<div dir="ltr">And again, the link to vote is<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; "><b><a href="http://goldenpaintcanawards.wetpaint.com/page/Local+Motion" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); ">http://goldenpaintcanawards.wetpaint.com/page/Local+Motion</a> </b></span></div>
<div><br></div><div>- A</div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 10:42 AM, Dwight Holmes <<a href="mailto:dwightrholmes@gmail.com">dwightrholmes@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Thanks, Rob. And for any one who hasn't already voted, you can vote<br>
thru July 23rd... after sweeping into 1st place back after I first<br>
posted about it here, we've now slipped into a tie for 3rd (out of 5)<br>
- well at least we're ahead of Hyattsville ;-)<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>
<br>
On 7/18/08, Robert Oppenheim <<a href="mailto:Rob.Oppenheim@comcast.net">Rob.Oppenheim@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> Did you see this in the Gazette?<br>
</div>> Local Web Sites Up For AwardsThe Hyattsville and Riverdale Park wiki-web<br>
<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">> sites were chosen out of<br>
> more than 1 million such sites to win the best local site award in the first<br>
> annual Golden Paint Can Award competition. [To be more precise, the<br>
> RP wiki won a spot in the top 5 - with the ultimate winner still to be<br>
> decided by popular vote.]<br>
><br>
> The competition recognizes wikis in 15 categories and is conducted<br>
> by Wetpaint.com, which hosts the wiki sites. There are three other<br>
> wikis nominated in the "Local Motion" category, in addition to the<br>
> Hyattsville and Riverdale Park sites. Those local sites are based in<br>
> communities in Scotland, India, and Dallas, Texas.<br>
><br>
> (above is by Elahe Izadi, page A-3, Jul 17, 2008 Gazette)<br>
><br>
> Wetpaint.com writes:<br>
> Welcome to the first annual<br>
> Wetpaint Golden Paint Can Awards!We searched the Wetpaint network high and<br>
> low to round up the cream of<br>
> the wiki crop in 15 categories! With over 1,000,000 sites to choose from,<br>
> this was no easy task, so we used a combination of site data, community<br>
> member nominations, and Wetpaint employee input to narrow down<br>
> the list. Voting ends on July 23.<br>
><br>
> (above from <a href="http://goldenpaintcanawards.wetpaint.com" target="_blank">http://goldenpaintcanawards.wetpaint.com</a> ).<br>
> How To Vote<br>
> To view our competing sites and to vote (hopefully for the RP Wiki) go to<br>
> <a href="http://goldenpaintcanawards.wetpaint.com/page/Local+Motion" target="_blank">http://goldenpaintcanawards.wetpaint.com/page/Local+Motion</a><br>
> (or go to <a href="http://www.rpmd.us" target="_blank">www.rpmd.us</a> and you will find a link there to the above).<br>
><br>
> It's a great honor to be nominated. Way to go Dwight and all the<br>
> contributors to the RP wiki! Dwight Holmes started the RP wiki a<br>
> year ago (July 9, 2007) and has written a ton of the site himself.<br>
><br>
> A wiki is a web site that everyone can contribute to. Its easy too.<br>
> Check it out - it has lots of good info on Riverdale Park and you<br>
> are welcome to add your 2 cents too!<br>
><br>
> The RP wiki is located at<br>
> <a href="http://rpwiki.wetpaint.com/" target="_blank">http://rpwiki.wetpaint.com/</a><br>
> (An alternate address for the wiki is <a href="http://www.rpmd.us" target="_blank">www.rpmd.us</a> ).<br>
><br>
> -Rob<br>
><br>
><br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Alice Ewen Walker<br>Councilwoman, Ward 1<br>Town of Riverdale Park
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