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On writing, I hate to be a party pooper, but how many of you out there hate to receive bulk mail? Well, what's going on here over the last few months is in the same vein, I fear. Rather than one message to hundreds or thousands of addresses, we may be sending hundreds of copies of the same message to one address, whether it be a congressman, newspaper or web site. The recipients will not get the sense that it is a grass roots campaign and will not give your input as much credence as they would otherwise. It's the same thing as sending a preprinted letter where all you have done is put your signature on it. Folks, no matter how articulate you are, how well you can type or spell, or how well you organize your thoughts into words; as much as possible, put the message in words of your own and not just a "me, too". I think there is a strong message in what is received from someone who obviously has difficulty (a lot of us PWP's). I know it is not easy, and will take a lot more time, but we aren't going anywhere if we don't take the time to do it right. Uh-Oh!! Just fell off my soap-box! Your Parky Info Exc Resident Critic, Darwin Hawkins > ---------- > From: Abi Murthy[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Thursday, August 06, 1998 12:31 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN > Subject: Re: Banners > > I did this- I cut and paste the link address and then the message. > Minimal typing > this way. Takes less than 5 minutes! > > abi > > > > Marling McReynolds <[log in to unmask]> said: > >"Ken, an interesting idea. Jerry, is the pwp webring > >on Link Exchange?? We could have a banner there that > >would pop up all over the place. They have one for a > >group that are cancer survivors." > > > >I did it once with Link Exchange, when I had the > >"Lostchild" website. They did something like 10,000 > >free exposures for me, plus someone donated a free > >designed banner. > > > >Missing kids draw a lot more attention that PD, (so > >does fishing, underarm deodorant and spaghetti sauce). > >But here's an idea, if anyone (and everyone??) wants to > >spend five minutes typing a message. > > > >Go to: > >http://www.linkexchange.com/help/help_form.html > >and fill out the email form, asking them to "Please > >help us promote a better national understanding on > >Parkinson's disease by donating banner exposures. > >Contact [log in to unmask]" > > > >Then go to Smartlinks at: > >http://www.smartclicks.com/about/feedback.html > >and do the same thing. > > > >The will not listen to just one person. It takes a LOT > >of people to write (about 50 wrote to obtain the free > >Lostchild exposures). > > > >Five minutes? Do you have that much free time? > >(<--guilt trip effort.) > > >