Update: We have 61 votes! Please sign up and send in some more votes!. The most popular proposal has 2698 votes. I think we need around 900 votes to be in top 25. 
Thanks everyone!
I have an American Express Card, and I received an e-mail from them about the Members Project that they are sponsoring. I am not sure how well known this is, but I checked it out and found it to be interesting.
Here is the snippet of the e-mail that I received:
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So, thinking about AchillesBlog.com and seeing first hand the benefit of online social network (community support) when it’s centered around our personal experiences with the recovery, I drew up a proposal.
If you are curious, here it is: Online Community Proposal for the Members Project
If you are interested in voting for this project, all you need is an e-mail address to register.
(You don’t need to be an American Express card holder .)
The project proposal can be modified until Aug 19th, 2008 so I am open to suggestions.
The deadline for the voting is September 1, 2008, but the sooner you vote, the more attention it’ll get, and the more attention it gets, the more vote the project proposal will receive.. you get the idea.
Thanks!
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24 responses so far ↓
1 dennis
// Aug 12, 2008 at 11:47 pm
Common folks!
For the Members Project, I have just 5 votes! Please register and send some love my way.
2 annieh
// Aug 13, 2008 at 5:58 am
LETS GET THOSE VOTES IN FOR DENNIS.
DENNIS IS OUR HERO, LETS SEE HIM GET THE PRAISE HE DESERVES
Annie
3 kristinatl
// Aug 13, 2008 at 8:59 am
Hey! I voted. Hope you get tons of votes. C’mon everyone..take 2 sec’s and do it for Dennis.
4 Tennisjunkie
// Aug 13, 2008 at 10:07 am
Done!
5 hoss
// Aug 13, 2008 at 10:56 pm
Just voted. Let’s go everyone! With 164 bloggers, we should at least get that many votes. Plus friends, family, etc. Good luck Dennis.
6 dennis
// Aug 14, 2008 at 1:01 am
Thanks everyone! I now have 11 votes.
Looking forward to getting more votes for the project proposal!
7 annieh
// Aug 14, 2008 at 5:35 am
Come on, lets have more signatures for Dennis, got my hubby, son, brother and a couple of friends to sign on this morning. Hopefully some more friends by tomorrow.
Walked a fair distance again yesterday, then went shopping, and tonight going to the football so walking again. Just using the one stick (used only in case I need it) swelling has gone down quite a bit recently, putting that down to more natural exercise of just walking. Getting better every day.
VOTE FOR DENNIS !!!!
Annie
Annie
8 nerys
// Aug 14, 2008 at 10:11 am
this site has been a god send especially the first weeks when you dont know whats happening , feeling down and need help and advice . thank you dennis for starting this site and my vote has been sent x nerys , wales ,uk .
9 Marianne
// Aug 14, 2008 at 11:31 am
I’m vote number 21 —Dennis, I so appreciate all the support and advice I have received on this site……words cannot express my gratitude
Marianne
10 » Doc Visit & Pic - 10 wks, 4 days Foot_Fault // Aug 18, 2008 at 3:25 pm
[...] http://achillesblog.com/dennis/2008/08/08/have-you-heard-of-the-members-project/ [...]
11 sheila
// Aug 19, 2008 at 10:41 am
Did you link that back to this page, Dennis? I put the link at the top of my post yesterday to promote it, but odd that it is showing up here. :-O
12 dennis
// Aug 19, 2008 at 12:34 pm
sheila - not sure what that is. But anyway, we have 34 votes so far. We need about 600 votes to be in top 25!
Everyone, if you haven’t voted, please do so.
13 hilary13
// Aug 20, 2008 at 3:24 am
Dennis,
Once again, thank you for this valuable site.
You got my vote!
hilary
14 jamie
// Aug 20, 2008 at 10:04 am
This site rocks! Thanks Dennis. I just voted. Lets go everybody get voting !
15 daveleft
// Aug 20, 2008 at 5:47 pm
You’ve got my votes. Why have multiple email accounts if you don’t use ‘em?
16 dennis
// Aug 20, 2008 at 8:41 pm
daveleft - thanks! 39 votes and counting.
Goal is to get to 600.
17 mbargo
// Aug 20, 2008 at 9:26 pm
vote has been cast! I was 41
18 dennis
// Aug 21, 2008 at 11:23 pm
Update: We now have 45 votes! Please sign up and send some more love my way. The most popular proposal has 2500 votes, but we are catching up! I think we need around 600 votes to be in top 25.
Thanks everyone!
19 Sheila
// Aug 22, 2008 at 9:35 am
I don’t usually blast emails to my contacts, but this is one I’m going to do, asking that they vote as well. Off to write send it now.
20 dennis
// Aug 22, 2008 at 9:35 pm
Update: We now have 57 votes!
21 dennis
// Aug 22, 2008 at 9:36 pm
Sheila - thanks for your votes!
22 dennis
// Aug 24, 2008 at 11:50 pm
Update: We have 61 votes! Please sign up and send in some more votes. The most popular proposal has 2698 votes. I think we need around 900 votes to be in top 25.
Thanks everyone!
23 withnail
// Aug 26, 2008 at 3:08 pm
Done. Voted and hope you get many more. Thanks for providing this amazing place Dennis.
24 dennis
// Aug 26, 2008 at 7:06 pm
withnail - thanks for the vote! Glad that you’ve found the site to be helpful!
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