Oscar-Go

Updates/things to keep in mind about the van contest:

1. Obviously the website is finicky. The contest site is receiving more traffic than was anticipated- ultimately this is a good thing. Thanks for your patience while it was down for several days and then back up and then down for a few hours and back up and down for a few more hours and…well, you get the picture.

2. New promo code!!!: 586 is an additional code (posted by Agor Enterpsies) to be used to make your single vote count for five! Just to clear up any further confusion-the promo code (753, and now 586) can be used once, only, to make your vote count for 5. The code is associated with Agor Enterprises, a local dealer right here in Rochester that is helping spread word about the contest (it is by chance that we found out from them about the contest)!

3. Voting, when and from where: it appears you can only vote once in a 24 hour period, not once a day. So, for example, if you vote at 9 pm on Tuesday night, you can’t vote again until after 9 pm on Wednesday night. (At least it appears that this is how it is working). You can also only vote from each IP address once in a 24 hour period, so if you have multiple devices/computers on the same network, you can only vote once from the whole IP address (annoying, for example, that David & I can’t both vote for Oscar in the same day-but every entrant is up against the same issue).

4. Who wins and how it happens: So, after May 13, the folks running the contest will review the essays or videos of every one who is in the top 10%. Three winners will be selected from that 10%. So, what we need to do is keep Oscar in the top 10% (he is currently hovering in the top 1-2% thanks to all of YOU)! After that we hope that his cute face will win the folks over and they’ll decide to award him a van! Winners should be announced by May 21.

5. Local Press: Yes, we’re interested! Thanks to Margaret Paige, Oscar has already been featured on #the ROC Daily on Monday.

6. Fliers to hand out: Here is a van flier you can print out and share with folks to help spread the word.

7. Poetry Reading: Oscar’s mom will be giving a poetry reading in Phelps, NY (45 minutes east of Rochester) this Sunday, April 15 at 2 pm at the Phelps Art Center (15 Church Street, Phelps, New York 14532 www.phelpsartscenter.com) I will primarily be reading work related to Oscar.