126 replies to this topic

[Mind]

I think Imminst easily falls under healthcare and education, but I am biased.

[Mind]

By the way, I agree with your list of charities (plus I don't have the time to go through the Chase database to find out what else is available) and the classification of recommended and suggested. I don't see any other suggestions so this is the list I will use in the article and mass email. If there are any other suggestions, we can implement them in future media efforts (before the first deadline).

[Florin]

I think Imminst easily falls under healthcare and education, but I am biased.

I think by "education" they mean schools and possibly colleges, but I could be wrong. Anyway, if "healthcare" includes "medical research," than Imminst will quaily since it funds medical research besides running its educational activities.

Edited by Florin Clapa, 01 December 2009 - 08:28 PM.

[Florin]

By the way, I agree with your list of charities (plus I don't have the time to go through the Chase database to find out what else is available) and the classification of recommended and suggested. I don't see any other suggestions so this is the list I will use in the article and mass email. If there are any other suggestions, we can implement them in future media efforts (before the first deadline).

It would be nice if someone could double check my list, but it was pretty time consuming to compile. So, I understand why no one would want to.

Before sending the mass email, you might want to remove my note next to the Campaign for Aging Research.

[brokenportal]

Thanks for putting in the time for this Florin. I will do my best to help and get others involved as well. Im going to buckle in on this for the next ten days.

About the education part, Im not sure either, but I just wanted to throw this out there, that on top of the general things we do for education so far, I guess it can be said that at least one substantially measurable educational thing we have done is give grants to the sensfai-u.

[AgeVivo]

Great list; voted for them too. Wasn't there a Facebook charity for Zheng Cui's granulocyte transfer approach? I can't find it.

[Florin]

Wasn't there a Facebook charity for Zheng Cui's granulocyte transfer approach? I can't find it.

There's a Facebook cause and group.

Unfortunately, the charity, Stem Cell Cancer & Regenerative Medicine Research Foundation, that Cui is using to get donations isn't listed with Chase Community Giving. Even if it was listed and it won $25k, that doesn't mean it would donate anything to Cui's work.

Edited by Florin Clapa, 02 December 2009 - 12:01 AM.

[Mind]

Front page article now up.

Planning to send out the mass email tomorrow.

[brokenportal]

When I click on these, or try to access them through facebook, all it does is continuosly try to redirect to another page in an endless loop. I turned my pop up blocker off and it still keeps doing this. Is it just me? Im not sure what Im doing wrong.


[*]Immortality Institute Inc
[*]Methuselah Foundation

[Florin]

Those pages load fine for me, and I never got redircted. Sometimes the pages don't load properly or certain buttons don't work, but that doesn't happen very often.

[brokenportal]

I switched to my other computer. It started doing the same thing. Then the redirect finally took me to a facebook page, but I think it must have cut out all the content, because I dont see anything except for a mostly blank page with a few buttons at the top and bottom that dont look like they are relevant to voting, or adding an app or something like that.

[Florin]

I switched to my other computer. It started doing the same thing. Then the redirect finally took me to a facebook page, but I think it must have cut out all the content, because I dont see anything except for a mostly blank page with a few buttons at the top and bottom that dont look like they are relevant to voting, or adding an app or something like that.

Yes, sometimes the page doesn't load except for the top and bottom headers.

Edited by Florin Clapa, 02 December 2009 - 01:32 AM.

[AgeVivo]

Wasn't there a Facebook charity for Zheng Cui's granulocyte transfer approach? I can't find it.

the charity, Stem Cell Cancer & Regenerative Medicine Research Foundation, that Cui is using to get donations

Oh great thank you! It is listed with Chase Community Giving:
http://apps.facebook...harities/525205
I voted for it. Can you add it in the list?

The South Florida Bone Marrow/Stem Cell Transplant Institute is now running a new clinical trial
protocol (08001-BMSCTI) for investigating a novel cancer therapy using transfusions of white blood cells from healthy donors. This investigative new cancer therapy was developed from the exciting research results of studying natural cancer resistance in a unique strain of lab mouse (SR/CR mice) and in some healthy humans.

(taken from http://www.bmscti.or...nicalTrials.htm ; we have been pushing those efforts for some time but it has been interrupted a few weeks ago because of lack of money)

[Florin]

Wasn't there a Facebook charity for Zheng Cui's granulocyte transfer approach? I can't find it.

the charity, Stem Cell Cancer & Regenerative Medicine Research Foundation, that Cui is using to get donations

Oh great thank you! It is listed with Chase Community Giving:
http://apps.facebook...harities/525205
I voted for it. Can you add it in the list?

I missed it when I was looking through the database; thanks for catching it. I see why I missed it; when the full name is copied and pasted, nothing pops-up. You have to enter only "Stem Cell Cancer" to get any result.

Mind will have to update the official list. I'm going to recommend that he remove "Louies Run For The Mass General Hospital Parkinsons Research" and add this Foundation to either the "Recommended" section or the top of the "Other" section.

Edited by Florin Clapa, 02 December 2009 - 06:32 PM.

[brokenportal]

I see Jimmy voted for this cryonics entry. Can we add this one to the list too? I would put it in the top list there so we can try to get more of our cryonics contacts to be sure to help us spread this as widely as they can.


http://apps.facebook...v...post&ref=mf

[Florin]

I see Jimmy voted for this cryonics entry. Can we add this one to the list too? I would put it in the top list there so we can try to get more of our cryonics contacts to be sure to help us spread this as widely as they can.


http://apps.facebook...v...post&ref=mf

Anything related to cryonics will likely not pass the Advisory Board, because according to Chase Community Giving's FAQ, "Facebook users will be able to nominate non profits that serve the general public in the following focus areas: education, healthcare, housing, the environment, combating hunger, arts and culture, human services, and animal welfare." Although we might think that cryonics would fall under the healthcare category, I doubt that the Advisory Board will see it that way.

Edited by Florin Clapa, 02 December 2009 - 08:31 PM.

[Florin]

Here's an updated list of promotional methods that could be deployed in this campaign:

• Implemented promotional methods
  • Imminst thread
  • MF thread
  • Post charity list article
  • Post homepage announcement
  • Post thread under the "Staff Picks" section
• Ongoing promotional methods
  • Create Facebook posts after voting
  • Send Facebook friend invites after voting
• Proposed promotional methods
  • Imminst actions
  • Post banner in forum
  • Post banner on website subpages
  • Send promotional email to supporters
• Individual actions
  • Contact blogs related to life extension and transhumanism in order to encourage their readers to vote
  • Contact the admins of Facebook causes and groups related to life extension and transhumanism in order to get their supporters to vote (a list of these kinds of causes and groups with memberships of over 500 is available here)
  • Contact the charities (including the ones that don't make it on the "official" charity list but are worth supporting) in order to get their members to vote (this could be an excellent opportunity to introduce Imminst)
  • Create Twitter posts
  • Post on Facebook causes and groups related to life extension and transhumanism in order to get their members to vote (a list of these kinds of causes and groups with memberships of over 500 is available here)

Edited by Florin Clapa, 02 December 2009 - 09:09 PM.

[Mind]

This is the mass email I was planning on sending out to members (I still need to put in the links).

Subject Line: Your Vote=Cash For Imminst

Yet another social networking grant competition has been announced and Imminst has a legitimate shot at $25,000! The “popularity contest” – sponsored by JPMorgan Chase will hand out $25,000 grants to the top 100 vote-getters.

If you have a Facebook account click here to vote for Imminst now. The deadline for voting is December 11th.

If you don’t have a Facebook account, get one now, and click here to read more about this contest.

There is also a forum discussion with tips and plans for promoting Imminst in this contest.

A simple thing you can do is use social networking websites to promote Imminst in this contest.

This is the link to the contest: http://apps.facebook...ommunitygiving/

This is a link to the page where you vote for Imminst: http://apps.facebook...arities/1304580

Twitter it. Update your Facebook status with the news. Twine it. Blog about it. Any exposure will help net the Institute $25,000. With 100 grants to be given out I cannot emphasize enough that Imminst has a legitimate chance at winning. We need your help. Vote and promote! The deadline is December 11th.

Sincerely, Justin Loew
Executive Director

[Mind]

Message for Vgamer to send out to the causes (please critique):

Greetings (or attention, or hello, etc…):

This is “name” from the Imminst.org Internetworking Team and I would like to alert you to an important grant contest that could net a $25,000 grant for many worthy life extension and future-oriented charities. JPMorgan Chase is giving out 100 $25,000 grants to local charities that garner the most Facebook votes in their “Chase Community Giving” contest. Please see here for a list of charities that Imminst is recommending: http://www.imminst.o...ommunity-giving

The deadline is December 11th. With 100 grants being handed out, there is a legitimate chance that several on the list will end up in the winner’s circle. What we are asking is a little help in winning the grant money for these organizations. If it is not too much trouble, could you please either post this contest on your facebook cause page or send a mass email to your members – which includes the list found here: http://www.imminst.o...ommunity-giving Or at least link to the details of the contest.

Thanks so much for your help.

“name”

[bacopa]

Mind don't forget to include a link to the rules of the Chase Charity contest. If people in FB causes and groups don't immediately get the info on the contest they probably won't bother voting.

I'll have my email list of 19 charities by tomorrow Thursday, 3

Devon

[Mind]

Here is the html of the mass email:

Yet another social networking grant competition has been announced and Imminst has a legitimate shot at $25,000! The “popularity contest” – sponsored by JPMorgan Chase - will hand out $25,000 grants to the top 100 vote-getters.</br></br>

If you have a Facebook account <a onclick="window.open(this.href,'','');return false" href="http://apps.facebook...ygiving/">click here to vote for Imminst now.</a> The deadline for voting is December 11th.</br></br>

If you don’t have a Facebook account, <a onclick="window.open(this.href,'','');return false" href="http://www.facebook.com/">get one now</a>, and <a onclick="window.open(this.href,'','');return false" href="http://www.imminst.o...y-giving">click here to read more about this contest.</a></br></br>

There is also a <a onclick="window.open(this.href,'','');return false" href="http://www.imminst.o...323.html">forum discussion</a> with tips and plans for promoting Imminst in this contest.</br></br>

One simple thing you can do is use social networking websites to promote Imminst in this contest:</br></br>
<ul>
<li>This is the link to the contest: http://apps.facebook...ommunitygiv...></br>

<li>This is a link to the page where you vote for Imminst: http://apps.facebook...ommunitygiv...></br>

<li>And finally, a link to the front page article where we have also compiled a list of 19 other organizations we plan to promote in this effort: http://www.imminst.o...articles/ch...></br>
</ul></br>

Twitter it. Digg it. Update your Facebook and/or Myspace pages/status with the news. Twine it. Blog about it. Any exposure will help the Institute net $25,000. With 100 grants to be given out I cannot emphasize enough that Imminst has a legitimate chance at winning. We need your help. Vote and promote! The deadline is December 11th.</br></br>

Sincerely, Justin Loew
Executive Director</br></br>

[Florin]

I'd mention the other charities a little more:

...Imminst has a legitimate shot at $25,000 along with 19 other charities that Imminst is promoting for a total of $500,000 (20 charities x $25,000)!

If you have a Facebook account <a onclick="window.open(this.href,'','');return false" href="http://apps.facebook.../1304580">click here to vote for Imminst</a> and <a onclick="window.open(this.href,'','');return false" href="http://www.imminst.o...y-giving">click here to vote for the other 19 charities</a> that Imminst is promoting.

The "http://apps.facebook...ygiving/">click here to vote for Imminst now" link should be http://apps.facebook...arities/1304580. And the links in the bullet list have garbled characters at the end of their URLs which prevent them from opening the right pages.

Edited by Florin Clapa, 03 December 2009 - 12:41 AM.

[Mind]

Message for Vgamer to send out to the causes (please critique):

Greetings (or attention, or hello, etc…):

This is “name” from the Imminst.org Internetworking Team and I would like to alert you to an important grant contest that could net a $25,000 grant for many worthy life extension and future-oriented charities. JPMorgan Chase is giving out 100 $25,000 grants to local charities that garner the most Facebook votes in their “Chase Community Giving” contest. Please see here for a list of charities that Imminst is recommending: http://www.imminst.o...ommunity-giving

The deadline is December 11th. With 100 grants being handed out, there is a legitimate chance that several on the list will end up in the winner’s circle. What we are asking is a little help in winning the grant money for these organizations. If it is not too much trouble, could you please either post this contest on your facebook cause page or send a mass email to your members – which includes the list found here: http://www.imminst.o...ommunity-giving Or at least link to the details of the contest.

Thanks so much for your help.

“name”

I would add this stuff as an attachment in a second email to make it easier for them to incorporate into a webpage or html email. Put a P.S. in your first email saying you will be sending them a second email with the list of 20 charities with html. The first list is the html coded list of charities. The second list is just the naked urls.

I suggest sending 2 emails because attachments are sometimes filtered out as spam.

<ul>
<li><strong><a onclick="window.open(this.href,'','');return false" href="http://apps.facebook...80">Immortality Institute</a></strong> Fighting for everyone's life since 2002.</li>
<li><strong><a onclick="window.open(this.href,'','');return false" href="http://apps.facebook...621">Methuselah Foundation</a></strong></li>
<li><strong><a onclick="window.open(this.href,'','');return false" href="http://apps.facebook...upercentenarian Research Foundation</a></strong></li>
<li><strong><a onclick="window.open(this.href,'','');return false" href="http://apps.facebook...s/641010">Vitae Institute</a></strong></li>
</ul>
<strong><font color="red"><font size="2">Other Worthy Causes</font></font></strong>
<ul>
<li><strong><a onclick="window.open(this.href,'','');return false" href="http://apps.facebook...16148">Alliance For Aging Research</a></strong></li>
<li><strong><a onclick="window.open(this.href,'','');return false" href="http://apps.facebook...69507">Genetics Policy Institute</a></strong></li>
<li><strong><a onclick="window.open(this.href,'','');return false" href="http://apps.facebook...12348">American Aging Association</a></strong></li>
<li><strong><a onclick="window.open(this.href,'','');return false" href="http://apps.facebook...84634">Campaign for Aging Research</a></strong></li>
<li><strong><a onclick="window.open(this.href,'','');return false" href="http://apps.facebook...131">Alzheimers And Aging Research Center</a></strong></li>
<li><strong><a onclick="window.open(this.href,'','');return false" href="http://apps.facebook...7748">Institute For Advanced Studies In Aging & Geriatric Medicine</a></strong></li>
<li><strong><a onclick="window.open(this.href,'','');return false" href="http://apps.facebook.../265883">Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Research Foundation</a></strong></li>
<li><strong><a onclick="window.open(this.href,'','');return false" href="http://apps.facebook...es/780278">Cure Alzheimer's Fund</a></strong></li>
<li><strong><a onclick="window.open(this.href,'','');return false" href="http://apps.facebook...743901">Sabrina Cohen Foundation for Stem Cell Research</a></strong></li>
<li><strong><a onclick="window.open(this.href,'','');return false" href="http://apps.facebook...">International Society For Stem Cell Research</a></strong></li>
<li><strong><a onclick="window.open(this.href,'','');return false" href="http://apps.facebook...258878">Michael Stern Parkinsons Research Foundation</a></strong></li>
<li><strong><a onclick="window.open(this.href,'','');return false" href="http://apps.facebook.com/chasecommunitygiving/charities/557695">Parkinson's Action Network</a></strong></li>
<li><strong><a onclick="window.open(this.href,'','');return false" href="http://apps.facebook...es/220983">Paul Ruby Foundation for Parkinson's Research</a></strong></li>
<li><strong><a onclick="window.open(this.href,'','');return false" href="http://apps.facebook...145">Parkinsons Disease Research Society</a></strong></li>
<li><strong><a onclick="window.open(this.href,'','');return false" href="http://apps.facebook...739">Foundation For Parkinsons And Neurological Research</a></strong></li>
<li><strong><a onclick="window.open(this.href,'','');return false" href="http://apps.facebook...es/525205">Stem Cell Cancer And Regenerative Medicine Research Inc</a></strong></li>
</ul>

http://apps.facebook...arities/1304580 - Immortality Institute
http://apps.facebook...arities/1038621 - Methuselah Foundation
http://apps.facebook...arities/1302972 - Supercentenarian Research Foundation
http://apps.facebook...harities/641010 - Vitae Institute

http://apps.facebook...harities/816148 - Alliance For Aging Research
http://apps.facebook...harities/569507 - Genetics Policy Institute
http://apps.facebook...harities/112348 - American Aging Association
http://apps.facebook...harities/784634 - Campaign for Aging Research
http://apps.facebook...harities/780131 - Alzheimers And Aging Research Center
http://apps.facebook...harities/357748 - Institute For Advanced Studies In Aging & Geriatric Medicine
http://apps.facebook...harities/265883 - Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Research Foundation
http://apps.facebook...harities/780278 - Cure Alzheimer's Fund
http://apps.facebook...harities/743901 - Sabrina Cohen Foundation for Stem Cell Research
http://apps.facebook...arities/1088362 - International Society For Stem Cell Research
http://apps.facebook...arities/1258878 - Michael Stern Parkinsons Research Foundation
http://apps.facebook...harities/557695 - Parkinson's Action Network
http://apps.facebook...harities/220983 - Paul Ruby Foundation for Parkinson's Research
http://apps.facebook...harities/925145 - Parkinsons Disease Research Society
http://apps.facebook...arities/1121739 - Foundation For Parkinsons And Neurological Research
http://apps.facebook...harities/525205 - Stem Cell Cancer And Regenerative Medicine Research Inc

[Mind]

I see the forum software truncates the URLS. I am not sure if this will be a problem. I will attach a text document with all the info as well.

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[Mind]

Devon, here is a text you can send to the other 19 charities. Everyone please look it over for any spelling mistakes or other changes that need to be made. Devon, you can start sending it out tonight or tomorrow.

Dear (“group name”):

I would like to inform you of an exciting opportunity to earn grant money for your organization and other charities working to end the suffering of age-related disease. It is the Chase Community Giving contest - a social networking grant contest where 100 charities will take home a grant of $25,000. Read more here: http://apps.facebook...ommunitygiving/

We at Imminst.org looked through the list of charities to support (each person gets 20 votes) and found your organization to be one of stellar dedication and accomplishment. That is why we are encouraging our 5,000+ members to vote for (“group name”) and 19 other worthy charities. Read more here: http://www.imminst.o...ommunity-giving

In order to enhance our collective influence we are asking that each organization post information about the contest on their official website or Facebook page and message their membership. If it is too much trouble to update web pages then perhaps just post a link to: http://www.imminst.o...ommunity-giving where the entire list is organized and links to each Chase page where votes are cast.

This is an exciting opportunity. Don’t delay – the deadline is December 11th.

Sincerely, Devon Fowler
Director of Outreach

P.S. I am sending a second email with an attachment that has the list of charities coded in html and ready for posting on your website. Check your spam folder in case it is automatically filtered. Feel free to change the order of the list in order to more prominently display your charity.

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[brokenportal]

Exapted has now taken on role of contacting blogs. Well, Im not sure if they are all blogs, but hes going to work on going down the list of links on the left there at this link: http://www.accelerat...m/michael/blog/

We'll see where he is at with this tomorrow and see if he wants some help going down that list. Mikes list there is pretty big.

[brokenportal]

We're taking pledges on how many people that volunteers want to ask to vote. Anybody interested can make the pledge here.

The guy from that ITV cryonics interview has already joined up here and has matched me 500 contacts. We are both going to ask at least 500 people to vote. Any pledge, one through infinity is welcome, needed.

[Florin]

Here's how some of our competition is doing:

• 5131 votes (Invisible Children)
• 3023 votes (The Prem Rawat Foundation)
• 2237 votes (Jakara Movement)
• 2007 votes (Darius Goes West)
• 1817 votes (Isha Foundation)
• 1082 votes (Overseas Save Chinese Children Foundation)
• 1077 votes (Overseas China Education Foundation)
• 1023 votes (Friendship Circle)
• 940 votes (Lexington Childrens Theatre)
• 936 votes (Students for a Free Tibet)

Edited by Florin Clapa, 04 December 2009 - 05:00 AM.

[Florin]

3. Vote for Imminst (and 19 other charities of your choice)

Should be: "3. Vote for Imminst (and the 19 other charities of listed below)"

Edited by Florin Clapa, 04 December 2009 - 05:39 AM.

[Shannon Vyff]

I voted for both of the Cryonics organizations.