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Tania Melnyczuk

Aug 9 • 6 tweets • 2 min read

The #BanABA movement needs a few volunteers for an occasional electronic task. You can opt out at any time. 1/

If you're interested in possibly helping out, please reply below by linking to one of your tweets from July 2022 or earlier where you have used the #BanABA or #StopTheShock hashtag. You'll need to follow me too, so I can add you to our Twitter working group for this. 2/

We don't need many people; two or three will do; but with more volunteers, we know we can possibly count on you in future.
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If you don't like the task once I have explained it, no problem, you can just say, this is not for me, and opt out.
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It's important that we get started ASAP. This is time-sensitive.

Remember, you can opt out whenever you want.

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Thank you to all who responded! We have enough of a team now, so I am closing off responses, but may reopen again if we need to expand into other activities. Grateful for the help!

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