will be all the emails, not so much a single email. They can't think about publishing ALL the emails (of which I hope to have hundreds going out), so if a couple have contact information.....
I think it's great! I might steal some of yours for mine!
The point is to just use the sample as a template of sorts. Personalize it and make it your own. It is YOUR story to tell. No one can tell your story better than you yourself can!
OMG this is actually happening!!!!!
That is a good plan. It is so difficult not to get wordy and end up writing a short novel of sorts. I will probably need to scale back a bit so it is't deleted just because somebody doesn't like to read much....
They will want to contact you anyway. Without a phone number, they will write to your email address and ask for a return call. The problem with that is timeliness. The sooner they can run a response after the story has published, the better the chance to get in. Editors will choose a story that isn't as engaging in order to get responses published fast.
I think one of the most effective avenues to getting your voice heard is letter to the editor and ideally there should be a flood to any story involving vaping. I read guidelines to getting a letter pubished and it's not too hard. They are looking for something compelling - snarky, jingley, catchy and makes a fast quick point. Two paragraphs at best. That's it. Easy to do. I was involved in the healthcare debate and was able to get 80% published. Any smart ... can do it.
TG they have editors that fix grammatical errors.
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I would like to see more sources beyond CASAA. They are definatley a great source, however to an outsider that can appear limited, almost a "bubble" if that's the only source quoted. There have been too many astro-turf and corporate funded front groups in the past that appear to be "grass roots". I think BT was pioneers in that field. Some brainstorming on sources might be useful.
This thread has begun to gather some important information, PR media outlet emails, etc. that I hope it's not dropped - which would force the next "event" to reinvent the wheel again. I'm not sure how to do it, but I would like to see an ongoing thread or forum for responding to media developed. Maybe someone will come along with better contacts or we can develop a list for some of the public health groups against vaping, etc.
But today I think we need to get the message out to all the forums to take part in this tomorrow.
Please note: Several of the email addresses that I copied & pasted into the BCC field have come back undeliverable. Doesn't matter, though. Even if ONE of the recipients reads my email, it'll be worth it.
Thanks, Robino for providing the list of email addresses!
Thanks, Robino for providing the list of email addresses!
Is it appropriate for this event to include our local media outlets in the mailing. Ie. news papers and local news channels?
I didn't notice if we or CASAA has issued a press release on this. Has that been addressed?
Thank you for helping! I knew we could count on your support.
This is designed to be a peaceful process that we can all take part in.
CASAA has been kind enough to blog our efforts.
CASAA: Call to Action: World Vaping Day is 9/19/2013!
OK - everyone has the "official" blank letter.
I'm an individual as many of you know....
so here is what I'm sending just after midnight tonight.
Subject is the same except I put Personal Vaporizer instead of e-cigarette.
Yeah, yeah... I know EVERYONE knows e-cigarette.... but I've never HAD one or TRIED one or want to.
I've got some e-pipes....
so.. basically.. put your own personal touches in it.
It will be obvious by the form of the emails that it's a group of people doing it to begin with. we should at least make it marginally interesting beyond... "Hey, did you notice we got 20 emails about e-cigarettes today?"
of course, I would rather they got 200.... or 2,000....
I'm an individual as many of you know....
so here is what I'm sending just after midnight tonight.Subject is the same except I put Personal Vaporizer instead of e-cigarette.
Yeah, yeah... I know EVERYONE knows e-cigarette.... but I've never HAD one or TRIED one or want to.
I've got some e-pipes....
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so.. basically.. put your own personal touches in it.
It will be obvious by the form of the emails that it's a group of people doing it to begin with. we should at least make it marginally interesting beyond... "Hey, did you notice we got 20 emails about e-cigarettes today?"
of course, I would rather they got 200.... or 2,000....
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