Ok folks, so I'm finally making the leap into the world of writing diaries. Ah can you remember the first time you hit the send button ... the excitement, the trepidation! Until now I've relegated myself to recommending diaries but the time is now to jump in head first (well, ok maybe feet first). Remember, I'm Netroots Nation's Development Director and this is officially my first one so please be kind!
In all seriousness, we’re really excited about this auction and the amazing amount of support we've seen from everyone so far. On Friday all of us here at Netroots Nation set a goal of getting bids on more than 50% of our 220 auction items by Sunday night, and you blasted through that goal. We awoke this morning to find the percentage somewhere around 54%.
Today we reset the goal to 70% by Tuesday night and we're already at 59% as of the writing of this diary. In short, you’re all awesome!
But it ain’t over yet ... we need your continued support to zoom past the 70% mark, so head over to http://www.netrootsnation.org/..., find something that doesn't have a bid and make one.
I want to tell you about a few of my favorite items,
First, we have 3 signed copies of Michael Singer's The Untethered Soul, here's a link to one of them that doesn't have a bid yet: http://is.gd/.... You’ll have to fight me for this one as I’m a hot yoga enthusiast who’s always looking for a little Zen.
Secondly, we have 1 year's worth of Jody's popcorn of the month that we just added today, go check it out here. Jody’s from my hometown of Virginia Beach, site of today’s McPalin rally, and she’s running for Lieutenant Governor in ‘09. Chunky Choco Toffee Drizzle and Recipe 53 Caramel Corn (Jody’s husband, a doctor and scientist, developed this recipe) are our family favorites.
Finally, folks have donated a ton of fabulous jewelry this year. You can check all that out here. It would be a shame for any of these items to go without home, so ladies, go bid!
We truly grateful for your support and we can't meet this new goal without your help. But if previous goals are an indication I'm sure we'll blow through this one pronto.