Thanks for the nominations and the spot.

I will take #25.



And in that spot, I select the Cure Alzheimer's Fund.

Grumble. This is why I'm not a fake tax lawyer. Thought you guys could deduct from US income.

I'll change #7 to the War Amps. They help cripples and kids and stuff. The Canadian branch gets A+ ratings but the lolAmerica one prolly gets more blowed up people so they need your $$$ too.

I'll go with #31 and doctors without borders.

I appreciate the nomination my good sirs.

I'll take number 13 and the charity will be updated after I do a bit of research.

Just wanted to post that this is an awesome thing you guys are doing. Posting to sub.

I'll take #3 for my boy Pete Frates.

Charity will be Compassionate Care ALS

This place helped my friend Dan tremendously with very expensive equipment provided at no charge. ALS home care is very challenging and draining enough as it is.

Miss you buddy...




Funny side story starring our very own daryn:

Dan was a really good poker player just starting to have success at the top levels and was deep in the WPT main at Foxwoods. And so was our boy daryn. They are down to two tables.

A hand is being dealt and the dealer flips one of Mimi Tran's card. She is pretty snotty about it and berates the dealer in some way. daryn gets it all in and she calls and has AA and knocks him out in 9th.

Gobbo,

$50 sent. $20 will go on 22. Will pick three more numbers when the charities are all picked.

Lock up #25 for LKJ and the Cure Alzheimer's Fund!

Lock up #31 for Fabian and Doctors Without Borders!

Lock up #3 for 27offsuit and Compassionate Care ALS!


Current status:

#	user	charity
0	?	?
32	?	?
15	Yakmelk	Asperger/Autism Network
19	?	?
4	Didace	Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
21	Very Josie	Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth
2	chopstick	Friends Of Homeless Animals
25	LKJ	Cure Alzheimer's Fund
17	gobbo	ACLU
34	GMLAW	Fight for Sight
6	de captain	Sailing Heals
27	?	?
13	Larry Legend	(charity TBD)
36	daryn	ASPCA
11	?	?
30	?	?
8	amoeba	NPR
23	gregorio	National Education Alliance for BPD
10	SGT RJ	Freedom From Religion Foundation
5	?	?
24	jmakin	Prevent Cancer Foundation
16	?	?
33	W0X0F	American Cancer Society
1	?	?
20	Howard Treesong	Wounded Warriors Project
14	Rexx14	Domestic Violence Intervention Services
31	Fabian	Doctors Without Borders
9	?	?
22	El Diablo	(charity TBD)
18	lapka	RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association
29	?	?
7	DoctorZangief	(charity TBD)
28	offTopic	Alzheimer's Assoc. Of N. CA and N. NV
12	?	?
35	Bighurt52235	Pitch In For Baseball
3	27offsuit	Compassionate Care ALS
26	?	?

Pledges:

chopstick ($5/number)
El Diablo ($20 on #22, $30 on TBD)
de captain ($26 on #6)
pokeraz ($37 to winner)
Yakmelk ($3/number, $15 on #15)
jmakin ($20 to winner)
goofball ($37 to winner or $1/number)
Bighurt52235 ($nickel on #35)
Howard Treesong ($50 on #17 for gobbo)
amead ($100 to winner & $1/number)
Very Josie ($10 on #21, $50 direct to NV Partnership for Homeless Youth)
amoeba ($50 to winner)
ec_outlaw ($3/number)
offTopic ($20 on #28)
GMLAW ($5 on #34)
marknfw ($2/odd numbers & $64 to winner)
SGT RJ ($25 to winner)
golddog ($1/number)
Rexx14 ($20 to winner)
DoctorZangief ($1/number & $15 on #7)


gobbo has kindly volunteered to help with paypal if you want your $ riding live on the wheel, PM him for details.



Selected but haven't picked yet (please pick your # and charity if your name is below):

El Diablo
DoctorZangief
Bigdaddydvo
Larry Legend
Gin 'n Tonic
LFS
ninetynine99
Alobar (assuming he gets out of jail in time)
DodgerIrish
Tuma
Malucci
microbet
zikzak



nominees (feel free to second any of these people if you agree, and please make your own nominations as well):

Mrs. Treesong (1 nom, 1 veto, 2 un-vetoes)
Toothsayer
Mr.mmmKay
holliday
Johnny Truant
ChaseNutley26

I will 2nd ChaseNutley26 since I enjoy his posts in the lounge book thread.

The nominating period is now closed.

Let's lock up a participant slot for ChaseNutley26 thanks to amoeba sneaking in a second at the last minute before I made this post. Chase, you owe amoeba one!


We have 16 unfinalized slots on the wheel and 14 people selected to fill them, which means we need at least 2 more people. More like 5-6, since Alobar is in jail and we'll need a few alternates if there are other no-shows or latecomers.


Invoking #12 from the nomination & selection process (if we somehow don't get 37 people, I'll choose people myself), I'm going to autoinclude the following OOTers who have pledged money despite not having been selected, in the following order based on the timestamps of their pledges -

locks:
pokeraz
goofball

alternates:
amead
ec_outlaw
marknfw
golddog


These folks have all pledged donations and are all also solid OOT posters.


pokeraz, goofball - please select a # and a charity.

amead, ec_outlaw, marknfw, golddog - please select a charity. A number will be assigned to you if you are bumped up from being an alternate to being a lock. Slots will be handed out based on the timestamp of the pledge you made.


The alternates will fill any slots not already finalized with a # and qualifying charity (DoctorZangief, I'm looking at you) and become locks 48 hours from the time of this post.

Hey, thanks for including me.

I'll take #11. Phoenix Rescue Mission.

DoctorZangief - War Amps does not appear to be a qualifying charity based on a brief Google & USA#1 IRS search. Please let me know if I'm wrong. If not, please select one that qualifies.

Yeah strike 2 for me. This explains all of the amputees I saw around Atlanta, Birmingham, Texas... I'll pick something by tomorrow.

So what do you guys do when you lose your keys?! We have strangers drop them off in mailboxes and dutiful amputees mail them back to us.

Thanks for the nomination and for the seconds.

#29
Plan International USA
https://www.planusa.org/

i need some sloppy seconds here mutha ****ers

I'll take 0 and Northwest Harvest

#1 + http://weedforgood.org/

If alobar doesn't get out of jail or have a phone smuggled in, my charity will be:
Project Chimps
This is a large sanctuary in Georgia that takes in chimps that have been used for research and are now retired. Help a chimp out.
http://projectchimps.org/

Chop,

I'm selecting Bay Area Legal Aid: https://baylegal.org

And $10 each on three numbers of your choice.

Chopstick,

Thank you for your consideration.

If selected, my charity would be:

National Multiple Sclerosis Society
http://www.nationalmssociety.org

MS is a total ***** of a disease that jacks otherwise healthy people up in the prime of their lives. Current research is promising, and hopefully someday when science becomes popular again, we'll find a cure.

Not sure if pleased or alarmed that I have risen to the level of notable OOTer.

I will take #9 for Habitat for Humanity to keep it vaguely themed to the topic where I'm arguably helpful around here (was seriously considering the SPLC, but decided not to Politard up the joint).

In for $37 to the winner.

Name: Doctor "Too Sexy for my Shirt" Zangief
Number: 7
Charity: Wounded Warriors Family Support

WWFS is a charity that provides support to the families of those that have been hurt or killed in combat. Western imperialism + a crumbling infrastructure leaves thousands of veteran families broken without the support they need to get by. WWFS is a purple heart preferred charity so you will, quite literally, be giving money to the families of dead and gravely injured American heroes.

WWFS has an A rating on every website I've looked at and gets top marks re: administration costs and transparency.

Put it all on 7 peeps!

Name: LFS
Number: 32
Charity: Human Rights Campaign

The Human Rights Campaign represents a force of more than 1.5 million members and supporters nationwide. As the largest national lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer civil rights organization, HRC envisions a world where LGBTQ people are ensured of their basic equal rights, and can be open, honest and safe at home, at work and in the community.

I will add $20 to the winner.

Thanks for the nomination and for trying Thinman!

I pledge $5 each on the numbers of the following charities :
BPD awareness
Domestic abuse
Freedom of Religion
Habitat for Humanity
Human Rights Campaign

I'll send the money to gobbo tomorrow.

It's "gobbo," you twit. You seem to be able to get nothing right.