Round 2 - Male individuals – vote for your favourite for the 2009 calendar

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[Christopher]

Welcome to the second round of voting for the 2009 Kiva Calendar.  There are 3 concurrent polls (Female individuals, Male individuals and Groups) – remember to vote in each one.

You have up to 5 votes in this poll. (Results will be available after the poll has ended).

Below are links to each  entrepreneurs' profile and a thumbnail (which in turn is linked to the full-sized image – be warned some are a couple of MB or more)

The entries from the second round of polls will go through to make a heirachical shortlist* (that ensures a balance of countries, genders, groups and businesses) and be passed to Fiona@Kiva to get the permissions required over photo use.

Kiva profile: Mir Ahammd Abdulaziz	Kiva profile: Guloglan Allakhverdiyev	Kiva profile: Rene Quispe Mamani
Kiva profile: Dimitar Shkerdankov	Kiva profile: Heat Tres (Journal photo)	Kiva profile: Johnson Ntakan (Journal photo)
Kiva profile: Aubin Kacou	Kiva profile: Juan Vera	Kiva profile: John Arthur
Kiva profile: Daniel Rodiguez Juarez	Kiva profile: Simiao Israel Mazia	Kiva profile: José Manuel Urbina Flores
Kiva profile: Emokpae Paul	Kiva profile: Inocencio Aquino	Kiva profile: Sergio Julio (Journal photo)
Kiva profile: Balla Dione	Kiva profile: Alisher Musoev	Kiva profile: Godlisen Oziambo
Kiva profile: Mensah Vidahe	Kiva profile: Henry Kicanco

*I am currently reserving the right that if there is a tie I will have the casting vote (I will not have voted in the poll, however tempting it might be).

Where possible the casting vote will be used to ensure:
- a balance of male and female entrepreneurs (as to the Kiva ratio)
- a balance of businesses (farming, shops, repairs, food, markets etc).

[KivanSteven]

My man Juan, finally made it somewhere...I pushed hard for him last year but he didnt survive the process...thanks to whomever felt it was a good idea to bring him back and give him a second shot...go Juan!!!

And Jose the car mechanic looks like a thinner version of Adam Carolla.

[wthepoo]

I found that the hardest vote of all - I had narrowed it down to 12 photos rather soon but then the difficulties started... so many great photos.

Then I remembered Geoff's post that it's also about the stories... that and the consideration that maybe two (male) bakers is a bit much helped me to find "my 5" - even though it meant that some (even particularly) fabulous photos didn't make it for me.

In case anybody cares (and of course, I hope you do... and will vote accordingly  ) - my 5 top favourites are (in no particular order):

Mir Ahammd Abdulaziz
Heat Tres (Journal photo)
Johnson Ntakan (Journal photo)
Inocencio Aquino
Godlisen Oziambo

Take care,
Wolfgang.

[KivanSteven]

Pretty good pics Wolfgang even though we only share one...I was considering 2 others of yours though.

1. Mir
2. Juan
3. Simiao
4. Alisher
5. Johnson (I changed to him from Mensah after revisiting the pics just now--wasnt sure how many people, besides Colette and Jill, would like seeing a half naked person staring back at them for a whole month). 

Edit: Wolfgang we now share 2 after the change.

[wthepoo]

I have seriously considered your 3 other choices (Juan, Simiao and Alisher), too. I dropped Alisher for already having a baker in Mir (I would not mind having two bakers in the calendar, but it was one consideration that helped my decision), Juan and Simiao (who would have been my #6) I dropped because I found their stories less compelling than Johnson's.

Btw, I thought about the half-nakedness, too, but not for Mensah but for Heat - but I like his photo too much to be able not to vote for it, especially since it's my favourite by far from Cambodia/Vietnam/Samoa - and I would like to have one photo from there in the calendar.

Take care,
Wolfgang.

[NevadaStars]

I hope voters will consider selecting Rene Quispe Mamani.  Although the picture may not be visually colorful, he would be representing the disabled population. 

[KivanSteven]

Thats great Margie...I didnt vote for him, but that info could be used in his write up and would make a great contribution to the calendar.  Did we have a disabled person in the calendar last year?  I dont believe we did--or at least we didnt highlight the disability if someone did have one we knew about.

[cpbailey]

Guys, I was joking about wanting half naked guys.  I actually like the animal carvings in the photo.  Easy to see topless guys on the beach, not so easy to find carved giraffes.  Dimitar is music to my ears, though.  I like Mir and Alisher for their dough.  Not that I voted this way, but I just can't resist a bad pun.

Colette

[KivanSteven]

Colette what happened to your sense of humor...you had to have known I was kiddin' ya    But I still like the carvings as well...shows the finished product of his exceptional work.