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Nominations for the local non-profit organization to benefit from Twestival Houston have closed. You can vote for your favorite among the nominees at http://poll.fm/130jb - voting ends Friday, July 31, at 12pm. The winning charity will be announced at Coffee Groundz (2503 Bagby) at 7pm, during their 2nd Anniversary party!

There have been some concerns as to voting and how the votes will be tallied:

1. Twitter was the primary tool used to put out the call and receive nominations, giving Supertweeters an advantage in rallying voters for their pet cause.
2. New organizations were added each day, giving earlier nominations more time to gain votes.

Because this is a Twestival - a Twitter+festival centered on the mission “Tweet. Meet. Give.” - people who use and engage with Twitter regularly would obviously have an advantage in learning about the opportunity, and learn about it early enough to promote it for a longer period of time. I hope organizations who don’t already utilize Twitter learn from this and start to recognize that using and engaging in social media should become an important part of their overall communications and branding strategy. If nothing else, you’ll be the first to hear about the next Twestival opportunity!

For the nominees who were added later, here’s how the votes will be weighted and tallied: Jul27(10% ) + Jul28(20% ) + Jul29-31(70%). It seems there may have been some vote-tampering from ardent fans of one organization, which members of the organization are currently looking into. If that’s the case, we’ll have to discount those votes and/or remove them from the running. Otherwise, good luck to all the nominees!

Best regards,

@GraceRodriguez - Twestival Houston Coordinator

P.S. Sorry the old info hasn’t been updated yet. Twestival is all volunteer, and I’m trying to squeeze set-ups and updates and polling and [you name it] in between life, the career, and everything; so it may take until the weekend to finish. Thanks for your patience and understanding!