NOMINATIONS RULES FOR THE 2004 PIN
This year I welcome Ruthie Cooper and Dennis Whelan, joining the Wacko Pin Committee, filling specific jobs in dealing with nominations, voting procedures, and pin promotion and advertising. I will appreciate your giving them your enthusiastic support, starting out here with posting your lighthouse nominations for Ruthie. Dennis will follow this up, by checking each nomination to determine if it meets all of our eligibility requirements as listed in the rules below. Final voting procedures a bit later on will be handled by Ruthie and Darlene Cook. Happy posting. Please give us some good choices to work with here.
KTF, Barb Hupp, Chairperson, aka Ladylightkeeper
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It is time to determine who the lucky lighthouse will be to receive the profits for their preservation activities, raised from the 2004 Wacko pin sales. Only you, as a REGISTERED member of the Collector Forums, have a chance to participate in this important activity. You are invited to take part in Phase 1 which is making nominations of needy lighthouses (be sure to read the rules below) and also in Phase 2 which is the voting process to arrive at one eligible winner. A beautiful pin will be made,featuring a photo of the Harbour Lights sculpture of this lighthouse. The pin will be available for purchase by anyone who is interested in buying it. There is no registration requirement on the Forum for just buying the pin. All profits from these sales will then be sent to the lighthouse's non-profit preservation group in charge of their restoration activities.
It is suggested that you register on the Collector Forums as soon as possible,if you are not already registered. We welcome you to this friendly lighthouse-interest group, and hope you will stay active and become an enthusiastic poster both before and after the wacko pin activity period.
If for some reason you are registered on the Forums under more than one e-mail address, you may use ONLY ONE address and name for your nomination postings and voting. This name and address must stay consistent throughout this 2004
campaign. If for some reason you have to change your e-mail address, you will need to notify Darlene Cook of this at
bugqueen@earthlink.net so that your eligibility will be clearly maintained.
The committee reserves the right to void any multiple nominations and multiple votes made by one same person using multiple names/email addresses,and by any unregistered persons. It is easy and FREE to register on the Collector Forums, so there should be no problem here in being an eligible participant.
We welcome new members to the Forums, be it from the Harbour Lights Collector Society, the many lighthouse clubs and organizations, the collector clubs, or those who just love lighthouses and want to see them preserved. And we hope you will become active posters and join the fun. Just remember, the key word here is you must REGISTER to join in this Wacko Pin activity. Our goal is to raise as much money as possible to donate to the winning lighthouse, for its preservation activities. If you have any questions on HOW to register, please contact Darlene at
bugqueen@earthlink.net From time to time, Forum members make comments which might help you in your decisions of which lighthouses to nominate: "Any light that receives our donations should be one that is publicly accessible and welcomes visitors, not
one that is privately owned which should accept responsibility for its own upkeep." "There are lighthouses out there which are not as well-publicized nor have such big volunteer groups, but still have needs for funding their restoration activities, be it a large or smaller
project." "Our funding might make a difference on a lighthouse's one small project that needs immediate attention or stabilizing."
Please keep all of the above comments and requirements in mind as you read over the following specific instructions. Then start in with posting your nominations, which need to be put
ONLY on this Lighthouse Preservation Forum. 1. Think of this Phase 1 Nomination process as a primary election. The lighthouses which appear the MOST times will end up on the Phase 2 final
voting list later on.
2. You may post up to 10 United States lighthouse nominations. You don't have
to post all 10 at one time.
3. Only those nominations posted on this Lighthouse Preservation Forum will be
tallied and considered.If you wish to post them gradually, please do NOT revise your original post, but make an additional post(s), to make the tally process easier for Ruthie.
4. If someone has already posted lighthouses that you were interested in posting, that is fine. Post them again under your name. remember, those which appear as nominations the most times will end up on the final slate --- if
they meet our criteria.
5. Look at all parts of the U.S. for needy lighthouses. They do not have to be located in the area you live in. Maybe you saw some as you traveled to other regions. We would hope to spread our help out to all regions eventually.
6. It is most helpful to all participating in this project, if you could post a website address, a link to your nominated lights, a link to an article or photo of those lights , or even post your own photos showing the specific
material need for restoration. This will eventually help everyone in evaluating the most needy lighthouse and give a basis for their vote.
7. Be sure that the lighthouses you nominate are either owned or contractually operated by a non-profit organization, and are either currently doing restoration work or have it in the planning stages to begin within the next
year. A good source for researching which lights meet these criteria is the Lighthouse Digest Magazine, published by the Lighthouse Depot of Wells, Maine. Also check the Internet Index of Lighthouse Links which has been compiled by
John Chidester and gives links to most lighthouses. It can be accessed at
http://www.harbourlights.com/links/index.htm 8. All lighthouses MUST have a registered and active non-profit group in place. Restoration work must be in progress or about to start within the next year. The money we donate must be put to real and current use. Dennis will be
checking out each nomination to determine if it meets our criteria in order to remain on the nomination list.
9. A nominated lighthouse must be an ORIGINAL light, not one being built as a reproduction of a past light or a new light being built for a tourist site. Nor may this lighthouse be privately owned. It may not be owned by any
federal, state or municipal group UNLESS there is some legal in-place group or statute which allows for donated money to be used directly for the light's restoration and the money will not go into any general government fund.Historical preservation is the KEY concept for our group.
10. Any lighthouse nominated MUST have already had a sculpture of it made by Harbour Lights, as this is the basis of our unique photo pin Design. Little Lights of Mine (LLOM) are not eligible due to their small size and limited
detailing, which would not allow for a quality detailed photo for the design process.
11. Any lighthouses nominated in past years which still meet our criteria may be nominated again, exclusive of past winners: Morris Island, SC, St. George Reef, CA, Southeast Light on Block Island, RI and Bodie Island, NC.
12. The committee reserves the right to use the runner-up after voting, if the first place winner does not wish to participate in the project, or if it does not respond to the committee within a reasonable time frame with all written legal permissions, so that we can meet our design and production deadlines.
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Deadline for nominations is Sunday, May 18, 2003 at midnight Pacific Time. 14. Ruthie will then tally the nominations and post on this Forum the top nominees for the election, following Dennis' confirmation of their
eligibility. The dates and rules for the final voting procedures will be posted at the appropriate time on this same Forum.
The committee welcomes you, both old and new registrants, to participate in this project as a way of showing your interest and dedication to saving our lighthouses. Information on how to order this 2004 pin, 5th in our series of
highly collectible pins, will be posted here later in the year. It takes almost a calendar year to complete a pin project and come back here full cycle. Thank you for your support.
Again, deadline for nominations is Sunday, May 18, at midnight Pacific Time. The Wacko 2004 pin committee:
Barbara Hupp, Coordinator, Lamar Bevil, Darlene Cook, Ruthie Cooper, Henry Hupp, Dennis Whelan
