Proselytizing for Plushtodons

Today we are announcing our Proselytizing for Plushtodons Contest, where hard working Mastodon Canada community members have an opportunity to take home a cute and cuddly plushie mascot, and some thought provoking reading material. The objective is to encourage Canadians across the country to start or increase their outreach efforts targeting Canadian elected representatives.

How can you win? Simply contact your local elected representatives - Federal, Provincial and Municipal - and encourage them to join Mastodon via a local or national server. Use our resources on this website or apply your own creative methods of persuasion. Contact can be via email, other social media platforms, by phone, or in person, whatever works best in your situation. Regular communication with your representative, without being obnoxious, works best. We need as many Canadian Mastodonians as possible to join in and help us create a movement towards Digital Sovereignty in social media used by our politicians and governments.

Contest Guidelines:

• This contest is open to Canadians who have an active Mastodon account.
• Committee members are not eligible to win.
• The contest will run for 3 months: May, June and July. One (1) prize of a Plushtodon and 2 books will awarded each month
• There will be 3 prizes in total, one for each month of the contest. Each monthly prize will include 1 cute and cuddly peach Plushtodon and 2 books: Move Slowly and Build Bridges by Robert W. Gehl and Enshitiffication by Cory Doctorow.

How Prizes Are Awarded:

1. At the end of each month we will ask Mastodon Canada community members to send us a message(s) outlining what activity they undertook that month. Provide an overview of who they targeted, how they used our resources, any innovative approaches they took, and any success that they had. We encourage you to provide examples of communications to strengthen your entry
2. Messages must be sent to our Mastodon account - ElbowsUpForDigitalSovereignty@thecanadiansocial. They can be Public or Private, and must contain the contest hashtag - #ProselytizingforPlushtodons.
3. Submission entry and deadlines will be as follows.
   1. For all May outreach activity, contest submission messages must be sent between June 1st and 5th at 5pm PST.
   2. For all June outreach activity, contest submission messages must be sent between July 1st and 7th at 5pm PST.
   3. For all July outreach activity, contest submission messages must be sent between August 3rd and 7th at 5pm PST.
4. Committee members will select the winning entry for each month within 5 days of the deadline. Contest winners will be notified via direct message and asked to provide a shipping address and phone number (required for shipment of their prize).
5. Contest winners will be announced once their shipping details have been verified.

Watch for daily posts for tips and ideas about how to connect with your local elected representatives and bring them into the Mastodon Canada community. With a little effort, you might have something small and cuddly for a reading buddy.