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.
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thx aleigh and maps for voting
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
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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!
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8687 ... almost another 1000 viewers since your last post robin! whoopie
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....... 9,359; page 2 no., 2nd down
around 700 plus more than earlier today; VOTE ONCE for andy please we thank you.
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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!
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lookie now!! Profile Views: 10,944; bottom of FIRST page now.
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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!
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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!!
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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%!
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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
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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!
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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.
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Yes, Bettyg, we are all VDACLAs! We want to thank everyone who's participating in this vote! Posts: 13171 | From San Francisco | Registered: May 2006
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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/changemakersPosts: 13171 | From San Francisco | Registered: May 2006
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wow, another 1,000 !! isn't internet wonderful on getting the word out fast? lol
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!
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Amazing - every time I come on here, you're reporting another 1000 views - Betty, you're a great chronicler!
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. 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!!
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Well, we're up another 1000, so I can report again! 24,928 views, on the first page. Good work, everyone!
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Well, tonite, proud to say I missed the first 1000 change - we're up 2000 more, to 26,748, and on first page!
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whoopie robin !! atta girl; the extra publicity has helped; we can see it daily. hugs
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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 -
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...
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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.
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Up 3000 more - 35,728 - keep spreading the word to vote for Andy at the change.org site - thx!
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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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