We’re back! No, it’s not time for final exams and last minute studying, but it is crunch time for our second campaign!

What’s going on for Fandom Rocks? We have three weeks left in our second campaign, and that finish line is rapidly approaching. We are just $450 shy of meeting our $2,000 goal – to be divided between the Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund and the Lawrence Humane Society.

Did you know if we reach our goal, the Lawrence Humane Society has offered to put the Fandom Rocks NAME on display in the shelter – permanently. (If you listened to our interview with the shelter director, you may have already known.) How awesome is that?

Just like last campaign, we’re in the final mile, and it’s time to assess:

• Are you willing to join us for a third campaign?
• Do you have a charity you want to nominate?
• Do you have great ideas for promoting Supernatural and Fandom Rocks?

If so, let us know! We will have the next charity poll available in a few days. Drop by to cast your vote and check on the status of Campaign #2.

In other news, (more…)

If you are like us, you found yourself running out of time these past few weeks. Sleep became a luxury. Days when work was supposed to be light and airy became heavy and slow. The weather decided it would be funny to dump snow, rain, or ice on you. (Well, maybe not those of you south of the equator.)

Of course, this doesn’t mean things have stopped at Fandom Rocks. We are still here! The Frontline is still working in the background on non-for-profit tasks and future events. We hope you haven’t forgotten about us. We certainly haven’t forgotten about you or those our charities help.

Charity is a huge part of the holiday season. Some friends have opted to make donations instead of sending cards. Some choose to ask for donations on their wishlist rather than gifts. If you choose to donate this season, we hope you will consider our charities. Remember, you can donate directly to them, and if you let them know it is a part of Fandom Rocks we will add it to the tally and donor’s list on the donate page.

Be safe, happy, and healthy. We will see you in 2008! 

Beginning next week, Fandom Rocks Frontline will hold regular meetings on Wednesday evenings at 9:30PM Central US time. The meetings will be every other week unless someone requests a special meeting on the off week.

What will the meetings be about?

• Not-for-profit status and tasks
• Campaign status, thank you’s, and ideas
• What are we not doing that we could be doing?
• Volunteer opportunities
• Upcoming events
• Other Fandom Rocks related discussion

We need you to make Fandom Rocks a success! Please consider joining us. To keep costs down for our worldwide fandom, we are holding our meetings with Skype – no phone calls required. Download Skype, make sure you have a microphone (headphones help, too), and send Dana a message on Skype (nickname: roniabirk) so she can add you to her contacts. At 9:30PM Central, Dana will create a conference call with all Fandom Rockers who are online at that time. All you have to do is be there on the other end of the computer.

We realize it is a challenge to find a convenient time for, well, everyone in the world from any time zone, but we hope this works out for some of you. We are open to feedback about the day and time.

You can add the meetings to your Google Calendar and receive reminders by using this link: .

See you next Wednesday!

Skip your morning coffee-stop and donate $5 to Fandom Rocks’ latest campaign. Just $1 feeds an animal at the Lawrence Humane Society for 1 day.

*Loveline is awesome, too. We just couldn’t resist the subject line.

Tonight’s podcast covers episode six of Season three, “Red Sky at Morning.” The episode was written by Laurence Andries and directed by Cliff Bole. Brande and Dana were joined by Keith R. A. DeCandido, who you may know as the author of the Supernatural tie-in novel Nevermore and the upcoming Bone Key. The conversation meandered through the episode, fandom, and writers strike territory, and we hope you enjoy listening as much as we did chatting. Please leave comments and feedback on the podcast to let us know! If you missed the episode, you can catch up at the CW’s web site.

We don’t want to spoil anyone, so make sure you have seen the first six episodes before listening to the podcast. Our podcast for episode seven, “Fresh Blood,” is coming soon, so be sure to tune in and then send in your thoughts!

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Links:
CWTV: video.cwtv.com
Supernatural TV: supernatural-tv.livejournal.com
Burning Babylon: www.burningbabylon.com

Disclaimer: All clips do not belong to us. No copyright infringement intended.

Today’s podcast covers the fifth episode of Season three, “Bedtime Stories.” The episode was written by Cathryn Humphris and directed by Mike Rohl. Did the fairy tale theme work for you? Was it a sufficiently creepy Halloween episode? Please leave comments and feedback on the podcast to let us know! If you missed the episode, you can catch up at the CW’s web site.

We don’t want to spoil anyone, so make sure you have seen the first five episodes before listening to the podcast. Our podcast for episode six, “Red Sky at Morning,” features a special guest, so be sure to tune in and then send in your thoughts!

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Links:
CWTV: www.cwtv.com
Eye Con 2008: www.eyeconfla.com
Beight: www.myspace.com/beight

Disclaimer: All clips do not belong to us. No copyright infringement intended.