CNN has requested for the campaign to submit a 30 second ad to be used as a bumper when going in to commercial during the Nov 28 CNN/YouTube Debate. The national campaign has asked us, the Grassroots Supporters, to be the ones to develop the ad to be shown!

Here are the rules. READ THESE CAREFULLY:

1. Ad must be exactly 30 seconds.
2. Ad will be shown for the FIRST TIME PUBLICLY during the debate. Any video uploaded to YouTube for public viewing or accidentally placed on the Internet will be disqualified.
3. Ad must be available in both broadcast format (high definition (preferred by CNN) or NTSC in AVI/MPEG/WMV, etc. for TV viewing) and smaller YouTube-size for review.

4. NO copyright violations. Must use original music, video and images, or need to have permission. If permission received, documentation MUST be provided for review.
5. Ads will be sent to me no later than Friday, Nov 23 at 8:00 AM Eastern Time, no exceptions.
6. Upload the ad to YouTube in PRIVATE mode (make sure not to use public!), and share the ad with RonPaulAdCompetition *only*. Do not disable embedding, since we are considering using a secure site for our review.

What happens after the ads are submitted?

* A group of marketing professionals will review the ads on Friday and narrow down to a group of 4-6.
* The final videos will be sent to the national campaign for their review on Saturday, November 24 at 12:00 AM (Midnight) Eastern Time.
* The national campaign will select one (1) video of the 4-6 finalists to send to CNN on Monday, November 26 at 5:00 PM Eastern Time.
* The selected ad will be shown during the CNN/YouTube debate on Nov. 28th!

Time to make this happen! If you have questions email me at rp.ad.comp@gmail.com, or visit this Channel as updates occur.

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SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

1) Add RonPaulAdCompetiton as a YouTube friend.
2) Upload the video to YouTube in PRIVATE mode. Select RonPaulAdCompetition as the only member of your contact list to have access to view the video.
3) Do not disable embedding. We are currently considering a secure site outside of YouTube for our review process.
4) Send an email to RonPaulAdCompetition or rp.ad.comp@gmail.com stating your video's name, link and your YouTube username.
5) Complete the above steps no later than 8AM on Friday, 11/23.
6) Upload your broadcast quality version (high-def (CNN preferred) or NTSC in AVI/MPEG/WMV, etc.) using one of the following large file transfer tools:
* Sendspace.com (up to 300MB, no registration required)
* DropSend.com (up to 1GB, registration required)
Please put your YouTube name and video name in the description!! Send the broadcast version video to rp.ad.comp@gmail.com no later than 10PM Eastern on Friday, 11/23. Do NOT send your broadcast quality file by regular email!
7) The YouTube video can be switched to PUBLIC mode no earlier than the morning of 11/29.

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NOTE 1: CNN debate footage can be used. Footage of other debates (Fox, NBC) can be used if copyright permission is received. Anyone submitting a video with debate footage will need to demonstrate proof of permission. This is true of any copyright audio, video or images used.

Producers can use audio/video of existing RonPaul2008dotcom channel content, and of Ron Paul's Flickr account (www.flickr.com/ photos/ronpaul2008), but no high-quality versions are available. Any video content on RonPaul2008dotcom from non-CNN debates (Fox, ABC, etc.) or network shows (Jay Leno) will require permission from the television network. Make sure to give credit to the appropriate parties. See the Content Resources section below.

NOTE 2: Previously we had discussed about the need to have 4-6 seconds for the Federal Election Commission (FEC) required verbal disclaimer of "I'm Ron Paul and I approve of this message". No need to do so for this CNN version, just 30 full seconds to use.

I might suggest it would probably be a good idea to have 'RonPaul2008.com' displayed at some point during the video.

NOTE 3: The campaign has stated that any submitted video needs to be "significantly original to be considered". (In the email the word 'significantly' was italicized for emphasis.) Changing some animation, shuffling words, and changing phrases would not be considered a new video.

NOTE 4: Upload your video as Private, but do not disable embedding. We are considering using a secure external website to review the videos.

NOTE 5: CNN has stated they will be able to accept any format (AVI/MPEG/WMV, etc.) as long as it is uploadable to YouTube. High definition is preferred over NTSC, but NTSC is acceptable. Also they expect the YouTube version to be less than 300 MB, and the broadcast version may be a greater size than this.

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CONTENT RESOURCES
(remove any spaces in links)

* Ron Paul website: RonPaul2008.com
* Ron Paul YouTube channel: RonPaul2008dotcom (credit Bill Dumas if footage of rallies, appearances, etc. If using commercials or radio ads, no additional credit necessary. Any video content on RonPaul2008dotcom from non-CNN debates (Fox, ABC, etc.) or TV shows (Jay Leno) will require permission from the TV network.)
* Ron Paul on Flickr: www.flickr.com/ photos/ronpaul2008 (credit if not campaign-owned; check comments on photo)
* CNN Debate Footage
* Michael Logozar, Production Music:
www.michaellogozar.com/rp.html (add credit, see bulletins) Email: Michael@Logozar.com
* Music from YouTube user wils5742. Contact directly.
* Wiki public domain images: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia: Public_domain_image_resources

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