March Madness: The 2006 WUWM Tournament For Change



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4	Donate Fund the campaign
5	Take Action Fight Wal-Mart in your community

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Current Leaders

#1: 216 points - Caroline from IA

#2: 36 points - Stuart from OR

#3: 32 points - Margaret from MA

#4: 30 points - Ryan from VA

Leading States

#1: 5152 points - CA

#2: 1950 points - NY

#3: 1376 points - FL

#4: 1372 points - MI

#5: 1268 points - NJ

We did it! On Monday, March 13, we launched a new membership drive to sign up over 15,000 new supporters by our first year anniversary - April 5, 2006. At the end of the Tournament for Change, we had signed up well over 25,000 new supporters!

2006 WUWM Tournament for Change Results:

Northern California became the 2006 WUWM Tournament for Change National Champions, beating New York state in the final round. Click here to see the final 2006 brackets and scores.

In the individual competition, grassroots leaders competed for the Tournament MVPs, which earned the top four scorers a spot on the WakeUpWalMart.com Grassroots Steering Committee.

The winners were:

Caroline Vernon, Iowa

Stuart Fishman, Oregon

Margaret Heitz, Massachusetts

Ryan Cunningham, Virginia

Here is a breakdown of all the tournament details/rules from the First Annual Tournament for Change:

From March 13 - April 5, 32 teams, made up of our 188,000 plus supporters divided by specific states (we teamed up some of the smaller states to make it more competitive) competed to be the “2006 WUWM Tournament for Change National Champions.”

Each state/regional team in the WUWM tournament competed against another and the team to sign up the most new supporters won their bracket and moved on in the tournament.

The Tournament also included a special MVP category for the individual WUWM members who signed up the most new supporters. The winning state/region MVP and the top four scorers became members of the new WUWM Grassroots Steering Committee. Those leaders will have the opportunity to help us plan and attend our national 2006 Grassroots Conference and help us with ongoing grassroots strategy decisions.

Rounds:

Round 1: 32 Teams
Monday, March 13 – Wednesday, March 22
In ten days, the Tournament went from 32 to 16 teams, with the states/regions with the most new supporters signed up winning the round and moving to the Sweet 16.

Round 2: Sweet 16
Thursday, March 23, Tuesday, March 28
The Tournament went from 16 teams to 8, with the states/regions with the most new supporters signed up winning the round and moving to the "Grassroots 8."

Round 3: Grassroots 8
Wednesday, March 29 – Saturday, April 1
The “Grassroots 8” competed with the teams signing up the most new supporters moving on to the Final Four.

Round 5: Final Four
Sunday, April 2 - Monday, April 3
Final 4, with the top two states/regions advanced to the Championship game.

Round 5: Tuesday, April 4
Championship Day. The state/region with the most new supporters won the WUWM 2006 Tournament for Change.

Scoring Points

Each WUWM member received two (2) points for signing up a new WakeUpWalMart.com supporter.