I've gone through the first three pages of twelve of the contestants, and few have over 1,000 votes. Many have less than ten votes. That Devoted Barn has nearly 40,000 makes me wonder if all the votes are legitimate.
Online voting counts for 20%.
Who goes to finalist judging is not clear to me. "The top 30." The top 30 in online voting, I guess.
One $50,000 prize will be awarded and six $5,000 prizes.
Thanks for the link. I would feel bad making fun of Melissa Z., single mother of five kids, but some parts of her story made me raise my eyebrows.
Mainly what I'm thinking: Her poor kids.
Who are these Devotees of The Barn? I'm frightened!
A panel of judges awards prizes (or is there only one prize?). I'll have to read the rules again to find out who gets to be considered by the panel.
This is what I wrote:
Dear Working Group Members:
I am a 64 year old ME/CFS patient who has been ill for 48 years. My mother, although never officially diagnosed with ME/CFS, was also ill, possibly as early as her teens in the 1940s. I am sorry to say that I am not well enough, or...
MEAction is conducting a survey in response to the request for information (RFI) from the NIH. They will submit the results to the NIH. You have until midnight (EST) Wednesday, the 22nd of June to take the survey.
The Facebook ME/CFS fundraising administrators have set up a closed group for this contest. Ask to join this group if you want a daily reminder to vote: https://www.facebook.com/groups/249243832117548/
The National Institutes of Health has issued a Request for Information titled "Soliciting Input for New Research Strategies for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome ME/CFS." This is the email address: MECFSRFI@mail.nih.gov . The deadline is the 24th of June.
As far as I know...
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