I think there are some very good lessons about online
volunteerism in this project. 
http://www.dcro
e.com/2996/?page_id=34
2,996 » What is 2996?
<snip>
"2,996 is a tribute to the victims of 9/11.
On September 11, 2006, 2,996 volunteer bloggers will join
together for a tribute to the victims of 9/11. Each person
will pay tribute to a single victim. ... Over the last 5
years we’ve heard the names of the killers, and all about
the victim’s deaths. This is a chance to learn about and
celebrate those who died. Forget the murderers, they don’t
deserve to be remembered. But some people who died that day
deserve to be remembered–2,996 people.
</snip> [12:58:23 AM] James Jones says: I think this
statement fits into your sermon --
Another snip from the site
<snip>
That’s what’s left.
A few minutes ago Jess of It’s my life laugh if you must
signed up and became the 2,000 the participant in 2,996. Her
welcome email told her she was #2,021 but we’ve had some
entrants deleted due to bad sign-up info.
The first 1,000 took 57 days. We made the jump from 1,000 to
2,000 in 25 days.
Now we’ve got 23 days to get the last 996.
I think we can do it.
To all of you that have been writing posts, convincing
others to sign up…KEEP IT UP. You are all doing an amazing
job–which can be confirmed by my webhost who late last night
told me I’d used up my bandwidth for the month.
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