Parachuting Design on WV State Quarter!!!

[base428 1]

crossposted from the BASE forum....please vote here to get a parachutist on the WV state quarter design that will be out in 2005!

Parachutist on WV Quarter

or the direct link to vote http://www.dailymail.com/pollBooth.php3?qid=wvquarterpoll&cnSess=91a9c25d2dc

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[alanab 0]

keep this post on the top ALL DAY LONG. we need to get votes for this design!!! EVERYONE must vote...

[jillr 0]

Only need about 60 votes to catch up with the first place...

c'mon people vote.

[n2skdvn 0]

hey jill how ya been havent heard from ya since mardi gras!

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[Brokeneagle 0]

I'm there, and forwarding this link to jumpers not on dz.com- what a worthy cause!
Brokeneagle.

I'm really very gentle, no matter what my kung-fu teacher says... he is giving me a reputation I do not deserve!

[jillr 0]

I'm good honey... still a little scared to get back on a commercial flight or a bus tho...

[alanab 0]

only 55 votes away from tying the 1st place one! keep it up!

[base428 1]

It's almost tied now.....ah, the power of the internet.
Thanks guys and gals. Please email everyone you can to keep this up.

Just think, you can walk around everyday with a parachute in your pocket if the Bridge Day design wins!!

Thanks!!

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[alanab 0]

only 4 away now. it's gonna happen guys. when do they stop the voting and decide the winner?

[coconutmonkey 0]

Up by two! Keep 'em commin!

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[Rebecca 0]

It's three votes ahead now...

you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel loquacious?' -- well do you, punk?

[skymama 35]

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c'mon people vote.

I did vote...from the other 2 threads we've had in Talkback about the quarter.

She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man,
because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon

[alanab 0]

11 ahead... somepeople keep voitn' for the other one!!

[Kinaa 0]

I voted 3 times. If this quarter wins some of you guys/girls should send me the one so I can have it.

[bch7773 0]

I show our design up by 50 votes.
also, this looks like its just a newspaper poll. It looks like we may be doing all this voting for nothing... I don't think the newspaper gets to officially pick the new design.

MB 3528, RB 1182

[lawrocket 3]

bump!

My wife is hotter than your wife.

[lummy 4]

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I did vote...from the other 2 threads we've had in Talkback about the quarter

you mean the two from this week alone?

lessseee... Hoe many times has THIS been done?

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there's 2 or 3 more that I'll find n update

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[base428 1]

Lummy, you've got too much free time! I know it's been posted before, but our design was LOSING so we had to rally the troops.

FYI: The Governor of WV chooses the final design and newspaper polls such as this will more than likely affect his decision.

[leroydb 0]

you got my vote

we are in the lead
1592votes at 42%
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Leroy


..I knew I was an unwanted baby when I saw my bath toys were a toaster and a radio...

[bmcd308 0]

still in the lead. BUMP.

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[kevin922 0]

Okay guys you can quit voting now, it makes no difference here is an email from the editor of the newspaper hosting that poll:

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Kevin -
Thanks for your interest in our online poll. It doesn't have any actual impact on which design is chosen. The state submitted those five designs to the U.S. Mint, which will make the final choice. The system is the same for all the states.
If you have any other questions, please let me know.
Sincerely,
Chris Stadelman
Managing Editor

[Rebecca 0]

Go Mr. Snopes!

Thanks Kevin!

So, how do we find out what the system is? Does it take popular opinion into consideration at all?

you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel loquacious?' -- well do you, punk?

[kevin922 0]

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Go Mr. Snopes!

Thanks Kevin!

So, how do we find out what the system is? Does it take popular opinion into consideration at all?

Okay so stage 8 seems to contradict what he was saying, but it is clear the poll isn't the deciding factor :)

50 State Quarters® Design Evaluation Process

Stage 1 The United States Mint will initiate the formal state design process by contacting the state governor approximately 24 months prior to the beginning of the year in which the state will be honored. The governor, or such other state officials or group as the state may designate, will appoint an individual to serve as the state's liaison to the United States Mint for this program.
Stage 2 The state will conduct a concept selection process as determined by the state. The state will provide to the United States Mint at least three, but no more than five, different concepts or themes emblematic of the state; each concept or theme will be in narrative format. The narrative must explain why the concept is emblematic of the state and what the concept represents to the state's citizens. A narrative that merely describes a particular design is not acceptable.
Stage 3 Based on the narratives, the United States Mint will produce original artwork of the concepts, focusing on aesthetic beauty, historical accuracy, appropriateness and coinability. If the state has not provided at least three concepts, the United States Mint may produce additional concepts for the state.
Stage 4 The United States Mint will contact the state to collaborate on the artwork. The state will appoint an historian, or other responsible officials or experts, to participate in this collaboration to ensure historical accuracy and proper state representation of the artwork. The United States Mint will refine the artwork before forwarding it to the advisory bodies.
Stage 5 The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee and the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts will review the candidate designs and make recommendations, and the United States Mint may make changes to address such recommendations.
Stage 6 The United States Mint will present the candidate designs to the Secretary of the Treasury for review and approval.
Stage 7 The United States Mint will return to the state all candidate designs approved by the Secretary of the Treasury.
Stage 8 From among the designs approved by the Secretary, the state will recommend the final design through a process determined by the state, within a time frame specified by the United States Mint.
Stage 9 The United States Mint will present the state's recommended design to the Secretary for final approval.

[alanab 0]

this is from the U.S. mint website:

The Evaluation Process

The United States Mint has revised the 50 State Quarters® Program Design Evaluation Process. These revisions will enhance the program's educational value and promote the historical accuracy and artistic beauty of the designs. The changes were approved by U.S. Treasury Secretary Snow on March 11, 2003, and will be implemented in the 2005 quarter design evaluation process.

50 State Quarters® Design Evaluation Process

Stage 1 The United States Mint will initiate the formal state design process by contacting the state governor approximately 24 months prior to the beginning of the year in which the state will be honored. The governor, or such other state officials or group as the state may designate, will appoint an individual to serve as the state's liaison to the United States Mint for this program.
Stage 2 The state will conduct a concept selection process as determined by the state. The state will provide to the United States Mint at least three, but no more than five, different concepts or themes emblematic of the state; each concept or theme will be in narrative format. The narrative must explain why the concept is emblematic of the state and what the concept represents to the state's citizens. A narrative that merely describes a particular design is not acceptable.
Stage 3 Based on the narratives, the United States Mint will produce original artwork of the concepts, focusing on aesthetic beauty, historical accuracy, appropriateness and coinability. If the state has not provided at least three concepts, the United States Mint may produce additional concepts for the state.
Stage 4 The United States Mint will contact the state to collaborate on the artwork. The state will appoint an historian, or other responsible officials or experts, to participate in this collaboration to ensure historical accuracy and proper state representation of the artwork. The United States Mint will refine the artwork before forwarding it to the advisory bodies.
Stage 5 The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee and the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts will review the candidate designs and make recommendations, and the United States Mint may make changes to address such recommendations.
Stage 6 The United States Mint will present the candidate designs to the Secretary of the Treasury for review and approval.
Stage 7 The United States Mint will return to the state all candidate designs approved by the Secretary of the Treasury.
Stage 8 From among the designs approved by the Secretary, the state will recommend the final design through a process determined by the state, within a time frame specified by the United States Mint.
Stage 9 The United States Mint will present the state's recommended design to the Secretary for final approval.

http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/50sq_program/index.cfm?action=evaluation

[base428 1]

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...but it is clear the poll isn't the deciding factor :)

Duh! That's what I originally wrote in my post. This is from the WV Quarter website:

12. The U.S. Mint will return the approved designs to the Governor for final selection of the West Virginia State Quarter.

So do you think the Gov is gonna just pick his favorite one? Probably not. He just might use polls such as this for his final selection.....

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