[Volunteers] Darwin150: we are growing, new website, e-mail to send to Boston friends

[Phil Terry]

Gerardo and everyone,

See the updates below - but please - do what you can to invite Boston- 
area folks to the lecture at Harvard on September 16 (the e-mail is  
below).

Our growth rate has jumped significantly from growing 20 members a day  
to something like 600 a day. It's our fastest growth rate in months.

Congratulations to everyone for all you are doing:

1. Gerardo Camilo at St. Louis University
> just made announcements in first two gen bio (~300 kids in each) plus
> biometry and general ecology (ask them to join too).  I'll be making
> announcements for another two gen bio sections (another 300) as well
> as evolution sections (4 sections), and general ecology. Katie
> McKinnon (anthropology) will be doing the same on her side of campus.
> Keep an eye on membership numbers to see if we start increasing
> faster.

2. So Young launched our new website: Darwin150.com
Go checkout the great site that So Young built for us!
http://www.Darwin150.com

3. Quinn, Chris and others are posting on blogs and magazines around  
the Net
Checkout the Facebook page for all the links or this article that  
Quinn found and commented on (and so did I):
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/46588/description/Bomb-tastic_new_worms

Note if you find an article on the web to comment on then sign your  
name like this:

Phil Terry
Volunteer, Darwin150 Facebook campaign
On our way to 1 million, help us get there
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=53320310123

4. Kendall's database of 3,400 biology professors around the country
Kendall put together a database of more than *3,400* biologists at  
leading universities around the country and we e-mailed them yesterday.

So much more to say.

5. Production for the Sept 16 lecture
Kendall and I are meeting today to review all the logistics for the  
upcoming lecture at Harvard on September 16. Please invite everyone  
you know in the Boston area to attend that lecture (see template below).

Thanks!

Phil

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Template for Boston invites

Please join us at Harvard Wednesday, September 16 at 8pm for the
kickoff of the Reading Odyssey's Darwin150 lecture series -
celebrating the 150th anniversary of the publication of Darwin's
great book, "On the Origin of Species."

Will you join us for this wonderful (and free) evening at the
Harvard Science Center?

If yes, then register for free here: (and we'll send you the exact  
directions)
http://Darwinlecture1.eventbrite.com

Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Speaker: EVERETT MENDELSOHN
Professor Emeritus, Harvard University
Lecture 1: The World Before Darwin
Harvard Science Center
8:00 PM EST

Co-sponsored by the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology and the
Reading Odyssey, Professor Mendeloshn's talk will draw from his
popular undergraduate course, "The Darwinian Revolution" as well
as his many decades studying the history of science and the
impact of Darwin.

Thanks to our sponsors for helping to make this campaign
possible: National Geographic, Harvard Museum of Comparative
Zoology, Citrix Online and their HiDef teleconferencing division,
Campaign Monitor and our advisor, Harvard Professor John Dowling.

I look forward to your response.

I hope you can join us!

Best,

[Yourname]

[Yourname]
Volunteer, Darwin150 Campaign
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=53320310123
http://www.Darwin150.com

P.S. Scientists who have participated in our campaign, helped us
design the series or lent us their name/support for our efforts
this year include:

- Dr. George Amato, American Museum of Natural History
- Professor Baker, Columbia; Director, Coral Research Lab
- Professor Sean B. Carroll, University of Wisconsin
- Professor Rodolfo Dirzo at Stanford
- Professor John Dowling at Harvard
- Dr. John Durant, MIT Museum
- Professor Marc Hauser at Harvard
- Professor Jonathan Losos at Harvard
- Professor Everett Mendelsohn at Harvard
- Professor Olsen, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory,
Columbia University
- Dr. Ploegh, Whitehead Institute, MIT
- Professor Peter Raven at Washington University, President
Missouri Botanical Garden
- Professor Maryellen Ruvolo at Harvard
- John Rennie, Editor-in-Chief, Scientific American
- Professor Laurie Santos at Yale
- Professor Jonathan Weiner, Columbia
- Professor E.O. Wilson, Harvard