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withallmyheart
01-09-2008, 11:10 AM
Meetup #37 will be running 3 ads in the Desert Valley Times - this Friday, next Tuesday and next Friday. (Newspaper is published Tuesday and Friday). It will be quarter page ads unless we get more money. There is another paper, the Mesquite Local News that is published once a week on Thursdays that we'd also like to run the ad if we have the money.

Here is the ad (sorry, I don't know how to put the picture here):
quarter page ad for Friday, Jan 11th
http://files.meetup.com/497390/DesertValleyTimesNV_RonPaul_Ad_v2.gif

half page or full page ads will look like this except the date will be removed:
http://files.meetup.com/497390/Ron%20Paul%202008%20Poster%20-%20We%20the%20People.pdf
http://files.meetup.com/497390/Ron%20Paul%202008%20Poster%20-%20We%20the%20People.pdf

Any money you can send our way will buy larger ads. Here's the chipin account to donate: http://ronpaulstgeorgemeetup.chipin.com/ron-paul-newspaper-ads-in-mesquite-nevada

Thanks.

withallmyheart
01-09-2008, 01:03 PM
Half page is better. Full page would be great. :D

Please donate to chipin.

Thanks.

withallmyheart
01-09-2008, 04:06 PM
bump for funds

NEVADA caucus is next Saturday (Jan 19)

Funds needed by Friday 10:00 am MST for Tuesday's ad.

Thank you.

withallmyheart
01-09-2008, 05:29 PM
Thank you to the 2 donors.

Can we get some more donations? Please.

UtahApocalypse
01-09-2008, 05:32 PM
I am in Salt Lake, if you all need help in Mesquite let me know. I can maybe drive out or take the fun bus.

withallmyheart
01-09-2008, 08:58 PM
bump

bucfish
01-09-2008, 09:03 PM
bump

me3
01-10-2008, 12:06 AM
Meetup #37 will be running 3 ads in the Desert Valley Times - this Friday, next Tuesday and next Friday. (Newspaper is published Tuesday and Friday). It will be quarter page ads unless we get more money. There is another paper, the Mesquite Local News that is published once a week on Thursdays that we'd also like to run the ad if we have the money.

Here is the ad (sorry, I don't know how to put the picture here):
quarter page ad for Friday, Jan 11th
http://files.meetup.com/497390/DesertValleyTimesNV_RonPaul_Ad_v2.gif

half page or full page ads will look like this except the date will be removed:
http://files.meetup.com/497390/Ron%20Paul%202008%20Poster%20-%20We%20the%20People.pdf


Any money you can send our way will buy larger ads. Here's the chipin account to donate: http://ronpaulstgeorgemeetup.chipin.com/ron-paul-newspaper-ads-in-mesquite-nevada

Thanks.
Bump! Please donate!

me3
01-10-2008, 08:04 AM
BumP!

withallmyheart
01-10-2008, 11:00 AM
bump

Yom
01-10-2008, 11:11 AM
bump.

withallmyheart
01-10-2008, 11:26 AM
Would someone paste the half page ad copy on this page? I don't know how to do it.

mconder
01-10-2008, 11:34 AM
Would someone paste the half page ad copy on this page? I don't know how to do it.

Save it as a jpeg on your meetup site, then click the little insert image button on your post here and insert the URL. It will show up. Like so....

http://photos4.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/6/e/5/7/event_2848247.jpeg

http://photos2.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/e/6/7/2/event_1678994.jpeg

These two images are from the Meetup 37 website.

Ilhaguru
01-10-2008, 01:20 PM
Definitely the full page. You gotta have something about the war in there, and preferably the PATRIOT Act too.

That's how you get peoples attention.

withallmyheart
01-10-2008, 11:05 PM
Definitely the full page. You gotta have something about the war in there, and preferably the PATRIOT Act too.

That's how you get peoples attention.

If we raise more money we'd love to do the full page ad.

Our audience is LDS so that is why we used this approach.

Only 2 people have donated.

Please donate ...the deadline for Tuesday's paper is tomorrow, Friday at 100:00 PST.

Matt Collins
01-11-2008, 12:12 AM
You should spend money instead on your local conservative talk radio station. Preferably the one that carries Rush and/or Hannity and/or Savage as it will have the most listeners.


The money will be most effective in that medium on that channel.

withallmyheart
01-11-2008, 01:36 PM
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withallmyheart
01-11-2008, 03:29 PM
Tuesday ad was cancelled.

withallmyheart
01-11-2008, 09:00 PM
Friday night bump for funds.

Thank you to all of you who have donated so far. Your contribution is very much appreciated.

me3
01-11-2008, 09:25 PM
Meetup #37 will be running 3 ads in the Desert Valley Times - this Friday, next Tuesday and next Friday. (Newspaper is published Tuesday and Friday). It will be quarter page ads unless we get more money. There is another paper, the Mesquite Local News that is published once a week on Thursdays that we'd also like to run the ad if we have the money.

Here is the ad (sorry, I don't know how to put the picture here):
quarter page ad for Friday, Jan 11th
http://files.meetup.com/497390/DesertValleyTimesNV_RonPaul_Ad_v2.gif

half page or full page ads will look like this except the date will be removed:
http://files.meetup.com/497390/Ron%20Paul%202008%20Poster%20-%20We%20the%20People.pdf


Any money you can send our way will buy larger ads. Here's the chipin account to donate: http://ronpaulstgeorgemeetup.chipin.com/ron-paul-newspaper-ads-in-mesquite-nevada

Thanks.
Bump! Please donate!

withallmyheart
01-12-2008, 06:03 PM
bump

Molly1
01-14-2008, 01:55 AM
Have you passed your deadline for this?

Knightskye
01-14-2008, 01:07 PM
Bump

Oliver
01-14-2008, 01:25 PM
*blimp*

Edu
01-14-2008, 01:31 PM
Who are you? Got FEC info? Are you a PAC?

No verifiable info, no money!

(anyone can set up a "chipin" account or meetup group, sorry)

withallmyheart
01-14-2008, 02:28 PM
Who are you? Got FEC info? Are you a PAC?

No verifiable info, no money!

(anyone can set up a "chipin" account or meetup group, sorry)

Why the hostility?
No verifiable info? Did you look at the first post. MU #37. Check it out!
I am the organizer for MU #37, 259 and 1341. The links to our MU are in the opening post.
No, we're not a PAC. We members of the Meetup from St. George, UT who have been funneling our efforts into NV to help the NV campaign.

What FEC info are you referring to?

And, BTW, Friday's ad didn't run because of some glitch at the Desert Valley Times in Mesquite, NV. An organization of which I have nothing to do with. But if you would like confirmation on that also you can call them up. They will be running the ad tomorrow to make up for the one they failed to run on Friday. We will be running a half page ad on Friday in the same paper. We will also be running a half page ad in the MESQUITE LOCAL NEWS on Thursday.

If I sound upset I am. I've been working Ron Paul related stuff since 9:00 AM this morning and I'm still trying to get to Mesquite today. Mesquite, BTW is a 45 minute drive, one way through a winding mountain (Virgin River Gorge) that has construction going on all the time.

That's all.

VoluntaryMan
01-14-2008, 05:59 PM
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Edu
01-14-2008, 08:36 PM
Not trying to be hostile, just careful, and helpful. Lots of threads saying "hurry" with no verifiable information.
If you are asking for money you should expect people to ask for information so they can be comfortable about donating. You should be ready with verifiable information.
A PAC takes a while to form, you may want to look into using an existing PAC.
Check the FEC site, anything over $250 (I think) needs to be reported, sorry.
For both sides protection, your chipin should be linked from your MU group site and vice versa, this makes it hard for someone to say they are your group.
http://ronpaul.meetup.com/37/
No good deed goes unpunished, I already got flack for this (from elsewhere).

withallmyheart
01-14-2008, 09:24 PM
EDU, sorry for the sound off.

Thanks for the info.

I don't know how to link the chipin to the Meetup group.

Edu
01-14-2008, 09:44 PM
I don't know how to link the chipin to the Meetup group.I think it would be easy if one of the main "Organizers" posted the link in the place called "What's New?" that shows up when you first bring up the group.

firebirdnation
01-14-2008, 09:47 PM
Those are some nice ads!

Leslie Webb
01-14-2008, 10:21 PM
You should spend money instead on your local conservative talk radio station. Preferably the one that carries Rush and/or Hannity and/or Savage as it will have the most listeners.


The money will be most effective in that medium on that channel.

Wonder whether radio ads are the most effective. The members of the Jefferson County meetup in Iowa (Ron Paul won Jefferson County with about 35% of the vote) found that registered Republicans were the most difficult voting group to persuade. Instead they worked on independents, Democrats, and nonvoters to go for Ron Paul. These people don't listen to Rush and Hannity.

I doubt that a 30 second Ron Paul radio ad is going to convert many Rush and Hannity listeners. We have to make strong arguments against the war and show one cannot be a fiscal conservative and be for the war. A well-argued newspaper ad, with hard facts and figures about the cost of the Iraq War, would be a better way of making our case to the hard-core registered Republicans. .

withallmyheart
01-15-2008, 12:02 AM
EDU, done through the message board which puts it in "What's new".

Edu
01-16-2008, 05:10 AM
Bump

And one more suggestion, the first line or two of a message shows up in the "Whats new" part, so put the chipin link first thing on one post. And you might want to add the meetup link to your first post here too.

withallmyheart
01-17-2008, 04:30 PM
Just wanted to thank everyone for their support and contribution to this campaign.

D.H., the private email I sent to your e-address was blocked/returned. Thank you very much for your contribution.