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GHOP Prize Shipments

lho...@gmail.com (LH (Leslie Hawthorn)) — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:38:58 UT

Hello everyone,

All prizes for GHOP went to our shipping department early this week.
You should receive your package by Friday, 21 March. If you do not
receive your shipment by that date, please email me at
lho...@gmail.com and I will follow up.

Also, it has come to my attention that tracking numbers were not

Thanks to all of our participants!

lho...@gmail.com (LH (Leslie Hawthorn)) — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:35:57 UT

Hello everyone,

By now, we should have received your online prize claim form and
parental consent form for GHOP. Many thanks to all of you for
participating in GHOP and for your feedback on how to improve the
initiative. Keep an eye on this list for any forthcoming updates
about your prize shipments and for future GHOP news.

Important: Updates Needed to All GHOP Online Prize Claim Forms

lho...@gmail.com (LH (Leslie Hawthorn)) — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 23:55:26 UT

***Please read this entire message, even if you have already submitted
your GHOP online prize claim form.***

Hello everyone,

We took a look in our GHOP database today and we found two things.

The first thing was that we only had about 250 students submit their
prize claim forms, which is around 130 less than the number of

GHOP Prizes

lho...@gmail.com (LH (Leslie Hawthorn)) — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 20:52:37 UT

Hello everyone,

I have had a few people ping regarding when they can expect their GHOP
prizes. The answer is it depends.

We will not be able to start printing certificates until Monday,
February 25th, since we will not have all of your prize claims until
22 February. Once we have certificates printed, we then need to match

Reminder: Only 2 Days Left to Submit Your GHOP Prize Claims

lho...@gmail.com (LH (Leslie Hawthorn)) — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:09:16 UT

Hello everyone,

If you have not yet turned in your parental consent form or filled out
your online prize claim form, please take a moment to do so now. You
must complete turn in all items necessary to claim your prizes no
later than 08:00 UTC on Friday, 22 February 2008. Late prize claims
will not be accepted!

Address Input in Online Prize Claim Form

lho...@gmail.com (LH (Leslie Hawthorn)) — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 00:30:13 UT

Hello folks,

We fixed the bug that precluded you from adding / or . to your address
in the online prize claim form. Please take a minute to make any
needed fixes to your information given the bug fix.

Cheers,
LH

Consent Forms - Behind on Mail

lho...@gmail.com (LH (Leslie Hawthorn)) — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 04:12:32 UT

Hello GHOPers,

Many of you have sent in consent forms over the past two days and I
haven't had a chance to respond yet. I'm booked solid tomorrow but
will be taking a look at everything you've sent on Friday afternoon,
California time. If you don't hear back from me by then and you have
emailed in your consent form, please ping again.

Re: Grand Prize Winners Have Been Announced!

lho...@gmail.com (Leslie Hawthorn) — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:03:05 UT

Blog URL, tinyfied:
[link]
You can just visit the latest post here, too:
[link]
Cheers,
LH

Grand Prize Winners Have Been Announced!

lho...@gmail.com (LH (Leslie Hawthorn)) — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 05:24:34 UT

Hello everyone,

See here:

[link]

And here:
[link]...

Many thanks to DeWitt Clinton, Google Developer Programs Team, for
some last minute troubleshooting!

Cheers,
LH

Not Quite There Yet - Announcing the Grand Prize Winners

lho...@gmail.com (LH (Leslie Hawthorn)) — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:20:58 UT

Hello everyone,

More here:
[link]

To avoid updating three lists with status updates, we're going to keep
these updates to the contest administrative list, referenced above.
Please check in on that list if you're curious about where we are

How to Claim Your Prizes for GHOP

ospoad...@gmail.com (Google - Open Source Programs Office) — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 19:23:31 UT

Hello everyone,

Please see the documentation on how to claim your prizes for GHOP:
[link]

If you are a Grand Prize Winner who has not yet submitted a parental
consent form, I will contact you to get the form on file prior to the

'Pencils' Down - Google Highly Open Participation Contest has ended

lho...@gmail.com (LH (Leslie Hawthorn)) — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 16:24:20 UT

Hello everyone,

This message is a bit late, but I was sleeping. :)

All work for GHOP tasks should now have been submitted and reviewed by
your mentoring organization. We'll be posting further information on
how to claim your prizes to this list on 7 February, and you can look
forward to the announcement of the Grand Prize Winners on

Note of Clarification - Required Info Like Shirt Size, Age, etc.

lho...@gmail.com (LH (Leslie Hawthorn)) — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 01:02:59 UT

Hello everyone,

I've been received a few emails asking where contestants should be
letting us know what their age is, what their shirt size is, etc., so
I thought it best to clarify here. All we need right now from you is
your parental consent form, either by fax or email as directed on the
form. We will collect all other information - shirt size, age, URLs

Re: Parental Consent Form Available

lho...@gmail.com (LH (Leslie Hawthorn)) — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 02:09:48 UT

Hello everyone,

I received a few questions from folks about whether or not they would
need to return a parental consent form to us since they were 18, 19,
etc. The answer is that it depends. :)

If you were at the age of majority (meaning the legal age of
adulthood) in your country of residence as of 27 November, 2007 then

Parental Consent Form Available

lho...@gmail.com (LH (Leslie Hawthorn)) — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 11:54:11 UT

Hello folks,

While you're waiting to be able to claim your prizes for GHOP, you can
get the process started by asking your parents to complete and return
our Parental Consent Form. The form can be returned via fax or email
following the instructions provided in the document.

You can find the form here:

ghop-announce Google Group

GHOP Prize Shipments

Thanks to all of our participants!

Important: Updates Needed to *All* GHOP Online Prize Claim Forms

GHOP Prizes

Reminder: Only 2 Days Left to Submit Your GHOP Prize Claims

Address Input in Online Prize Claim Form

Consent Forms - Behind on Mail

Re: Grand Prize Winners Have Been Announced!

Grand Prize Winners Have Been Announced!

Not Quite There Yet - Announcing the Grand Prize Winners

How to Claim Your Prizes for GHOP

'Pencils' Down - Google Highly Open Participation Contest has ended

Note of Clarification - Required Info Like Shirt Size, Age, etc.

Re: Parental Consent Form Available

Parental Consent Form Available

Important: Updates Needed to All GHOP Online Prize Claim Forms