A GREAT PROJECT FOR BAJA, MEXICO
We REALLY need your vote...
As some of you are aware, I joined up 18 months ago with a company here in the San Quintin Valley area called Ostiones Guerrero. My involvement with
the company has been to focus on a new project designed to repopulate a sustaining abalone colony out at San Martin Island. It has been a very long
and arduous process obtaining environmental impact reports, permits, inspections and approvals from PROFEPA, INAPESCA, the Mexican Navy and so many
other agencies I lose track.
We have submitted our project to a program called INICIATIVA MEXICO, where the federal government
of Mexico is looking for 20 projects to support, and the general public is asked to vote to help them make their decision.
I would ask you to take at a look a brief description of our project and if you find it worthy of your vote, we would sincerely appreciate your
support:
GREAT project Ron, has my vote !!!!!!!!!!Udo - 7-26-2010 at 05:59 PM
Worthwhile project Ron...I submitted my vote
p.s. it's all in Spanish.BajaGringo - 7-26-2010 at 06:07 PM
Thank you guys. On the link I gave providing info for the project I also posted instructions how to post in case some of you read zero Spanish.
All of us really do appreciate your votes and support...Udo - 7-26-2010 at 06:13 PM
Based on the literature, Ron, looks like the Feds more than likely will give it a
BUENO
[Edited on 7-27-2010 by Udo]Russ - 7-26-2010 at 06:39 PM
You got my 5 hearts. A great project that I hope is a roaring success
It is not very difficult to register after all I managed. So go for it!
[Edited on 7-27-2010 by Russ]Keri - 7-26-2010 at 07:12 PM
Got my vote ,Good luck ,your project sounds great.krts551 - 7-26-2010 at 07:17 PM
keep us informed. sounds goodBajaGringo - 7-26-2010 at 07:25 PM
Will do guys - this truly is a worthwhile project and I feel so very blessed to be part of it...
EL MILAGRO LA BOCANA project
BajaBlanca - 7-26-2010 at 07:34 PM
how cool is that !!!! i entered as well ... my project is called the EL MILAGRO LA BOCANA (Calidad de VIDA) or the La Bocana Miracle (Quality of
Life) and I asked for ..................... take a good guess ................ every BajaNomad must know and be sick and tired of my begging )))))))))) for ..... YUP - everything sports related hahahaha I asked for many
things, but amongst them I asked for a full on YOUTH SPORTS CENTER.
BajaGringo, you have my vote and best of luck !!! if you need help, La Bocana is very much protecting and having great success with its abalone
population. year after year. they have full time biologists on board and tanks of baby abalone.
Please take a look at El Milagro's Project and follow the same procedure .... THANKS THANKS THANKS
[Edited on 7-27-2010 by BajaBlanca]BajaGringo - 7-26-2010 at 07:53 PM
Reyes is familiar with that operation and knows the folks who operate it very well. What is different about our project (I think) is that I believe
the La Bocana operation is all onshore in tanks. We are going to transplant them back into their native habitat out at the island. Not something that
has been done much recently.
I am scheduled to tour the facilities up at Cayucos and Monterey next month but will try and squeeze in a trip to La Bocana if I can.
Really do appreciate your support. Will look for your project and give it some votes as well...BajaBlanca - 7-26-2010 at 08:18 PM
more for you Bajagringo - we had a guy visit us from northern california some time ago who told us he was an expert and I believe he he was not
kidding by reading his resume at the time - I dont remember anything about him at the moment as I am in San Diego, but i am thinking this guy came to
la bocana as some sort of consultant ... sure wish i were home right now. bug me in 2 weeks so I can give you his contact info. He worked abalone
farms stateside for muchos anos ... very personable cosultant.shari - 7-27-2010 at 07:21 AM
I sent you 5 hearts too ron for your worthy project...what i didnt realize is that we only get 5 hearts total...I was thinking we got 5 a day like the
baja dogs voting deal...and I could spread them around...ooops...so juan sent blanca his 5! way to go you guys...excellent projects.
[Edited on 7-27-2010 by shari]DianaT - 7-27-2010 at 07:28 AM
OK,
I got registered and voted for BajaGringo's project---really a good one, in my mind. (I think you are almost at 220 votes now)
Then because Blanca is so dedicated to unselfishly helping her adopted community, I looked for her project. Besides, a sports center for the kids
would be wonderful.
I found it, but when I tried to vote, the numbers did not change---so I will try again later. I hope it does not allow one to vote only for one
project???
Edit ---question answered while typing. Back to registering.
Edit---both projects voted for ---- split family vote.
[Edited on 7-27-2010 by DianaT]elgatoloco - 7-27-2010 at 08:47 AM
Nice project! Best of luck. I love abalone. BajaBlanca - 7-27-2010 at 08:51 AM
Thanks all !!wilderone - 7-27-2010 at 09:30 AM
Love the abalone project - I wish you every success. Do you have any volunteer work?windgrrl - 7-27-2010 at 09:49 AM
Got my vote in and learned a lot of Spanish!bacquito - 7-27-2010 at 11:15 AM
I'd like to vote for your project in that I used to dive for abolone back in the early '50s and, in part, responsible for their great reductions in
numbers.n
I registered but when it came time to initate the session I entered my E mail and contrasena but nothing happened. What to do?BajaGringo - 7-27-2010 at 11:57 AM
For those of you who are having trouble with the website (it's not very intuitive and it's in Spanish), here's all you need to know to register and
vote:
It looks like this and click on the link that says Registro:
This is the registration page. The questions are easy and I listed them in English to the right. The last two questions you can either just pick any
one from the list or maybe this would be a good time to practice using your dictionary if you want to be technically correct. It won't make any
difference in the polling.
Just answer the easy math problem (to keep auto-spammers out), click on the box below it if you want to receive updates about the Iniciativa progress
and then click on Enviar to complete your registration.
That completed you will be taken back to the login page. Once there you will have to click on this link to our project to vote for it:
There you will see this screen where you can vote for us (up to five times!) by clicking below where it says: Dar un corazon
Thanks guys - all of us here really appreciate your support. I just checked and we are over 250!!!
[Edited on 7-27-2010 by BajaGringo]güero - 7-27-2010 at 12:52 PM
You got my votes; #'s 277 to 281. I'll be down in about 5 or 6 years for an ab sandwich. mmmmmmmmmgood BajaNuts - 7-27-2010 at 01:09 PM
I followed BajaGringo's instructions and it worked fine. (thanks, BG)
The website is a little slow. Sometimes I clicked on the corazon button and it would go to a blank screen, I was not sure it was working, but when I
went back a little while later and logged in again, all my hearts had gone to the abalone.
Have patience with the website, I imagine they are getting some pretty heavy traffic right now. Especially now that the Baja forums are on board!
LOL!BajaGringo - 7-27-2010 at 02:55 PM
Just checked and we hit 350. You guys ROCK!!!
Thanks for all the very nice messages/emails/comments you have sent and or posted. They are all very appreciated and have been passed on to Reyes. He
is very impressed with you guys...
By the way - I forgot to mention:
There will be volunteer oportunities in this project and we are already talking to a couple of different eco-oriented groups that want to work with us
to clean up the island and protect the natural habitat. More opportunities will become available over time and if you are serious about wanting to get
involved please contact me via u2u and I will get you in the loop...
[Edited on 7-27-2010 by BajaGringo]BajaGringo - 7-27-2010 at 06:16 PM
After another peak I see we are over 400 now - I am literally speechless. You guys must all have lots of email addresses or sending this out to family
and friends. Whatever it is you all did...
BajaGringo - 7-28-2010 at 08:52 AM
Just checked and we are over 700 votes now!
We have a very good vote count respectively but it looks like the voting will go on for a few weeks. if any of you feel so inclined I would appreciate
you passing on the link to others to support the project.
My sincerest thanks to all of you...DianaT - 7-28-2010 at 08:56 AM
Quote:
Originally posted by BajaGringo
Just checked and we are over 700 votes now!
We have a very good vote count respectively but it looks like the voting will go on for a few weeks. if any of you feel so inclined I would appreciate
you passing on the link to others to support the project.
My sincerest thanks to all of you...
Do they have a final date? Keeping positive thoughts that a grant will head your way----go abalone!durrelllrobert - 7-28-2010 at 10:03 AM
Quote:
Originally posted by BajaGringo
For those of you who are having trouble with the website (it's not very intuitive and it's in Spanish), here's all you need to know to register and
vote:
It looks like this and click on the link that says Registro:
Thanks for translation. However site would not accept my email address and complete registration.BajaGringo - 7-28-2010 at 10:08 AM
I have heard of a couple having that problem. Do you have a different email address you could use?
hotmail, yahoo, gmail, etc
Even if you can't I really do appreciate you're trying...BajaGringo - 7-28-2010 at 08:14 PM
Update
We have gone over 1000 votes....
Thanks guys!!!BajaNuts - 7-29-2010 at 01:10 AM
1105! keep it going~wilderone - 7-29-2010 at 07:40 AM
what's a contrasena?longlegsinlapaz - 7-29-2010 at 08:01 AM
Quote:
Originally posted by wilderone
what's a contrasena?
Password BajaGringo - 7-29-2010 at 12:47 PM
Thanks guys - we are now over 1300 votes and going strong. If you have any spanish speaking friends you would like to share this with they can go to
our Mexico link for how to vote...
your project sounds great.k
)))))))))) for ..... YUP - everything sports related hahahaha I asked for many
things, but amongst them I asked for a full on YOUTH SPORTS CENTER.
