Tom Brusky,
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Tom Brusky,
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 "Fundraising at its funnest!"  The annual WPM awards program
is a fun way to recognize oneself or others who have made
significant contributions to Wisconsin's polka music scene over the
past year. These awards also serve as a means to raise money for
Wisconsin's various non-profit polka organizations. The awards we
present are
unique in that the winners are declared exclusively by the highest
number of
write-in votes received.Five award catergories have been established:
Who can vote? You can! Voting is open to everyone in the world who appreciates Wisconsin's diverse polka music heritage. You do not have to be a Wisconsin resident. Does voting cost anything? A minimum donation of a $1 bill is now required to validate your ballot, since fundraising is an important purpose of these awards. What do the winners get?
The winners receive a personalized, accordion-topped trophy award in WPM's signature orange, gold, and brown colors, and an attractive website banner. When and where can I get a ballot? The ballot will be published on this website at the end of May, 2010. New, Exciting Changes For the 2010 Awards: Since the main purpose of these awards is to raise money for Winsconsin-based, non-profit polka organizations, a minimum one-dollar donation is now required with each ballot. Also, the size of the donation enclosed with your ballot will directly affect the number of times your ballot is counted. With a donation of five dollars, each vote on your ballot will count five times. Twenty dollars, and each vote will count twenty times, and so forth. If you're ambitious and want to help raise money for Wisconsin's non-profit polka organizations by donating your own money and/or soliciting donations from others, there is now an award just for that purpose. WPM's new Fundraiser of the Year award honors the individual, couple, group, or business who includes the highest donation amount with any single ballot. The new Fundraiser of the Year award is our way of thanking you for your fundraising efforts, since financial support of polka organizations is needed to keep polka music going for future generations to enjoy. All donations received will be divided equally among these Wisconsin-based, non-profit polka organizations:
Nominate a CD for "Recording of the Year" All polka and polka-variety recordings released by Wisconsin bands between April 30th, 2009 and May 1st, 2010 are automatically eligible for the 2010 Recording of the Year award. Use the form below to tell us about any recently-released CDs that you know of so that we can include them on the ballot. Please be as accurate as possible with the band name and CD title. Recordings making the ballot so far include:
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More Questions Answered:
How are the winners determined? The winners are chosen solely by the highest number of votes received. Who tallies the awards? The results of the ballots and donation totals are manually tallied by Tom Brusky, a Notary Public and the administrator of this website. Where is my donation money going? Every penny of donation money received will be divided equally among the polka organizations listed on the ballot. WPM does not receive nor accept donations of any kind. Do you work for the Post Office? No. The annual "revenue generated for Post Office" statistic is just a fun piece of trivial information. |
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