So…Finally made it into, but not completely through my vent substack:
And have selected the top 20 posts to give some Merch to…as I briefly explained here:
There were no official guidelines - except, I did stick to that the comment had to be relevant and all of these weren’t ranked by myself personally…they were the top 20 that showed up in the posts, by way of Substack ranking…and selected only 1 comment per person - as in, even if you’d posted multiple comments, you were still only selected once.
It worked out in that there weren’t really any tie breakers that needed to be added in…I just scraped the top 20 by points…the only non-biased way I could think of doing this.
Those selected were afforded the opportunity to reject the merchandise, in which case I will move down the list and select who would have been next.
Overall…it was great to see so many chiming in, whether you realized that I’d actually be giving out a bribe on these or not…and as I’ve said, I haven’t made it through the posts entirely, so, still have this to do.
So far…having the merch site up has raised quite a bit for my Calgary Veterans Food Drive and I’ll continue to promote this up until November 10th, 2022 - because, if for no other reason, it helps raise the awareness to our Veterans for Remembrance Day and has been an exciting initiative with a lot of support - it’s kind of exciting for me.
I think I’m going to continue on with the Merch Giveaway - bribes to keep these conversations going…may not be to the same extent and won’t be until after all of the smoke clears for this first run and will work with funds that are available - investing back into our community.
Thank you all for your support, for helping spread along my information and most importantly, keeping the conversations going.
Make sure to check your inboxes and if you weren’t one of the selected recipients but still wanted some YakkStack swag…check them out at my site:
Really?? I got selected?? If so what an honor. I'd like to make a donation and place an order but must wait for my carbon tax and gst refund .I'm on pension and have enough to cover rent and bills...no extra til then but I do want to donate for veterans