I’ll start by answering that question: Absolutely, yes.

However, now, and in the future, I’m planning on running the project a little bit differently. In the past, the focus has always been to randomly assign names to the participants, and to ask them to post their tributes, or remembrances, to their own websites on September 11 (often called a blogburst).

Starting now, my focus is to make sure that each name on the list has at least one tribute still active on the web. I’m going through past lists to try and find people who no longer have a tribute posted, and I’ll assign those names to new volunteers.

What is there for you to do?

1. Check back here. I’ll be posting lists of the victims whose links have expired, and who now have 0 tributes.
2. Write a new tribute. And send me the link. Try to send the URL of a page or permalink, instead of the main URL of your blog/site.
3. Keep your old tributes online. Remember, the goal is to get at least 1 for every name on the list.
4. Make sure the Current List (not yet posted) includes your past tributes. It’s certainly possible that I’ll mark a link as dead, by accident. If I’m wrong, tell me!
5. On, 9/11, make sure your tributes are on the front page of your site. But don’t change links you’ve already given me. Many participants, simply repost the same information in a new post.
6. Spread the word.

It may seem like I’m starting awfully late to do this all by 9/11/2010. But what I’m really doing is starting very early for 2011, the tenth anniversary.

Please let me take a moment to tell all of you that have signed up that I appreciate not only your participation, but also the very kind things that many of you have sent by email.

I’m not one that takes praise or thanks very well, but I do appreciate all the kind words, even if I can’t respond with anything other than a quick Thanks.

Here are a couple of the ways I’ve found.

This year I have a couple of ways I can help. Click here to find out how.

Today is exactly 6 months until the 8th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. And I’ve decided today would be a good day to kick things off.

So please sign up to remember one of the victims of 9/11…like the first year, my goal is to get every one of the 2,996 people an individual tribute.

Sign Up
If you’d like to sign up to write a tribute on 9/11/09 go to the 2009 Sign Up Page and leave your information. In a little while I’ll randomly assign names to those who have signed up.

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2,996 voices…

2,996 remembered…

2,996 is a tribute to the victims of 9/11.

On September 11, 2006, 2,996 volunteer bloggers will join together for a tribute to the victims of 9/11. Each person will pay tribute to a single victim.

We will honor them by remembering their lives, and not by remembering their murderers.

If you would like to help out, either by pledging to post a tribute on your own blog, or by offering your services to promote this cause, just leave a comment here and I’ll email you the name of a victim.

Then, on 9/11/2006, you will post a tribute to that victim on your blog.

But, and this is critical, the tributes should celebrate the lives of these people–kind of like a wake. Over the last 5 years we’ve heard the names of the killers, and all about the victim’s deaths. This is a chance to learn about and celebrate those who died. Forget the murderers, they don’t deserve to be remembered. But some people who died that day deserve to be remembered–2,996 people.

Thank you,

D.Challener Roe