Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 09:17:51 -0700 (PDT)
From: Tim Rhodes <proftim@speakeasy.org>
To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
Subject: Re: Field Testing Meme Transmission.
In-Reply-To: <33C45440.1EAE@catskill.net>
It looks like we may be able to get this project off the ground. If
anyone wishes to be involved, please e-mail me.
On Wed, 9 Jul 1997, Ken McE wrote:
> =09Some thoughts about this idea. Find a sponsor who has already donated
> to something worthy in the past, and is planning to do so again. Piggy
> back this project onto an existing donation. They get free advertising
> in return for doing what they were planning to do anyway. Or find a
> real cancer child, preferably one who is on the net.
I have some friends that do fundraising for non-profits. I'll be picking
their brains in the coming days.
> =09You will need either software or volunteers to measure the mutation
> rate in your responses. I hereby volunteer. What are you going to
> count as distance from carrier to carrier in cyberspace?
I hadn't considered it, but if anyone has any suggestions...
> =09I would like to suggest that several completely different copies of th=
e
> appeal be launched. A formal English version and a low (vernacular)
> English version are obvious beginnings. The different versions would
> lead to several different web sites, so as to have a good match between
> site and letter.
A good idea.
> =09I hate the thought (shudder) of doing anything to encourage SPAM, but =
I
> have a copy of some kind of net trash that offers a free web site if you
> correspond with them. [clip]
David McFadzean, admistrator of the Chuch of Virus page and mailing list
amoung many other projects, has most generiously offered us a webpage,
e-mail and a domian name to use. Thank you, David!=20
> =09At the site(s) I would suggest we have the following: Ad(s) for
> sponsor(s). A dollar-o-meter- something like a thermometer that goes up
> as donations come in. A clear written promise that we will not sell or
> give away the names of respondents. Some judicious words stating that
> statistical studies may be done regarding responses. This way the truth
> is present, in writing, even if modestly put.
Another good idea.
> =93Just blame it all on those pesky memes.=94 - W. L. Benzon
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