## 2010 Charity Winners -17 Feb 2011 UPDATE

[inhouston]

Closing DOW 31 Dec 2010 11,577.51

1st phrange - 11,400
(waiting for Charity)

2nd garp - 11,367
(waiting for Charity)

3rd gdgyva - 11,250
Coalition for the homeless
1234 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington, DC 20005
fax: [phone]
ph: 202-347-8870

4th hopslover 12,000 - waiting for charity

5th Virgil - 11,125
Akron-Canton Food bank
350 Opportunity Parkway
Akron, OH 44307-2234
[phone]

[inhouston]

I did a name search on these boards for:

1st place phrange
2nd place garp
4th place hopslover

Do any of the old MODS have the E-mail addresses from the old MSN boards to contact?

I am going to "MSN BUNDLE" to see if I can find a response over there...
(when I get back in town Thurs/Fri)

[scaredshirtless]

Or does anyone else know any of the former three?

Sorry - I don't.

Welcome back. (Wry grin)

This charity thing has turned into a fair amount of work for ya. I'm sorry for that - it was a great thing.

If I can help...

[Deleted]

In Houston

Thank you for PM...and most especially thank you and the other donors for the check to my charity

They do good work...and every little bit helps

I appreciate the follow through....

[scaredshirtless]

Suggestion for this year Mr Houston;

You need a rule that a prediction must come with a charity. No charity, no prediction. Everyone would understand why.

Just thinking ahead - if we can't find the winners and their charities. Would you consider redistributing amongst the ones we could find. I was going to suggest applying to next year but the fundraiser in me likes to see it used as soon as possible. Worry about next year - next year?

Food for thought.

[neohguy]

Congratulations gdgyva. Check was sent today.
Special thanks to Virgil for picking my favorite charity. Donation made today.

[Virgil Showlion]

Wow. I missed most of this over the past few days. This morning I was putting out fires with the (apparently not-so-) enhanced karma feature. Incidentally, a big round of applause for neoh, who (so far as I know), has the highest karma per post (karma density) of anyone on the boards.

Regarding the charity:

• Mods didn't have access to e-mail addresses on the old boards. It's unfortunate, but if phrange, hopslover and garp didn't come over to the new boards, there aren't many options for tracking them down.
• Shirtless' idea about the no-charity-no-play is excellent.
• Many thanks to the anonymous donor. May God bless you for your charity.

[inhouston]

This charity thing has turned into a fair amount of work for ya. I'm sorry for that - it was a great thing.

Actually Shirtless -
not as bad as it appears -
just a lot happened with me & my family
(all at the same time)

1) I was trying to arrange care for my mother Nov/Dec
2) MSN shut down their boards
3) Mother passed away

4) Then a whole lot of stuff
(you already know most of it - I think)

[inhouston]

gddyva & neoguy

Your charity checks are being written / sent - as I post

Was trying to track down the other 3 winners also -
to send them all at once

That may not happen

[inhouston]

You need a rule that a prediction must come with a charity. No charity, no prediction. Everyone would understand why.

Shirtless - that is an excellent idea

And so it will be implimented - as rule #1