The Changemakers initiative aims to identify the leading activists, elected officials, authors, bloggers, actors and thought leaders who have the greatest capacity to spark change on issues of importance.
Selected Changemakers will be invited to tap into Change.org's network of more than a million readers and activists and thousands of nonprofit and blog partners to drive further social action.
You can vote on nominations below, add your own nomination, or view more information here.
Recently Popular...shows 7 pages of nominees to date
i got this in today's email, and went thru all 7 pages of folks nominated.
i feel andy wilson or PAT SMITH would be good nominees for this; what is your opinion?
the above site has more info on there, and voting has started;
from 1000 to 6,000 votes/views!!
Posted by Robin123 (Member # 9197) on :
Nomination done!
Posted by Robin123 (Member # 9197) on :
They accepted the nomination of Andy Wilson! I noticed the bio is a bit outdated and just asked them to go to the openeyepictures site to update it, especially regarding the fact the film is done.
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
robin,
so you completed the nomination form & sent?? outstanding.
now we've got to promote it.
phyllis mervine sent me another person as well, lorraine johnson, calda!!
i asked her to complete the nomination form and then we can advertise BOTH TOGETHER to get the word out to others HERE, OTHER LYME BOARDS, LYMEINFO, emails, etc.
thx for taking the initiatve robin! hugs/kisses
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
to all,
andy wilson is shown the last entry on screen SEVEN!! -------------------------------------
VOTE VOTE VOTE!
checked next page, lorraine johnson's name is not there yet ....
please share this info w/others hugs/kisses
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
we can VOTE ONCE ONLY; i tried; 400 views now on andy.
i checked nothing on lorraine johnson so far...
Posted by ticked-offinNc (Member # 15420) on :
heh Miss Betty,
I voted twice for Andy. I cannot find Lorraine, is she nominated? Thank you xoxo
Posted by mtree (Member # 14305) on :
I voted for Andy....did not see the others yet...
mtree
Posted by kam (Member # 3410) on :
Voted for Andy
I think CALDA would be good too.
And Andy's bio is not updated yet. Tried to send an email. Will try again later.
Posted by kam (Member # 3410) on :
How about Dr. Ray Jones??
Posted by Robin123 (Member # 9197) on :
I only saw Andy listed at this point. He's on page 5, with 500-something votes so far, I think. Well, it says views - I'm not sure if a view means a vote.
It would be a good idea I think for more of us to email the organization to ask for the bio update - the film is not in production - it's done!
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
i'm going to email andy wilson asking if they would send out an open eye post about our nominating him and giving the website.
i looked; he was on page 5; now he's somewhere else again??
kam, yes, dr. charles jones sounds wonderful also; do you want to complete the form and nominate him??
anyway, we've got to advertise andy wilson IMMEDIATELY to start getting the votes coming in.
then when lorraine johnson, dr. jones' names appear ... we can let them know about that as well.
thanks everyone! i tried again; could vote ONLY ONCE!
ticked off...i don't know hw you managed 2 votes lol
Posted by Robin123 (Member # 9197) on :
Only 2 votes, Ticked Off? I'd cast many for this film...
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
robin, are you able to vote MORE than once? how? i tried again today.
well go my email off to andy wilson, my home lyme group list, lymeinfo i think is cheryl's daily posts.
send the above link to ALL YOUR LYME FRIENDS EVERYWHERE!
wish we could tell how many have votes vs. have been viewed!!
Posted by Robin123 (Member # 9197) on :
That was an lol, Betty.
I don't think we get to see the number of votes cast.
But high number of views is an indication of interest level. I noticed the profile view count is rising quickly - over 600 views now.
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
I'm NOT good at navigating new sites. How do I vote?
Posted by kam (Member # 3410) on :
Lymetoo...it took me about 3 times visiting the site to see that I needed to do a search for Andy Wilson.
Then click under his name where it says vote I think.
Going to see if I can pull his name up again.
Posted by WildCondor (Member # 434) on :
Yeah, just do a search for his name on the top, and it will bring up his profile. You have to register your email and name, that's all. Posted by ticked-offinNc (Member # 15420) on :
Robin, can you vote more than once a day? The sight says I have 8 votes left, but it would not let me vote again today, at least for Andy. I admit to being the village ill=literate with computers! Thanks
Would also like to nominate the other Dr. J, as a measure of support. I will try to figure it out tommorow.
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
702 views for andy, now on page TWO !!
I just clicked the VOTE button, no email did i have to show. confusing
Posted by Robin123 (Member # 9197) on :
We're doing good! At least as far as view numbers! Every time I get back here, the view count has gone up by a hundred.
Betty, I see him listed on pg 3. That's interesting all by itself - he moved from pg 7 to pg 5 to pg 3. If this keeps up, he's going to be found on pg 1 soon.
Everyone, vote multiple times. Alright, jus' kidding, but tell everyone else to cast their vote.
Ticked-off, they're allowing us to appreciate up to ten people on that list.
Since they are looking for changemakers in society, we actually have several Lyme folks who have influenced the course of things Lyme, so think about it, and make nominations. Let's nominate a bunch of Lyme mover-shakers! The site needs to accept the nomination.
In my nomination, I wrote about Andy's film contributions, and I also mentioned Kris Newby's contribution to the film.
I notice that they went ahead and pulled up what appears to be an old openeyepictures write-up. It would be nice if it were updated from the film being in production to being finished!
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
robin,
on my post above when i was on the site, i read the bio, etc. and at the bottom are 2 chices:
edit bio; ADD TO BIO; so i sent this there to the change.org site
ANDY WILSON nominee, please add the following to his bio; thanks
to whom it may concern,
Please add about UNDER OUR SKIN: Under Our Skin was seen in the largest USA cities in 2009 on the big screen with large crowds in attendance. UOS is a lyme/tick documentary based on 4 lyme patient lives. It shows the lyme war controversary of 2 different ways to treat lyme and co-infections:
ILADS, International Lyme Associated Disease Society, known to us lyme patients as chronic LLMDS, lyme literate mds, who treat long-term antibiotics longer than 3 weeks up to several years.
IDSA, Infecious Disease Society of America, known as infectious disease drs., who treat from ONE pill up to 3 weeks max antibiotics, and "you are cured"! NOPE, you are undertreated and end up with chronic lyme disease.
so try as i have since they haven't updated it on their own yet....
robin, i also have my view font on XL, and my lower right on 200%, so that's why i'm probably 1 page different than the rest of you folks Posted by Elaine G (Member # 20735) on :
I just voted for Andy Wilson, he was on the first page, 2nd nominee.
Could not find Lorraine
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
I voted!
I can't believe some of the people on the list.
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
elaine, thx for update on andy being on page 1, 2nd entry!!!
thx all for voting.
Posted by Robin123 (Member # 9197) on :
Yes, he's on the first page now! Went from pg 7 to pg 5 to pg 3 to pg 1 in a matter of hours! Pretty soon we'll see www.change.org/AndyWilson
And the view count has doubled as of last nite!
Lymetoo, I nominated you, but looks like they were concerned about those drawers of yours...
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
robin,
good one on tutu's drawers!! lol
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
quote:Originally posted by Robin123:
Lymetoo, I nominated you, but looks like they were concerned about those drawers of yours... [/QB]
Me.. a victim of discrimination! Posted by imagine2 (Member # 3136) on :
I just voted. He is on page 2 now. Does he know he has been nominated?
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
i sent him a note as well as kris kraft; have NOT heard back from either of them Posted by lakes592 (Member # 18905) on :
Wonderful! I will do this an e-mail friends and family asking them to do the same.
Posted by Robin123 (Member # 9197) on :
Andy is now on page 1, 2nd to Colin Powell! My guess is this reflects the speed at which he's getting votes.
I can only imagine that people who don't know who he is must be wondering just who he is??!!
So keep letting people know!
Posted by kam (Member # 3410) on :
I just read something about the Minerva Awards. I don't know much about them except they are for women' who have made a difference.
I think it is too late this year to nominate CALDA or LDA...but perhaps next year.
Posted by LisaS (Member # 10581) on :
done Betty!
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
3135 views so far! thx lisa Posted by Robin123 (Member # 9197) on :
Over 4000 views now and still on the first page - keep voting and spreading the word!
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
4200 now !!
robin, so glad you took the initiative and wrote up the nomination hugs/kisses my activist friend you ...
Posted by Robin123 (Member # 9197) on :
Thx, Betty - but I definitely told them the UOS film was being widely shown! A film in production, as their write-up states, would not be causing all this attention!
Well, maybe, from now on, if Andy has films in production, people will be paying attention to what's coming next!
Posted by nenet (Member # 13174) on :
I registered and voted yesterday.
Has anyone been nominated other than Andy yet? I have 9 more votes to give, and I don't think I can vote twice for the same person.
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
FYI,
phyllis mervine sent me a pm of nominating lorraine johnson, calda, who did all the organizing for the 7-31 IDSA hearing in dc.
i asked phyllis to go ahead and complete nomination form; i've not heard back from her and she has not been online here.
kam mentioned dr. charles jones; i mentioned to her to submit nomination form if she is able to.
i'm NO good with this type of thing; haven't heard back from kam.
so anyway, we were hoping to get 2 or more LYME leading activists in there. that's all i know from when i 1st was sent this info and posted above.
thanks for asking...
Posted by Robin123 (Member # 9197) on :
Past 4700 views now. Again, tonite he is in 2nd place on the first page, under Professor Yunus. Ahead of Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, etc. This is really fun!
Maybe it should be Andy for president next! lol
Keep spreading the word to everyone to vote for Andy!
Posted by kam (Member # 3410) on :
Betty, I don't have the skills either to write up a good report.
I would like to see Andy's profile improved too but have yet to be able to send an email with added info.
Posted by lakes592 (Member # 18905) on :
Why is there no mention in his bio of all his work for Lyme disease?
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
i've been gone to another funeral today....
quoting andy wilson in the email i sent him about his nomination and asking him to put it out in his newsletter to folks ...
"Thanks Betty! I sent them an email to change the bio to say more about UOS. Hope that comes though. I'd feel more comfortable then being a "changemaker."
My Best, Andy
i'm still reading all the pms and regular emails so there might be more; who knows? lol Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
5580 views now !!
andy's bio has NOT changed yet! darn
Posted by Robin123 (Member # 9197) on :
Amazing - all that for a film still in production! lol
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
5,988 views now...
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
6121 now; on page 2 in middle of page!
Posted by lakes592 (Member # 18905) on :
Thanks Betty for contacting Andy about that. The bio they have listed does him no justice. As we all know it is changing and saving lives and his Bio should reflect that. Prehaps we should write some and submit them on his behalf?
Thanks, Ann
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
6200 views now ... PAGE 4 middle of page ********************************************
ann,
i just checked, and looks like andy's ADDTIONAL REMARKS HAVE BEEN ADDED NOW!!! so that is progress.
so andy's bio comments were best submitted by him vs. us.
i submitted something earlier too, but nothing was added.
so continue letting folks know os this and to VOTE!.
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
That's great! I wish he would WIN!!!
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
... 6287 on page 8 ~~ *************************
and he has a new photo he submitted too! Posted by Robin123 (Member # 9197) on :
Correct bio finally, with a good write-up on UOS, but on the eighth page now - we can do better than this!
Gotta spread the word to all your Lyme contacts and then some!
This is our homework...
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
andy sent out their open eye newsletter today and told all about this encouraging members to go there and vote!!
Posted by Robin123 (Member # 9197) on :
Well, it seems to have worked - he's back on the first page again, with over 7000 votes!
This is a very jumpy site for these folks!
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
on page 2 now ... 7,373 ***************************
Posted by Aleigh (Member # 21074) on :
Alright, I voted.
Then I sent this email to friends, family and other Lyme people I know.
I copied part of it from your original post, BettyG - hope you don't mind:
Help Choose Change.org's Changemakers!
The Changemakers initiative aims to identify the leading activists, elected officials, authors, bloggers, actors and thought leaders who have the greatest capacity to spark change on issues of importance.
Selected Changemakers will be invited to tap into Change.org's network of more than a million readers and activists and thousands of nonprofit and blog partners to drive further social action.
You can vote on nominations below, add your own nomination, or view more information here.
***********PLEASE Vote for Andy Wilson, the documentary film-maker who made Under Our Skin. You get 10 votes and I think you can use them all for the same person. You have to come back 24 hours later. Easy to do.
This is not like signing an online petition - this actually means something. It's a legitimate vote.
aleigh, ONE VOTE PER PERSON ONLY; you can vote for 10 different people.
that was fine using what i showed above; it came in the actual email i was sent hugs
Posted by Robin123 (Member # 9197) on :
Andy is on page one again, second under Howard Dean. Over 8000 votes now!
Whenever the word goes out to vote, he goes to page one! So keep spreading the message to vote for him there. It's working, and thx to all voters!
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
8687 ... almost another 1000 viewers since your last post robin! whoopie Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
....... 9,359; page 2 no., 2nd down
around 700 plus more than earlier today; VOTE ONCE for andy please we thank you.
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
............10,207, top of PAGE 2
weekenders, please vote!! ************************
Posted by Robin123 (Member # 9197) on :
Hey, we hit a milestone mark - 10,000!!!
I hope that the folks in the film know what's going on here!
Everyone, give yourself a pat on the back for voting, and then pass the word on to others this weekend!
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
lookie now!! Profile Views: 10,944; bottom of FIRST page now.
hip hip hooray!!
Posted by Robin123 (Member # 9197) on :
It's so nice to be able to celebrate a success - this is truly remarkable that our voting keeps bumping Andy up to the first page!
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
the latest .. Profile Views: 11,579
TOP OF PAGE 2 at moment.
i did notice one on page 1 with almost 25,000 views; we've got our work cut out for us to TIE this woman's views!!
Posted by Robin123 (Member # 9197) on :
Well, no fair - some of these folks were nominated way before Andy got nominated.
Andy should make a short film about this site!
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
.... Profile Views: 11,971; TOP OF PAGE 2...
please vote.
noticed our former presidents are from 20-32,000 for bill clinton ...
Posted by Robin123 (Member # 9197) on :
Back on page one, 4th. 12,478 views. Voting matters!
Just checked the rest of the site - Andy's view count is just about in the top 20%!
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
Andy Abrahams Wilson Filmmaker
Causes: Global Health, Education
Profile Views: 12,536 ...TOP OF PAGE 2 !! *******************************************
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
Andy Abrahams Wilson Filmmaker
Causes: Global Health, Education
Profile Views: 17,240 **************************3
still time to vote!!
open eye sent out their newsletter and actress JOANNA KERNS daughter was just diagnosed with lyme disease!!
On October 26th, UNDER OUR SKIN screened at the Arclight Cinema in Hollywood as part of Variety's Screening Series of "the most anticipated movies of the season." Only a handful of documentaries were chosen for the series, which highlights films seen as possible contenders for the Oscar race.
Filmmaker Andy Abrahams Wilson and actress Joanna Kerns (above) were on hand for a lively Q&A.
Kerns spoke of the struggles with her daughter's Lyme disease, only recently diagnosed after years of health problems and misdiagnoses.
She also acknowledged how celebrities with the disease are reluctant to come forward because of fear for their careers. ******************************
On November 4th, Variety shows UNDER OUR SKIN as part of its screening series in New York, where many press and film industry representatives promise to attend.
Thanks to Turn The Corner Foundation (see below) for generously sponsoring these screenings
Posted by Robin123 (Member # 9197) on :
Tried to get the November e-newsletter to show up but it wouldn't go through. Guess anyone who wants to receive it can go sign up at their site - www.openeyepictures.com
As Betty said, it may be an Oscar documentary contender this year!
They are allowing community screenings to happen again, anywhere folks want to do them.
We can vote for the documentary in the Internet Movie Database - they said it's moved up to 37th in the list of 250 documentaries being voted upon!
We can also vote for Andy at www.change.org/changemakers A high vote means he gets to have a worldwide voice that goes out to millions of activists.
Anyone who hasn't yet cast their vote for him there can go vote - type Andy Abrahams Wilson into the search box. Let's move him from 5th page back to the first page again!
[ 11-05-2009, 11:17 PM: Message edited by: Robin123 ]
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
robin, in the newsletter he also said ...
Also, thanks to some very dedicated and crusading Lyme activists, filmmaker Andy Abrahams Wilson has been nominated as a Change.org "changemaker".
If Andy is ultimately selected, he will be invited to get spread the word to over 500,000 activists and 20,000 bloggers. Vote for Andy and help us reach more avenues and venues for impacting Lyme awareness and healthcare change.
‣ Find out more ways you can take action
so robin, he mentioned OUR persistent activism on your nominating him!! yippee.
Posted by Robin123 (Member # 9197) on :
Yes, Bettyg, we are all VDACLAs! We want to thank everyone who's participating in this vote! Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
you betcha Posted by hurtingramma (Member # 7770) on :
18,814 this morning. Keep on voting.
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
hurting gramma, thx for the update; haven't had time to stop lately hugs
Posted by Robin123 (Member # 9197) on :
Wow - that was fast! - Andy's on the first page again, with 19,709 views! Thanks to all who are spreading the word to vote for UOS filmmaker Andy Wilson as a changemaker at www.change.org/changemakers Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
wow, another 1,000 !! isn't internet wonderful on getting the word out fast? lol
[ 11-06-2009, 05:15 PM: Message edited by: bettyg ]
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
Filmmaker
Causes: Global Health, Education
Profile Views: 20,403 ***********************
up for weekenders ... he's on page 2, 3rd down now thx all for voting for our LYME cause where he can write about this, and get it to many organizations, etc. that we would NOT be able to get info too!
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
now 21,606 ... 1st page, 4th down... **************************************
newest added was bill cosby...
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
22,994 .... top of page 2 *****************************
Posted by Robin123 (Member # 9197) on :
Amazing - every time I come on here, you're reporting another 1000 views - Betty, you're a great chronicler!
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
. Andy Abrahams Wilson Filmmaker
Causes: Global Health, Education
Profile Views: 23,819 ... no. 1 on page 2 **********************************************
yes, it has been around 1000 each time 1 of us reports!!
Posted by Robin123 (Member # 9197) on :
Well, we're up another 1000, so I can report again! 24,928 views, on the first page. Good work, everyone!
Posted by Robin123 (Member # 9197) on :
My rule - report when another 1000 views.
Well, tonite, proud to say I missed the first 1000 change - we're up 2000 more, to 26,748, and on first page!
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
whoopie robin !! atta girl; the extra publicity has helped; we can see it daily. hugs
Posted by Robin123 (Member # 9197) on :
28,177 - up past another 1000 - on the first page, second spot - keep it up, folks, and thank you for spreading the word to vote for Andy Wilson as a social changemaker -
www.change.org/changemakers - if on the first page, easy - if not, do a search for his name.
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
Profile Views: 28,338 *************************
page 3, 4th down now !! *************************
Posted by Robin123 (Member # 9197) on :
Up another 2000 views, to 30,526!
And now, we're voting for a potential Oscar contending film! So keep spreading the word to vote for this film here!
www.change.org/changemakers - type Andy Abrahams Wilson in the search box
Posted by Robin123 (Member # 9197) on :
Another 2000 more views - 32,608.
And the big weigh-in on the UOS film is happening still at the Entertainment Weekly site, re its Oscar contention status -
Vote for Andy at the change.org site if you haven't already, and also add a comment at EW if you haven't yet about your opinion of the real merits of the subject...
Posted by Robin123 (Member # 9197) on :
I think thanks to the December E-newsletter from UOS coming out, there's more activity again at the change.org site to vote Andy as a changemaker - he's on the first page again.
If you haven't yet voted, or passed the word along to others to do so, the site is www.change.org/changemakers -
put Andy Abrahams Wilson in the Search box and vote for him as a changemaker. Changemakers at this site get to spread their message to millions of activists.
Also, the Entertainment Weekly comment column keeps getting longer about how serious Lyme and the UOS film are. Hundreds of protest comments at this point.
If you haven't yet seen the scathing review and would like to comment, click on the thread here in Activism about the Entertainment Weekly panning Lyme and the film.
[ 12-03-2009, 02:06 PM: Message edited by: Robin123 ]
Posted by Robin123 (Member # 9197) on :
Up 3000 more - 35,728 - keep spreading the word to vote for Andy at the change.org site - thx!
Posted by Robin123 (Member # 9197) on :
Count is 38,200 now. For anyone who hasn't yet voted, you can add your vote click. Let's keep it going in the new year - thx!
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