MILEPOINT MONDAY — Help others and you could win an IPAD

The members of the milepoint Kiva Lending Team have a membership drive during the month of May — 200 new members. They are over halfway there and with one week left, we've named today MILEPOINT MONDAY. The goal of MILEPOINT MONDAY is to raise awareness of this membership drive.

WHY?

If the team reaches their goal of 200 new members here in the month of May — milepoint will award a new iPad to a random member to the milepoint Kiva Lending Team ... but only if the team reaches their goal of 200 new members. No 200 new members actively making a donation to help others, no iPad. But that should be easy, we're over half-way there and only need 90 more new members.

SO, here is how you can help:
— Understand these are great odds ... a 1-in-200+ (there may be more than 200 new members by months end) for a new iPad. Where oh where will you ever see odds that good?
— Also, as a member of the team or of milepoint, you really, really want to see the team make its goal so you better start recruiting. BUT, we need the right people on the team, so here is what we are looking for:

1. New members to the Kiva Lending Team should be enthusiastic about the topic of frequent flyer miles.
2. New members of the Kiva Lending Team really need to have a sense of caring for others because only those new members who have actively made a loan as a member of the Kiva Lending Team will actually qualify for a shot at the iPad.
3. Beware, this is a very active Lending Team so you should certainly expect to be active tomorrow, next month, the month after and for years to come. You'll find this is one of the most positive minded Lending Teams on Kiva.
4. You have but one week to help fill this Lending Team out or you may not have a chance at the iPad, so you better start calling all your frequent flyer friends to have them join milepoint, join the Kiva Lending Team and make a loan.
5. This is a real no-brainer. Not only do you have a chance at an iPad, but new members all month long in May have had the first $25 of loans they make, matched by milepoint. But this is not your typical match ... the $25 that milepoint is matching, is actually yours to keep and re-loan over and over again. That's right, join the Kiva Lending Team in May, loan at least $25 to Kiva, get $25 matched by milepoint which you can keep once it is paid back (please remember to keep re-loaning) and get a chance at a new iPad.
6. Only four people are ineligible to win the iPad ... which means your odds are even greater! If you don't know, all four founders of milepoint — Randy Petersen, gleff, Pizzaman and Tommy777 are members of the Kiva Lending Team and each made loans of $500 in the month of May to help kick off the membership drive.
7. The clock is ticking ... recruit frequent flyer miles-minded people to milepoint, help them get enrolled as a member of the Kiva Lending Team, make sure they loan money to the Kiva effort and you ... and them have a really, really good shot at owning a new iPad. Remember, the odds are somewhere around 1-in-200 for the iPad and a lifetime of feeling great about helping others by your participation on the Kiva Lending Team.

ALL DETAILS OF HOW TO ENROLL IN THE KIVA LENDING TEAM AND EARN A CHANCE TO WIN AN IPAD ARE HERE.

A reminder, the goal is to empower others with our loans (and make a few more miles and points along the way!).

I'd like to congratulate this member of the milepoint Kiva Lending Team for being the winner of the iPad during the May's membership drive:

Congrats to Michael.

Congrats to the entire milepoint Kiva Lending Team which won as well.

The winning number via Random.org was 119. We had a total of 241 new members during May. Members ineligible for the iPad drawing were the founders (gleff and Tommy777 joined the team in May) and members who did not meet the requirement to loan $25 to be eligible for the iPad drawing.

IN ADDITION

I'd like to congratulate the founding members of milepoint Kiva Lending Team for being such an inspiration for what has followed. There's a lot to be proud of. Our success with the May membership drive was started and supported by these original members and as a result, I have picked a winner of yet another iPad just for this group.

Congrats to Junca.

The winning number via Random.org was 32. We had 76 original members of the milepoint Kiva Lending Team prior to May 1.