I don't appreciate petitions. I find them childish and worthless.
Also, as stepurhan wrote, the source brings a lot of doubt. What makes it even more suspicious is that the OP omitted (intentionally) to copy-paste the whole so-called email. This Keith Arem guy doesn't need a support petition. He asks for a finance petition.
I guess the OP, newmy51 and 'Keith Arem' is the same guy and the next step of the plan is to create a donation. Nice way to collect money from fanboys