Writing Your Petition: A few tips

When it comes time to write up your petition, you will want to include a few main features in your draft. We will refer to the written part of the petition as the “proposal” – the part that you are giving to interested respondents to read and use to consider whether or not they will become an active participant in the petition. For this reason, the proposal is the key to a successful campaign. If you write a draft which is unprofessional, of low quality, or poorly researched, people are likely to move on and ignore the issue you are bringing to the surface. Additionally, if you fail to present the issue well enough, people may not be able to get all the facts of the case, and will probably just pass you by, and write your petition off as unorganised. By following the simple tips in the following article, you can raise your chances of a successful campaign, whilst making your petitioning efforts much more efficient and effective.

The first thing you will need to write is a solid introduction. In this part of the proposal, you will basically outline the contents of what is coming, and introduce people to your ideas. Sometimes, this can be quite difficult to write. If you are having difficulty with this, an idea could be to leave it until the end. This may not make much sense, but you will see the reasons why I have suggested this towards the end of the article. Once you have written a solid introduction, and hopefully caught the readers attention, you can now go on and explain all of the reasons why you have started your petition. Try not to sound too angry or frustrated. People will appreciate it if you are open, honest, and straight to the point. If you can build trust with your respondents, they are more likely to sign your petition. However, if they think that you are just holding a grudge, they will stay away. A good technique to use is the statement, explanation, and example method. You may be familiar with this from school. Basically, the idea here is to give a statement of your intentions, explaining the best that you can, and then give an example of what you’re trying to put across. If you do this every time you make a point, it ensures the same format is kept throughout your draft.

Once you have finished doing all of the reasons and explanations for your petition, you can write your conclusion. In the conclusion, you should give reasons why respondents should sign your petition. Try to convince them that their signature will count. If you make the respondents feel valued, they are much more likely to sign your petition. However, if they feel like just another one in the crowd, they will feel that their opinion is being looked at as worthless, and will not sign your petition. Treat each person as if their signature is worth its weight in gold. This way, after signing your petition, each person will feel as if they have contributed to a good cause and may even help in your petitioning efforts by providing you with additional leads.
When you have completed your proposal, it is important that you format and present what you have written in an acceptable way. Try to make a final document look as professional and tidy as possible. This will also help to win people over. You will now need to print off many of these documents for distribution to potential signers. Depending on the method that you’re going to use to promote your petition, you may need to attach this document to another form that people use for signing, and put them in the envelopes, ready to be delivered to people’s letterboxes. Alternatively, you will need to find a clipboard, so that you can carry these around with you when you’re out on the street or visiting people at home. Regardless of the method that you use, you are going to have to produce many of these documents, so once again ensure that it is of a professional and high quality.
Now that you have completed and printed the proposal for your petition, you are going to need to format the actual signing forms. If you are using a computer program, this is going to be very simple. However, if you’re doing it by hand, you will need to find a ruler and many sheets of paper to accommodate the numerous signatures that you will be collecting. The format of your signing forms is up to you. Try to use a format that is easy to see, easy to fill in, and easy to review at the end of the day. There is nothing worse than having a system that is difficult to review and analyze when the petition is completed. By using your initiative, we are sure that you will find a way that works well for you. Make sure that you have spaces for all the bits of data that you are going to collect. This will take planning, but you should have already done most of this before you started the proposal.
With any luck, you are now ready to go out and start petitioning. We will not cover the topic of collecting signatures in this article, however there are plenty of resources on the internet and on this website to help you with your endeavours. Whatever your topic may be and whatever your reason is for petitioning, we wish you the very best of luck and every success.


The In’s and Out’s of Petition Promotion
Quite possibly the hardest part of any successful petitioning project is the part where you actually have to get the word out, and find people to sign your petition. The way in which you do it will very much depend on how much money you have. If you have the spare cash and can afford to spend money on advertising your campaign, your promotion will most likely be more effective and successful than a free campaign. In this article, we will cover both of these options. It is important that you choose the option which is right for you.

Firstly, let’s take a look at a paid campaign. There are many websites these days that offer paid and effective promotional tools. My first suggestion would be Facebook. Surprisingly, this website has really excelled in recent times with its advertising structure and methods. If you are a member of Facebook, you may have noticed the recent change in the design and page layout, effective July 2008. The reason this is important to you, is because the advertising contained on the website is now higher quality that was before. This allows you to reach a greater audience at a more successful rate.

The way that all paid advertising works, is to charge you every time somebody clicks on your ad. Assuming that you have an electronic petition, you are able to send anybody who clicks on your link straight to the petitioning website. Because the keyword “petition” it is quite a competitive keyword, you may find that you have to pay a premium to advertise with this keyword. However, as long as you ensure that your campaign is targeted to the right people and includes appropriate headings and content, the people that click on your ads will most likely be genuine in their intentions. The last thing that you want is for people to click on your ads, visit your petition page, and then simply give up and leave the website. This costs you money, and is highly unproductive. To get around this, you need to ensure that your written proposal and description of your petition is extremely high quality by using the information in the previous articles.

Other websites that provide excellent tools for paid promotional campaigns include Google, Yahoo, and Searchfeed. Of course there are a huge number of companies out there with similar advertising models, but to be honest we would recommend that you stick with one of these major companies, especially if this is your first marketing campaign. The reason being that on the websites of these companies, you will find a huge wealth of knowledge regarding the creation and continuation of an advertising campaign. For newbies, this information is extremely valuable.

If, on the other hand, you are not prepared to spend money on the advertising of your petition – you still have many options. Assuming again that your petition is electronic, and all that you have is a link to the petition page, you can utilise the following tips to get that link out there, and put before as many peoples eyes as possible. One suggestion would be to sign up to a few forums – they can be of any topic, and would be most useful if they were on topics which you enjoyed to write on or participate in conversation over. Then, you can either actively promote the petition link within that forum by bringing it up in general conversation, or you could try the following trick! When you join a forum, there is a signature option that you can include at the bottom of all of your posts. Did you hear that? It means that every time you post a message on one of the forums, your link to the petition will be automatically included with it! Clearly, this is an invaluable way to generate permanent, visible, and duplicate copies of your petition link. If you are lost for places to join such forums, all you need to do is try a simple Google search for “forums” followed by the topic that you are interested in, and Voila! Visit the website, enter a few details to sign up, and begin your free campaign.

Whatever the method that you choose, you can be sure that the two methods described here are simply the best ways to generate constant and relevant traffic to your petition link. In both cases, people clicking on the advertising spots are not being forced to visit or click. They are doing so because they are potentially interested in what you are petitioning about. Think about it. If someone is not interested in your issue, they would simply ignore your ad – as you do with products and services that are not relevant to you. So really, it is a win – win situation. You really cannot go wrong. The only difference is the fact that with a paid campaign, you are likely to get a higher rate of clicks than you would with a free campaign.
We hope that this has given you a few helpful tips regarding the promotion and advertising of your electronic petition. Take a look at our other articles if you need any other help with the petitioning process! We are here to help.


How to start a petition?
There are many reasons why you may want to start a petition. Of course, these will depend on your values, morals, and outlook on society. Perhaps something has frustrated you – perhaps something has annoyed you – perhaps there is something that you do not agree with. Whatever the reason, a petition is a great way to express your opinion. Petitions take a number of forms. They can either be electronic petitions, whereby you submit your issue to an online website such as this one, or a manual petition, where you go out and actively promote your issue or cause. If we look back in history, we will see that there have been a number of successes with petitions. In 2007, a movement in Britain managed to gain over 600,000 signatures, and even though it wasn’t successful in Parliament, the way that it was organized and the way that it was run was indeed a success. In this article, we are going to look at a few reasons why you may resort to petitioning to get your message across. None of us like the idea of having to contest the decision made by our country leaders or companies, however, sometimes it is necessary to show our others that some of the decisions that have been made, in our eyes, are not acceptable.

The first reason that you may start a petition is that all other routes or mediums of communication with the offending party have failed. Let’s say that you are unhappy with the amount that your internet service provider is charging you. You approach the company and tell them about your concerns. Of course, the response wgich you receive shows that the company is not at all interested in your concerns. What can you do about it? It is clear that acting by yourself is not the most effective method of voicing your concerns. Perhaps it would be the case that a little collective action would do the trick. By joining forces with other people who have similar opinions to yourself, you are able to form a larger group, often thousands of people, who have the same opinions and beliefs. Answer this question for me: would a company respond more positively to a large group of people who have the same complaint or an individual with a little gripe? Obviously, the answer would be the large group of people. A petition in effect is creating one major voice with the same opinion. This automatically gives you an advantage over acting alone. And as you are about to see, this is not the only reason why a petition may be the best form of rebellion against a company or government who in your eyes has made committed an injustice.

A second reason why you may want to start a petition is to encourage competition in a particular industry. Let’s say that you start a petition against your internet provider, as in our previous example. Who says that you have to hand the completed petition to the actual company? If you are feeling particularly rebellious, who could decide to hand the final list of signatures to a competitor of that company. Yes, this is a very deceptive method of getting your point across, however, it can be extremely effective in your battle with the particular issue. You could start up the secret petition, and when after a reasonable number of signatures are collected, you could send it to a different internet service provider. You may be wondering what use this would be. What you are actually doing is giving the competitor a chance to attract the customers and clients of the other company by pricing their products in line with the respondents opinions. This is an indirect and creative way of punishing the offending company by encouraging your respondents to switch their internet service provider. Again, in this example, you can see how useful a petition is in achieving your ultimate objective.

So lets leave it there. We have given you just a few of the numerous reasons why you may consider starting a petition. Of course, it ultimately comes down to your own motives. Whatever the reason is, you should try to find as much information as you possibly can to ensure that your petitioning campaign goes as well as possible. Reading the other articles on this web site, or searching for more help on your petition will ensure that you have the right tools and knowledge to get started in the field of petitioning. Good luck. We wish you well.

How To Start A Petition:
If you ever find injustice to any field of life, you have the right to raise your voice against it by writing petition to government authority or any public entity. Petition is a document, requesting against any injustice in your vicinity. Being the citizen of a country you have full right of raising your voice against any unfair means. Either it may concern of a game, a custom, a practice, a person, an authority, an organization or judicial law itself, you can put forward your petition so as to make a change in your society. Petition can not be effective until it is being supported by sufficient number of people. There could be large number of people around the world with the same mentality as you have, thus an online petition if communicated properly among all such like minded people can definitely make a change. Online petition has been found to be the best way to communicate your message to the whole world. Petition paper can not be as effective as an online petition if circulated across whole world through a website. Once a petition is posted on a website it can be viewed by millions of visitors per day. Each of the visitors can submit their opinion or views regarding the issue either through e-mails or just by putting their signature in. Online petition can be a huge success if initiated with a justified motive. Petition is the best possible way for an individual to put into account his own personal views regarding any injustice in the society.

There are certain points which should always be kept in mind before opening a petition. Subject of petition should be very logical and must be in support of a justified decision. Grammar and spellings hold a very important role while writing a petition. If someone found your petition to be grammatically incorrect or favoring an unjust motive then your petition will not be collecting enough signatures and will go in vane. Remember that your petition should not be rambled with words and should also not be left blank somewhere. Your protest should be well defined within limited word and must have a professional assent. You need to make it sure before starting a petition that it must be under the guidelines of jurisdiction value. You should have a target of how many signatures you need in favor so as to make it effective enough to create a change. The time span under which the petition may have an impact on common mass should also be taken in account.

Promoting the petition is the most effective step behind its success. Quoting your petition on various popular sites is the best means by which you it can be viewed by hundreds and thousands of visitors per day. You can send e-mails to your friends, relatives and colleagues highlighting your petition and its motto. Starting threads in various forums and communities also work a lot in popularizing your petition. Once you manage to achieve plenty of signatures in favor of your petition, you will be liable to make an adequate change to the system.


How To Get Enough Signatures after starting your petition…
If you have started a petition on a very delicate issue with the most powerful and agitating quotes but still couldn’t achieve a decent signatures then it’s of no use. A petition can only be effective and successful if it achieves booming signatures of people from all over the world. It’s not just sufficient enough to start a petition; rather a well planned promotion of the petition is also required. Without proper promotion you can’t expect your petition to be gathering enough signatures. Even if there are millions of people all around the world having the same feeling as you but unless they come across your petition how could they sign in? Thus it is mandatory for a petition to be promoted so as to achieve the desired results.

Promoting a petition may need little effort if you really want your voice to be heard by every people of the world. While writing a petition you must understand that people will not spend all day reading a petition hence you should briefly quote your motive in your petition by giving all the relevant details. Petition must not contain any typos or grammatical errors or otherwise no one will take your petition seriously. If readers feel that the petition has been written by a ten year old boy, they would laugh at it and move by. Hence you need to be cautious about typos and grammar before opening a petition. There are two ways of promoting a petition, offline promotion and online promotion. Offline promotion involves tickets, posters, stickers, flyers, caps and other such products with the quotes of your petition on them. Offline promotion can only be targeted to a certain region irrespective of the interest of people in such issues. An online petition enables the promotion of a petition at world level. There are various social bookmarking sites such as Myspace, facebook, stumbleupon, technorati, yahoo answers etc. You can find out sites here pertaining to the same interest as your petition does. After you find many such sites, you can put the quote of your petition on those sites. Consequently your petition will be watched by millions of visitors to those sites eventually enhancing your signatures. Chat rooms and message boards can also work a lot in promoting your petition. You can simply start discussing on the related issue with rest of the chatters by giving links to your petition. Article directories will also add up to your signature if you write a detailed review of your petition and upload the article in those directories by leaving URL to your petition at the bottom. Don’t forget to email your petition to your family, friends, relatives and colleagues. You can also try radio stations, news stations and newspaper to highlight your views on the issue by giving a relevant conception about your petition. Remember that sky is the limit where online petitions are concerned. Don’t lose hope nor get frustrated while promoting for your petition. Have faith on your decision believing that you are serving a moral act by promoting your petition.


Health Petition
Petition is a voice raised by person(s) who feel(s) that justice on certain issues have not been rendered. This injustice can be in form of a broken promise or a personal wrong to oneself or the society. By raising a petition the person intends to create awareness about an issue. The intent of a petition is also to get like minded people to be a part of this campaign. These like minded people endorse the petition by becoming signatories of the petition. The petitions probability of being accepted increases, if there are large numbers of signatories to the petition. The main aim of a petition is to eradicate the wrong in the society and punish those who are guilty. Today the maximum number of petitions that get filed are health petitions. Pollution and global warming are at its peak today which causes lot of damage to the human body. Today we can raise our voice against any problem which affects our health. This can be done through health petition. Through health petition we can highlight the wrongs in the field of education, health, civil administration, infrastructure and all other issues which affect the health of a person and society at large. Health petition can also be filed for any issues which affect the society, like a petition could be files with government for creating awareness about life threatening diseases like AIDS, Tuberculosis and Leukemia. With so many deaths reported because of these diseases. Some people feel it is their moral responsibility to raise their voice for the problems which concerns so many people. If awareness is created among people as to how these diseases spread, people might take measures or precautions to avoid these diseases, thus fulfilling the purpose of the petition. Health petitions are particularly helpful in rural areas and other backward areas were people are not literate enough to understand the causes and effect of these diseases. Dirty drinking water is a root cause of many of these diseases, by raising awareness among people about the problems caused by drinking dirty water, the spread of many of these diseases can be curtailed.

Health petition can also help in provision of medical facilities in areas were there is little or no medical facilities. Many doctors do not want to go to underdeveloped areas to treat the patients because the monetary benefits in these areas are very minimal. Under such circumstances a petition could be raised to ask the authorities concerned to send medical practitioners to these areas, so that people can be well treated in these areas as well. Also in areas were free food is given to people, the people distributing food in these areas pay no importance to cleanliness. As a result many people who consume food fall ill or suffer from mal-nutrition. People can raise awareness about such issues and help people who are in desperate need of good food. Health petition can also help raise ban on smoking in public places as it not only causes harm to the person smoking but is also very harmful to passive smoker.

Petitions are a great way of fighting injustice done to a person, and health petition ranks the most important of all petitions because if there is health there will also be wealth.

Environment Petition
A petition is a legal document brought about by a person who feels that some injustice is being done to him or the society at large. The intention of the petitioner is to bring to the notice of the authorities and the people concerned about certain injustice done in the society. The petitioner may also state the ways and means by which solution to a particular problem can be brought about. A petition is the best form of non-violent movement to bring about a change in our society. Petitions can be raised for issues concerning health, environment, education, animal rights, and administration. Environment petitions are most popular petitions which are filed today. When you search goggle on environment petitions, you will get 3 million results. This clearly shows the magnitude of people filing an environment petition.

Our environment today is getting more and more polluted by the day. The industrial gases which are released in the earth’s atmosphere is endangering our very future. Also the industrial waste which is let out in water is not only causing death to millions of water animals but also affecting our health, because we end up drinking the same water. Today many industries are dumping their waste in deep pits. The waste which these industries dump contains harmful chemicals which destroy the soil. Once the fertility of the soil is destroyed nothing can be grown on the soil and the land becomes barren. At times because of the chemicals released even the ground water becomes contaminated. All this has a very negative impact on our ecosystem. Some companies resort to test on animals to find the effectiveness of their medicines. This causes a lot of harm to the animals as they are subjected to so many atrocities. It is only when people like us raise our voices against such atrocities that solution to the problem of environment degradation can be found.

To start an environment petition you need to first get an approval from the authorities concerned. Certain formalities need to be fulfilled before you get an approval to raise a petition. Once an environment petition is raised your next step is to get enough number of signatories so that the petition gets accepted.

Signatories to the petition can be got online i.e. via internet or signatories can even be got offline. Online means of promoting is more effective and simple as well. You can go website and upload your petition. These websites have specific categories for each type of petition. Once the petition is uploaded you have to use various means to promote awareness for your petition. You can create awareness for your environmental petition by sending effective mailers to people or by writing of articles and mentioning the petition details below the article or by writing on various message boards.It is very important to create awareness for the petition, as only when people are aware of the petition you have written will they be able to sign it. The various offline ways by which a petition can be promoted is by giving fliers to people or by advertisements in newspaper, radio or television or by putting up articles on community message boards. When a petition is created a person can use a combination of both off-line and online method for creating awareness for your petition.


Education Petition
People who have being subject to some form of injustice, at times, do not have any place to go. The authorities concerned may not pay heed to what the person says because of some external pressure. At this point the petition is a way by he can seek justice, for the wrong does to him or to the society. Today petitions are good way by which aware ness can be created for the issues affecting oneself or the society at large. Once permission to file a petition is received from the authorities, awareness about the petition can be created either online or by personally going and meeting people individually. Online petitions are more popular because of their reach and the cost effectiveness. A petition can be a civil petition, administrative petition, health petition or an education petition.

An education petition can be filed if an individual feels that there are certain flaws in the educational system which needs to be rectified. These flaws can affect him either individually or the flaws can affect the society at large. The flaws in the educational system can occur at school level, higher secondary level or the college level.
School Level

Today children going to school are over burdened with so many books that they do not have any time fro extra-curricular activities. They are made to study so hard that physical development of the children is seriously effected. At times children are subjected to such strict punishments by the teachers that it completely destroys their future. All this affects the growth of the child and he becomes very introvert. All this has a negative impact on the ability of the child to perform well, when he takes up employment in the future. The parents must be aware that by filing a petition and thereby bringing change to the education system, they are not only saving their child’s future but also the future of millions of other children who are affected by the present education system.

High School Level
High school students are also subjected to so much pressure to perform well that some students end up in depression for fear of not meeting expectations. Today schools subject students to so many tuitions and extra classes that the students do not have any time for themselves. The schools are only interested in seeing good results and are not worried about the personal development of the student. At times the students may also be under pressure from parents to perform well so that they can get into a good college in the future. This only adds to the pressure that the students already face from school authorities. If students and/or parents come forward with the problems and bring it to the notice of the people concerned, it will do a lot of good to the society.

College Level
At college level students could face problems right from the time of admissions. At times, during admissions selection of a student is based on his financial background, his caste, the recommendation letter that he brings rather than the marks that he has secured. In such circumstances meritorious students are left behind and weak students are admitted. This is not good for the education system as the deserving students are left behind and less deserving students are admitted.
So it is important that the parents and the students are aware of their rights and file petition if they feel injustice has been done to either the individual or the society.


Anti-War Petition:
After the disastrous result of first and Second World War, every nation of the world is trying to step forward towards anti war agitation. With the development of nuclear weapon it’s a known fact that even for once a world war is initiated the whole earth will be destroyed. Despite of knowing this fact still there are few Nations which keep on imposing war on others in the name of territory or religion. No one is unaware of the consequences of these wars but the greedy nature of dictators and anti social elements prompt them to support the war against nation. For the sake of humanity it’s now time for us to raise our voice against any such inhuman acts or wars around the globe. So what if we are just a minor citizen of a country? Together we can create havoc and change the way these rulers want to rule the world. We have the right to protest against any heinous act or injustice that could pose a threat to humanity. We have the power to use our first amendment rights and continue our protest against the issue we care about, including War.

Creating petition is the best way to raise your voice against any delicate issue. It’s our right and even duty to announce the whole world that something is going wrong in our society and that should immediately be rectified. Petition can be both offline and online, in any of the ways you can launch your protest asking government officials to change the system that is hampering the whole world. Through online petition you can make the whole world listen your voice against war. Your petition may start an anti war agitation in the whole world that can not go in vane if operated properly. Whether you wish to promote your petition through street rallies or just by using internet to launch your online petition, both the ways can work out effectively. Anti-war petition has the power to change the world. Those who have suffered a huge loss in early wars of world history would no doubt support you in best possible manners. Youths who have lost their parents in wars, parents who have lost their children, widows who lost their husbands, all have burning anger inside which you can ignite through your anti war petition. What has happened in past can’t be redeemed but at least we can put a check on any upcoming wars that may happen in recent future. Threat to world is always imminent, no matter which part of the world you belong. Hence instead of turning back you must approach towards signing in any such anti war petition. Although a petition should be powerful and agitating, it should not be forceful. By maintaining respectful and polite assent you can bring on millions of people all around the world in your favor. Petition is meant to create a positive change in the society and hence it should never be offensive or rude.

Release Neil Young’s “Time Fades Away”
We, the undersigned, respectfully petition Reprise Records, a division of Warner Bros. Records, Inc., to release Neil Young’s album “Time Fades Away” on the CD format.
We, the people that have signed this petition, after reading the article below, request that Reprise Records and representatives of the artist Neil Young make the “Time Fades Away album available to the public.
BACKGROUND
Neil Young’s 1973 “Time Fades Away” is one of the most remarkable live albums ever recorded. Certainly at the time of release, it was almost unprecedented for an artist to release a live concert recording of previously unreleased material. Long out of print on vinyl, still unavailable on CD in the early 21st century and widely bootlegged, the album is considered to be the “Holy Grail” of all Neil Young albums.
In an effort to gain wider distribution of this essential Neil Young recording, fans have started a petition requesting that the album be officially released. Those interested in obtaining a legal copy of “Time Fades Away” are urged to sign the petition today.
For more information, lyrics, reviews, photos and artwork, see: “Time Fades Away” Petition Website
Sincerely,
The Undersigned Fans
This petition was started by a Neil Young fan. The point of the petition is to try and get the record label to release this live performance to the public.


Writing Petitions Effectively

Petitions are a mode of highlighting the views of public to the authorities of the office holding post and power. Writing petitions is not a very difficult task. We need to consider several attributes and concerned issues while coining our petition. We have to identify our goal of the petition, we need to do proper homework and research on the particular petition, the petitions then have to be communicated well among the public in order to advertise and promote them properly.

The goal or the target of our petition has to be properly identified to file a properly framed petition. The targets can be classified under the following categories – namely, the government bodies, politicians and other local groups like the municipalities, the political parties and their ministers and governors, petitions for the proper functioning of the educational institutions, sports related petitions, petitions in favor or against the media and the entertainment agencies through the television, radio and the films, petitions for the proper functioning of area association activities. Other categories include, animal rights and welfare, arts, business, automobile industries, children rights, consumer affairs, culture, employment, international affairs, patriotism, residential disputes and also in science and technological issues.

These petitions can also be filed online and the signatures can be obtained using the electronic signatures or e-signatures. There are several websites that help in filing online petitions for example, petitionspot.com and gopetition.com. These websites help the author of the petition to create their own fields of petition and accumulate the data necessary for the petition.

The petition should make a proper and valid request, which should be followed by research in the particular area. They should clearly represent the idea and the circumstances related to the petition idea along with the documentary proofs describing it.
The petitions should have a proper format for communicating the ideas clearly. The petitions should not be cluttered or clumsy that will make the reviewers to loose interest on it. The petition should properly describe the position, indicate what is necessary and also describe why it is necessary. The data accumulation, security and privacy are the major concerns with the online petitions. The online petition sites should have a proper privacy policy drafted and they should be agreed by the petition authors both in letter and spirit.

After this, the petitions should be properly advertised with good supporting documents submitted on request using the various online media available such as the emails, blogs, websites, communities and forums and also can be advertised in the news papers. Once the petitions get sufficient number of signatures using the e-signatures in the online-petitions or getting the signatures or thumb impression from the people involved in it, it should reach the concerned people who should go through the petition and approve it. If we are not able to reach the concerned higher authorities for approval, the hard work toward the drafting and filing the petition would become a vain attempt. Thus the petitions should be in such a way that they effectively act as the voice of the people concerned with it.


What Petitions Can Help?
Petitions are actually very helpful in voicing out one’s views or thoughts vociferously and boldly. In the current advanced world, everyone has the right to express their thoughts about anything in a clear manner and this can be done through petitions.
Though petitions can be raised, their success depends on the support it gets and is carried to closure. This is one other important factor that the writers of these petitions have to take care of. While taking enough care to ensure that their petitions reach likeminded people for the same to gather as much as support and succeed, they need to look at various options to guarantee that the petitions at least reach enough number of people.

There are many forms of petitions, ranging from online petitions to petitions given in instruments of mass communications. Radio, televisions, newspapers and other mass communication systems go a long way in helping the message of the petitions carried through large numbers of people. Online petitions can be given over the internet and can be access by anybody who is online.

Online petitions are very simple to be adapted and they also ascertain a good reach of masses. As once the petitions are submitted online, there could be many number of people who access them and read them. The cases with petitions on mass communication systems are quite different from this. These survive solely on the amount of advertisements that are given and awareness has to be created among the public. Personal word of mouth goes a long way in helping these petitions gather momentum and attain success. The only disadvantage about this method is that the advertising factor involved could prove to be a little costly and not many petitioner will be capable of handling the cost factor, unless otherwise they have good financial background.

Given all these details, there are certain common guidelines that need to be followed by the petitioners. The first and foremost requisite would be to follow and comply by any legal guidelines that have been sent by the local government. This is of utmost importance, because if this has not been adhered to there is a good chance of the entire petition being wound up and nothing will happen on it. The laws and local legislations should clear the petition as a first step. The other requirements would be on how the petitions should actually be written. Care should be taken to ensure that there are no errors on the petitions – either grammatical or typographical. Anybody who reads a error filled petition, feels that the writer is not serious enough about the way he feels about what he is written. Careless and slip shod work is never a success. Another factor that has to be noted is that the language used on any petition needs to perfect and humble. Nobody likes to sympathize with a petitioner who has used harsh or obscene language and tends to turn away from such petitions. On the other hand, if the petitioner has put across his thoughts in a clear and confident manner is simple and neat language, the petitions are bound to win!

Introduction
What Is A Petition and why should you start one?
If you are petitioning another entity, organization or person, the number of signatures will be different. Different levels of government or organizations may have policy that concerns petitions and the number of signatures to change the rules or otherwise produce change. If your petition targeted a specific group with only so many members, you could decide to send in the petition when you know that you have a majority or landslide number of petitioners. With less formal petitions, the campaign manager will have to deicide the right number of signatures for their petition.
Do You Have To Format The Signatures?

The signature page must contain an approved summary or the full text of the petition. For signatures that are meant to go to Congress, signatures must include a person's legal name and complete mailing or voting address. The address must have the street, city, state and zip code. Website petitions can ensure that the signature page stays formatted correctly by producing a PDF document of the signature page. Develop a privacy policy so that signers know that their information is protected and only used for the legitimate purposes of the petition.
Writing The Petition By Breaking It Down In Parts
When you plan your petition, think of it as a worksheet project. When you fill in the blanks, you will have the outline for a fantastic petition. When you want to write a petition, plan what you are going to say to get the maximum effect from your words.
The issue must be easily identifiable from the start. Give the petition a title that works as a snapshot of the issue and the solution. Say "Bring Hilary Duff To Smalltown, USA Now" instead "We Want Hilary Duff To Have A Concert In Our Smalltown, USA". Keep it punchy and use power words to get attention.

Determine from whom you want to receive signatures. Take some time to understand this group. If you can write a quick profile on the group, you will be better able to target your message to this group.
You have to persuade this group that you know what you are talking about and that your petition is worth signing. You can answer some basic questions to create a short description of the issue. For instance, with three 60 - 75 word paragraphs, describe the situation, the best solution to the situation and the value of having the solution happen. You now have the makings for a short 200 word description of your issue. This description must lead up to the petition or request itself.
Decide on how much detail is needed to describe the issue to your target audience. For an audience who does not know anything about the issue, you can write one or two paragraphs describing the issue. For a knowledgeable audience, you can be briefer and describe the situation in one or two sentences. You can add a historical view of the issue if it is useful as long as the facts are clear.

Example of Lead In And Petition
Lead In: Whereas Hilary Duff has so far not had a concert in Smalltown, USA, which has caused her fans to wonder if she does not care about them even though the fans really want to see her and would be so grateful to her if she would entertain Smalltown, USA;
Petition: The undersigned residents of Smalltown, USA, hereby request the following actions to take place:
1. Hilary Duff arranges a concert in this town as soon as possible;
2. Apologizes for ignoring her fans in Smalltown, USA and;
3. Provides assurances to her fans in Smalltown, USA that they will not be forgotten again by the entertainer and further, Hillary Duff will have a concert in Smalltown, USA every two years until her fans have had enough of her.
Is There A Proper Format For Petitions?
Your petition will have greater success if it follows any guidelines that may affect it. Community, local, state and federal organizations usually will have policy about how a petition should be formatted to appear before the governing body. You can check with the Secretary of State to find out any particular details that must be included in your petition if it is going to any political leaders.

Promoting The Petition

Promote your petition or else it may not get enough signatures to be effective. You will get more signatures when more people know about it. Go online, talk about it and leave links to it in blog comments, news story comments, forums and social networks. You can make a link to the petition into part of your signature that is used in all emails or forum posts. You can leave hard copy flyers on community boards.

Sending The Petition To Its Target
As campaign manager, you will decide when it is the right time to stop collecting signatures. You may have set a deadline for signatures, which gives you a stop date. When sending in an online petition, print a hard copy in a PDF document. Make sure the petition is complete with any and all its components, sign it and mail the petition to the mailing addresses of its targets or target.
When you put some time and effort into making your petition stronger with effective words, correct formatting, enough signatures, the right target and the right audience to provide you with signatures, you will be doing the best that you can to effect change. Instead of just talking about a solution, you will become a link in the chain of command that actually does something about the issue.

A successful petition provides proof that you only need a small number of determined people to create the change for a better world. There is nothing like changing things for the better and knowing that you played an important part in that change. You will begin to look around for more issues that need your help and the signatures of others. Change is possible with a great petition.
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Starting a Petition: Steps to Success
Its tough isn't it? Perhaps there is a particular decision you don't agree with, something that really gets on your nerves, or some situation that is just downright rude. What can do you about it? More often than not, the answer to this question is zilch, zero, nada, nothing. But before throwing in the towel completely, how about trying a bit of collective action against the offending party? A petition could indeed be your saving grace. We have all heard of petitioning, used often in the political realm, but just as effective in other areas of society also. So how do you start a petition? What will set your movement up for success? Below are a number of features of a high quality, planned and ultimately, victorious appeal.
Planning

Yes, it's the most despised process of most tasks, the part where you have to sit down and get your pen and paper out. If you are like me, you would most probably just prefer to take action off the cuff but often this approach causes problems and difficulties down the track. Even if you don't sit down and actively plan each of the following issues, the least you can do is give them a tiny bit of thought before getting started.

Who is supposed to see this petition?
Answering this is simple. Who is the perpetrator of your injustice? Here are some examples:
You dislike a decision made by your regional government body. Clearly here your petition would be directed at the offending government body, or an equivalently powerful body who is able to take action on the issue.
Secondly, you dislike the rates being charged by your internet provider. You have two options here. Either you could petition the company directly, or take the petition to a third party which has control over the particular company / product in dispute. In the internet example above, other routes of motion could include the industry watchdog or a local politician with similar views as you. You could even take the revengeful approach of sending your completed petition to a competing company for them to poach the other firms clients (with permission from your signers of course).
As you can see, the decision of which entity you target is an important one and can definitely affect the usefulness and outcome of any action you take. Consider it carefully.

Who will sign this petition?
Try to identify your target audience. When you publicise your petition, it is likely that you will have to draft up a proposal with your reasons and ideas regarding the resolution of your issue. If you know the types of people that you want to attract and source signatures from, it will make this process so much easier. Lets take the two examples above and decide on the target audience. In the case of the offending local government, it would be wiser to market the petition to ratepayers and adults who may have the same interests or concerns as you. It would be much less effective to direct your efforts towards the local youth or adults of another area, for obvious reasons.

For the internet pricing petition, the opposite may be the correct approach to take. Young people are much more familiar with the internet and the costs associated with such a service. The youth audience will probably be keen to keep their costs down, so to refine your audience search even further, students could be an even better target, as it is well known that they are always strapped for cash. These types of people will be much more likely to sign than a wealthy family or a group who has no relationship with the service in question.

By now, you will be able to see how far a little bit of consideration on these issues can lead you. Both of the tasks above are very simple, and won't take long. As I said in the introduction, you don't have to sit and plan for hours, but a few minutes spent pondering can go a long way.
You're almost done.

It's time. Once these simple planning stages are complete, you are free to step out the door and begin with the exciting part – finding people with the same views and values as you, who want the same action taken. For more information on the next parts of the petitioning process, take a look at the other links on this website. We provide you with an excellent source of information and advice so as to ensure you can produce a successful and meaningful petition, whilst keeping the procedure as simple as possible.�

Good luck out there. We wish you well with your quest for success, whatever it may be.
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Tips and Tricks to Prepare a Successful Petition.
As we know, there are countless reasons why one might choose to start a petition. Regardless of the reason however, there are some standard guidelines that all petitions should follow to ensure your completed effort is of an acceptable format and quality. Make sure you take the time to review each of the tips below. Missing out critical data can be a fatal obstacle when it comes time to present your final copy. As an example of the importance of each piece of data, we need only look at the recent failure of a major petition in New Zealand against child smacking laws, where the appeal was dismissed simply because the organizers failed to collect the necessary details from respondents, despite gaining over 250,000 signatures. Hence, despite what you may have thought, signatures are not the only details you need to get on paper.
What details do I collect?
When you approach people for their signature, you will need a number of personal details from them. Ensure that they don't mind giving out their information, and if they seem hesitant, try explaining the finer details of your petition to build a bit more trust. You should take the following information:
• Name
• Address
• Signature
• Phone Number (in some cases)

You will notice that this is very straightforward, and people shouldn't put up too much opposition to giving you such details. The reason phone number has been included in the list above is because in some jurisdictions, and especially in the case of petitioning a government body or council, the legal requirements for a valid petition include an active phone number for the respondent.

How should I format the petition?
This part is easy. There are two main options available to you here. Firstly, you can use a computer programme such as Microsoft Excel or secondly, keep track of all the records manually and individually. Alternatively, you could use a combination of both methods by collecting your data on individual sheets, and then compiling and collaborating them in the computer programme. Whichever method you choose, ensure that you are familiar with the functionality and features of it. This will make the process of recording, storing and formatting the data efficient and effective. The last thing you want is to have to sit behind your desk for hours, sorting and filing, simply because you failed to plan this crucial stage.
How should I present and format the petition proposal?
When it comes time to venture out and collect the information above, you may need to have a proposal on hand to explain more about your reasons for launching a collective action. Think about this for a moment. What would you say if someone asked you about the finer details about your petition? If you have nothing prepared, it will look as if you are not that serious about your cause, and people will probably react unfavourably because of your lack� of preparation in their eyes. To avoid this, try writing a page or so outlining the exact information people will want to know before they commit their signature to paper. Possible ideas for your proposal include:
• A few quick, straight-to-the-point sentences on the background and history of the issue. Explain the reasons for your frustration, and why others should feel the same way.
• Attempt to provide a bit of foresight, and explain what will happen if the petition is accepted and acted on. What will the resulting action be? How will this outcome affect society or that person in particular?
• Always include a small section about the importance of each persons vote. If you make people feel as if their participation is unique and useful, they are much more likely to sign than someone who thinks they will just be another one in the crowd.

Something that a lot of people forget to include in their general information section (proposal) is the target recipient of the petition. Sure, we can take for granted that the company who is charging too much for internet services is company x�, but if the petition is being directed at the industry watchdog, it would be wise to let people know that their valuable personal data is being sent to a third party.�
Be open, transparent, and honest. Regard each signature with the respect it deserves. Each persons opinion is just as valuable as your own, and you should be thankful that you have the support of other members of society. Assuming you do all of these things, you are sure to be well on your way to a successful outcome.
Just one more tip before we conclude this section: Be patient! It is a fact that people are going to feel differently about the issue that you have brought to light. If you are having difficulty in collecting signatures, don't give up. Try thinking about the reasons you are not succeeding. Re-read the information on this website if necessary, and implement a few appropriate changes where you see fit. Remain persistent, and continue to consider the end result and the reasons why you began your endeavours in the first place. Good Luck!
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How to petition
This section will be broken up in to two parts. Firstly, we will cover the method of active, manual petitioning – the one that involves you putting your shoes on, and grabbing peoples attention on the street or at their homes. After that, we will look at the relatively new phenomenon of internet petitioning, and how it can save you a lot of time and work. We will then summarize both approaches, so that you can decide on the one that suits you best.
The Traditional Method
We have all come across people in the street trying to sell us something, convert us to something, or try to get money off us for something. If you are watchful and like me, you will probably realise that people are not very keen on this method of publicity. Unless you are giving something away for free, a majority of the general public will simply pass you by with one of those familiar hand gestures or a shake of the head. For this reason, standing on the street with your clipboard smiling is not going to lure in the signatures that you need for you petition. You are going to have to be much more thoughtful and direct.�
It all depends on the group of people that you are targeting. Assuming that you have identified this group, it would be wise for you to work out where the best place will be to single out these people – when they are not busy. An excellent time to approach people is in the early hours of the evening, when they have had a chance to cool off from a tough days work, or on the weekend – when people are not as rushed as they are during the week. Choose a location that will provide an ongoing source of new people from your target group. For example, if you are targeting adults, try your local supermarket or major department store. If you are targeting the youth market, try the local shopping mall. You could be even more specific. If you are targeting adult females, try positioning yourself outside a high-end fashion or cosmetics department store. As you can see, by using just a little bit of initiative, you are almost guaranteeing yourself signatures by exposing your petition to your target audience.
Dress appropriately. Passers by will not appreciate messy or untidy attire, and you will be looked upon as unprofessional. Smile! Attract people and make them feel warm. When you explain your reasons for creating the petition, listen to their own opinions and reasons for signing or not signing. This can give you valuable feedback as to whether or not you are going about your promotion activities in the right way or not. Do not be offended if people refuse to sign! You must understand that everyone has a different opinion, and what you believe to be an absolute outrage or scandal may be nothing at all to other people. Be sure to thank them for their time, wish them a good day, and then move on to the next person. With a bit of luck, and some skill – you will have gathered numerous signatures in no time.
The New Generation: Internet Petitioning
No doubt you will have heard of this method. There are many websites out there which offer you the opportunity to present your petition to a large audience who have come to that particular website for one reason: to find petitions that they are interested in signing. Voila! Can you see that your work has just been done for you? Instead of going through the hassle, drama and organization of the traditional petitioning method, internet petitioning offers you an alternative, often more efficient mode of reaching potential signers. A simple Google search for internet petition� will reveal numerous domains in which you can list your issue for review. You are still able to actively promote your petition via the URL to the petitions page, however the key here is that even if you do zero marketing, the petition is still available to people when they browse through all of the active petitions on that website.
This may seem like the obvious choice when it comes to petitioning methods. But, as with any alternative to a traditional method, there are a few drawbacks. Firstly, you need to be sure that the party who is to be receiving the completed petition actually allows electronic signatures. In some cases, such as with local government petitions, the particular body may require physical signatures on paper before they even consider reviewing a petition. Laws are different in each area, so be sure to check whether electronic signatures are valid before you launch your internet campaign. A second drawback is that of plagiarism and forgery. By now you will of course know that the internet has become renowned for its levels of undetected fraud. When launching an internet campaign, you will have to keep this in mind, and be prepared to deal with fake signatures or spam content on your lists. Nobody is immune to this type of deceptive action, and it could provide for a nasty surprise if you don't prepare yourself and tackle it beforehand.
The Decision
So there you have it. Now that we have been through the details of both methods, which one is best for you? Here are a few tips to help you decide.
• Petitions for an official office / government body should be done manually. Generally, more weight is given to petitions that are submitted physically on paper rather than electronically. Additionally, you should decide whether the issue of your petition is very serious or not. Of course you are frustrated by the issue, and that is what has motivated you to take this course of action, but try to look past that and see if it is of national importance or an extremely serious nature. If it is, a manual submission is definitely your best option.
• Alternatively, if your goal is to simply bring about a higher level of public awareness around your issue, or if you don't have the time to launch a major manual campaign, an electronic, internet powered petition is right for you. Even if it doesn't hold as much weight, comments and signatures will still show the target entity that there are people out there who are unhappy with their actions.

Ultimately, it's up to you. Consider your mode of data gathering carefully, as it could end up being the difference between the success or the failure of your petition.
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Tips for promoting your petition.
Congratulations. By this point, you have planned your petition, gone through the finer details to identify the groups you will need to target, and developed your proposal for each participant to read. You have also chosen the method by which you are going to collect signatures (manual or electronic), and you are now ready to begin. So where to from here? What are some good ways to let people know about your petition and entice them to join in with your campaign and let their voice be heard? Following are a few tips for both collection methods, designed to help you achieve success with your promotional endeavours.
Promoting a manual based petition.
So you have decided on the manual, more traditional method for your data collection. At this point, you may be wondering how on earth it will be possible to market your efforts. After all, you don't really have a product! Don't panic, we have a few simple ideas for you. Firstly, you might consider some type of mail drop. This would involve creating some type of brochure or leaflet, which contains all the information relating to your campaign. Basically, you would create many copies of your proposal, nicely formatted, and addressed appropriately. Then, even without an envelope, you could wander out through your neighborhood and put a copy of this pamphlet along with a form for the recipient to receive, in each letterbox. This saves the need to approach random strangers and attract bizarre looks or negative responses. This way, if they feel strongly about the issue like you do, they will fill in the corresponding form, and return it to you themselves. Now you have a signature, with pretty minimal work involved on your part. If they don't like your campaign, the 2 pieces of paper will simply make their way to the bin, saving countless hours worth of pointless chitchat.
Another great method would be to give people a call at home. Sure, most of us hate receiving calls whilst we are in the middle of dinner, and having to persuade the person on the other end that we don't want to talk to them. Yet the harsh reality about this method is that it works! There is an entire industry out there feeding on this type of marketing. People may appreciate the fact that you are volunteering for yourself, and putting effort into a cause you think is worth promoting, and they may just play along and offer you're their support. As a side note, we discussed in previous pages the importance of staying calm when people react negatively to you. This is extremely important, and will ensure your credibility remains intact.
Promoting an electronic based petition.

There are many options when it comes to internet promotion. The most obvious of these is paid promotion of your petition. If you do have a few spare dollars to spend, head over to a website such as Google or Yahoo, and investigate their advertising programmes. Both companies are leaders in online search advertising, and each has a wealth of knowledge on how to start up a paid, successful advertising campaign. Contrary to what you may be thinking, paid advertising will not burn a hole in your pocket. There are many controls that you are able to put in place to ensure your campaign runs to a set budget – with maximum exposure. This option is for serious or corporate backed petitions. Another great place to do your advertising is at the website Facebook.� This website recently incorporated a new advertising system which allows members to create their own ads, and publish them to the entire facebook community.� They also have numerous options for targeting your advertising campaign, such as the ability to select an audience based on their geographic location, age, gender, and interests. This basically does all work for you.� Now also, you are able to see why the planning stage is so important.� When you create your advertising campaign you should be able to match all of the data that you came up with in that planning stage.
What about in the case where you don't have much money? I am going to let you in on a little secret. For a long time people have used forums as a medium for advertising.� When you sign up for a forum, you are able to customize the signature that goes on every post that you make. Whenever someone reads a post that you have made, they will see your signature at the bottom. If they are interested in what it is advertising, they can click on it and be redirected to your petition site. As you can see this costs no money. Unfortunately, you will have to spend some considerable time posting on websites or even signing up to sites if you are not already a member. If you are prepared to do this, it is a very inexpensive way of getting your message across.
Here is one last suggestion, and it is a very simple one. We have all heard of e-mail marketing at some point of time. Why not try some of this for yourself?� Open up your e-mail program, type up your proposal, and send it to some of your friends and family, or people that you think may be interested in this petition. Be selective with the people that you send it to! Also, ensure that you know the people before sending them an email. Unsolicited emailing has become illegal in many jurisdictions, so you wouldn't want to break the law inadvertently.
With any luck, a bit of skill, and the utilisation of a few of the marketing methods listed here, your petition will be receiving signatures in no time. The key of any successful marketing campaign is surely to minimise the amount of time that you spend personally promoting, and making any money that you spend work for you. Choose wisely, and if investing in paid marketing, read up on all of the information which is applicable to your campaign before you begin.
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Success and Failure of Petitions
When it comes to success stories, there are a tonne to talk about. But just as there are successes, there are also many failures. We are going to take a look at some of the successes and failures of recent petitions from 2007. Perhaps you can learn a few lessons from each of these. The main thing to remember is that not every petition is going to succeed. Success will depend on a number of different factors, including how much time you put in to the planning stages and how well you execute the promotion and other parts of the petitioning process. Let's start with a success story.
At the beginning of 2007, almost six hundred thousand people signed a petition in Britain against road user pricing changes. Interestingly, this was an electronic petition, despite the fact that it was aimed at the government. As we have discussed in previous articles, the best way to petition a government or local body is to file a manual or physical petition. This is because such petitioning methods hold much more weight when it comes to official issues such as this one. Unsurprisingly, the petition failed to produce the results that it set out to produce, however we actually consider it a technical success. The way in which the petition was conducted, managed, organised, and promoted is reflected in the number of signatures that were collected. Surely, on the basis that it was the largest petition in Britain to date, we can consider it somewhat of a success. It made the government stop, look, and think again about what they were about to do.
This is the least we can ask for! Imagine that the person who decided to start this petition visited the parliament house by themself, and tried to express their opinion with a simple written letter, with a lone signature at the bottom. Sadly, the recipient of the letter would probably take a trip straight to the rubbish bin, and the issue would continue to be ignored. No doubt this will provide some people with an incentive to get out there, put some effort in, and bring an issue to light with society as a whole. Just look at the intense support that one person can muster, beginning from their frustration with a particular issue.
Having seen this technical success, lets now look at a terrible failure. In late 2007, a similar petition to the government in New Zealand, this time regarding child smacking laws, was thrown out completely because the auditor found false, fraudulent information within the data collected from petition participants. The organisers claimed that they knew nothing about the deception that was included in their final reports, and apologised profusely for it. Obviously, the petition was struck down and seen as being void. This demonstrates the need to plan and prepare for such a phenomenon before it happens. It is critical that you put protective measures in place to stop things like this from destroying all of the hard work that you have done. Just imagine how the organisers and participants felt when they knew they had been let down by a lack of planning and understanding of the petitioning process! Do not let this happen to you.
The overall result that we can take from these two case studies is the following: Petitioning does work, but it has to be planned and executed carefully and precisely to ensure that the end result is successful and valid. Throughout this website, we have given you numerous tips to get your petition on its way to success, but obviously we cannot tell you everything. It is up to you to use your initiative to discover what is best for you. We have provided a set of guidelines to cover most petitions on most issues, but we will never be able to cover every case and every situation. Think before you act. Make sure that you have a quality foundation on which to build your support base. Ensure that the people who you represent are treated with respect, privacy, and goodwill. Do all that you can to prevent the deceptive actions which some will attempt to perform against you to stall your efforts. But most of all, remember the reason why you are petitioning in the first place. Be passionate about your cause, and you will go a long way. If you are not, or if you become uninterested in the petition after a while, the chances of success will drop dramatically.
The fact that you are reading this will probably already have catapulted you in front of the many other people who start, struggle, and eventually give up on petitioning. Whatever your issue and whatever your cause – we wish you luck with your petitioning endeavours and thank you for taking the time to better your chances of success.





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