IIS1K - start recruiting!

[iceman (Mike)]

Hi guys.

We've almost reached 900 members, which in itself is a fantastic achievement. However we all know that 1000 members is the real milestone

I'll be organising another IIS competition to celebrate the thousand member milestone, called IIS1K.

There won't be a prize for the 1000th member or anything like that, as it will just be too tempting to get your mum, brother, sister and dog to sign up

However to simply celebrate the event, to celebrate the milestone of reaching 1000 members, i'll run another competition, supported with prizes by generous sponsors from around Australia (they don't know this yet ).

We've had some busy and not-so-busy months with new member registrations.. the busiest was December 2005 where we got 100 new members in that month alone! That peak was thanks to the IIS Xmas 2005 competition, as well as a nice article in AS&T. It's been less than that since then, so I'm guessing it could be approximately 2 months before we hit the IIS1k milestone.. but with your help, it could be less!

So, get recruiting! Tell your friends that are into astronomy, tell members at your astro-society and get them to register. I appreciate your help in getting us to that amazing milestone. Remember, that people you get to sign up can enter your forum username in the "referrer" field, so you can get credit for recruiting them!

As for the competition, I'm guessing the best bet is another multiple choice quiz, like the xmas 2005 competition. Unless you have any other suggestions?

Let me know if you've got any suggestions or ideas for the IIS1k competition, or any comments!

Thanks!

[iceman (Mike)]

For those that weren't around for the Xmas competition, here's a link to bring you up to speed with what went down..

IceInSpace Xmas 2005 Competition

[ving (David)]

you dont really want our pets signing up do you mike?

[ving (David)]

the xmas multiple guess comp was great btw. everyone had a chance of winning

[davidpretorius]

same again i reckon as per xmas comp!

[cjmarsh81]

I wasn't around for the Xmas competition, but it looks really good. Can't wait to see the next one.

[iceman (Mike)]

Well we're past 900! Only 99 to go now!

I contacted sponsors on Friday, and have had 3 positive responses so far, so the prizes are accumulating already. I'll start working on a page in the next few days to display the prizes so far, have the rules etc.

[iceman (Mike)]

950 members! Halfway there, from when I created this thread.

I'm expecting we'll hit 1000 in the next 4-6 weeks.. i've contacted potential sponsors, and the good news is that some have already come onboard and indicated they'll be donating some prizes to the competition prize pool.

I reminded them again via email today, so hopefully we'll see some more in the next few weeks.

Will post more in the next couple of weeks..

[ving (David)]

woohoo!!! go team!

can i sing my cats up?