Congratulations Bob Kincaid

by: wvblueguy

Mon May 18, 2009 at 21:38:11 PM EDT

Congratulations to Bob Kincaid of Beckley, WV.   Bob has received 1 of the first 10 DFA scholarships to the Netroots Nation Convention in Pittsburgh.

You can read more about Bob and the other first round winners by clicking here.

Here is what Arshad Hassan the Executive Director of DFA had tp say about Bob and the other winners...

Suffice it to say, the judging process was grueling. So many applicants made the extra effort to campaign for their scholarship and of course the quantity of applicants posed a daunting task. But I had lots of help from DFA members, who voiced their support and nominated some of the best of the best. Just by reading so much about each activist, I feel I've gotten to know everyone. I can't wait to learn more about them in Pittsburgh.

Since one scholarship from each round is granted to the applicant with the most community nominations, recommendations came from everywhere. Pam Pohly used social networking sites like Facebook to get the word out. While Bob Kincaid leveraged his radio following and friends to earn the top spot with the most community nominations for round one. Anyway you cut it, this year's applicants worked hard to get out their votes.