03-12-2010, 07:37 PM
A note submitted to the group by Paula Molloy, Embassy of Ireland
Good morning all,
I am writing to bring the "Your Country Your Call" initiative to your attention and to ask for your help in making the Irish community here in Canada aware of it.
On St Patrick?s Day, March 17 - the one day annually when people of every nation, and particularly the Irish at home and abroad, look to Ireland - this year Irish people all over the world are being asked to sign on for and participate in an innovative, technology enabled ?crowd sourcing? movement to create new momentum for the Irish economy and Irish society.
?Your Country Your Call? www.yourcountryyourcall.com is a call to people everywhere and everyone with an interest in Ireland to get involved in a competition in two parts to identify proposals which when implemented, could help to create prosperity and jobs for Ireland.
In the first part, two proposals will be selected as winners to receive a ?100,000 prize each. In the second part ?500,000 has been committed to the implementation phase during which the two winning proposals will have the support of a pro bono professional advisory group.
The Embassy would be very grateful for your assistance in forwarding this information on to your members or publishing it on your websites.
Please feel free to get back to me or to Karl Gardner karl.gardner@dfa.ie for more information. Details are also available on the Embassy's website: http://www.embassyofireland.ca/home/index.aspx?id=83373 or in the attached PDF.
Many thanks,
Paula Molloy
Embassy of Ireland
Suite 1105, 130 Albert St
Ottawa, ON K1P 5G4
Canada
Ph: (613) 233-0413
Fax: (613) 233-5835
Good morning all,
I am writing to bring the "Your Country Your Call" initiative to your attention and to ask for your help in making the Irish community here in Canada aware of it.
On St Patrick?s Day, March 17 - the one day annually when people of every nation, and particularly the Irish at home and abroad, look to Ireland - this year Irish people all over the world are being asked to sign on for and participate in an innovative, technology enabled ?crowd sourcing? movement to create new momentum for the Irish economy and Irish society.
?Your Country Your Call? www.yourcountryyourcall.com is a call to people everywhere and everyone with an interest in Ireland to get involved in a competition in two parts to identify proposals which when implemented, could help to create prosperity and jobs for Ireland.
In the first part, two proposals will be selected as winners to receive a ?100,000 prize each. In the second part ?500,000 has been committed to the implementation phase during which the two winning proposals will have the support of a pro bono professional advisory group.
The Embassy would be very grateful for your assistance in forwarding this information on to your members or publishing it on your websites.
Please feel free to get back to me or to Karl Gardner karl.gardner@dfa.ie for more information. Details are also available on the Embassy's website: http://www.embassyofireland.ca/home/index.aspx?id=83373 or in the attached PDF.
Many thanks,
Paula Molloy
Embassy of Ireland
Suite 1105, 130 Albert St
Ottawa, ON K1P 5G4
Canada
Ph: (613) 233-0413
Fax: (613) 233-5835