wfn.org | RNA - Yearbooks and such

[George Conklin <gconklin@igc.org>]

Carol,

You said:

>From: Carol Fouke <carolf@ncccusa.org>
>To: "'George Conklin'" <gconklin@igc.org>
>Subject: RE: RNA and Yearbook
>Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 11:50:06 -0700
>
>
>Hi George -- I don't recall any such agreement.  If I missed something in 
>the e-mail stream, I apologize!  I only recall communications about 
>Yearbook distribution.  There's no reason that WFN flyers can't be 
>distributed at the S.F. meeting.  And/or in an NCC info packet to 
>reporters, but we're not anywhere close to putting that together yet.  The 
>Yearbooks have already gone out.  Carol

Two weeks ago we exchanged email regarding the RNA and Yearbooks.  I've 
just come home from vacation and checked my files, below is our exchange of 
two weeks ago.

The original idea of having me distributing Yearbooks at RNA, as the notes 
below say, was Randy's.  He suggested it when I was meeting with him, Dave 
and Mart earlier in July and among the WFN things we discussed was my going 
to the RNA.

I'm sorry to hear that the Yearbooks were mailed without the WFN flier, 
which I suggested in some other notes two weeks ago - hate to miss a 
promotion opportunity.

   -- George

>Carol,
>
>Randy suggested it when I met with him, Dave and Martin a couple of weeks 
>ago in NYC.  I'll let you sort things out.
>
>   - George
>
>At 05:32 PM 07/31/2000 -0700, you wrote:
>Wow I read the fine print here just in time.  Yemi and I are working right 
>now to select 100 RNA members to get free Year 2000 Yearbooks by mail.  I 
>thought we'd agree to mail them!  We hadn't talked about a survey/Yearbook 
>exchange at the RNA meeting, although yes we've done that in past years 
>(once, 2 years ago actually; not last year.).  George may have promised 
>something to Sandi & RNA that we can't - or that we choose not to - 
>deliver.  Randy, shall we go ahead and mail the 100 books or ship them to 
>San Francisco and start drafting a survey?  I'd favor just going ahead 
>with the mailing.  I'd rather put energy into thinking how we promote WFN 
>& the NCC than to writing and then analyzing a survey.  Carol
>
>----------
>From:  George Conklin[SMTP:gconklin@wfn.org]
>Sent:  Monday, July 31, 2000 11:31 AM
>To:  carolf@ncccusa.org; dpomeroy@ncccusa.org; WFNdevlpmt@aol.com; 
>gconklin@wfn.org; randy@ncccusa.org
>Subject:  Fwd: RE: RNA in San Francisco - Worldwide Faith News
>
>This about the RNA.  I will only get to the Friday afternoon, evening
>sessions.  Going to a friends wedding in So. Cal. Sunday and need to drive
>south Saturday... sigh.
>
>
> >From: Sandi.Dolbee@uniontrib.com
> >Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 08:47:41 -0700
> >Subject: RE: RNA in San Francisco - Worldwide Faith News
> >To: gconklin@igc.org
> >X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21)
> >
> >George: Hopefully, Debra will get back to you about registration for the
> >conference. Look forward to seeing you there. As a Bay Area native (San
> >Jose), I have been watching the SF newspaper situation closely (and with
> >sadness). Sandi
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: George Conklin [mailto:gconklin@igc.org]
> >Sent: Friday, July 28, 2000 2:51 PM
> >To: mason@rna.org; sandi.dolbee@uniontrib.com
> >Subject: RNA in San Francisco - Worldwide Faith News
> >
> >
> >Hi Sandi and Debra,
> >
> >I've noticed that the annual RNA meeting is coming to my part of the
> >world.  I live in Berkeley.
> >
> >I would like to attend the meeting as I have in the past to ask journalists
> >how Worldwide Faith News can better serve their interests.  I've been at
> >the RNA meetings in New York, Evanston and Atlanta as we (the interfaith
> >team gathered by Carol Fouke and others at the National Council of
> >Churches) have worked to evolve WFN.
> >
> >Randy Naylor, the communication director the NCC has told me that they can
> >provide free copies of the 'Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches' as
> >has been done at past RNA meetings.  My memory is we asked that a short
> >survey form be completed in exchange for the "free book"."
> >
> >You will come to S.F. during a profound change in newspapers here.  One of
> >the many cycles of the 'Failing Newspaper Act' and Joint Operating
> >Agreements.  Yesterday a federal judge approved the long pending Hearst
> >Corp.'s $600 million purchase of the San Francisco Chronicle - our morning
> >daily.
> >
> >The plan is to sell the S.F. Examiner, the classic William Randolph Hearst
> >paper, to an Asian family (Fang) which publishes the much smaller
> >Independent.  The judge, as quoted in the Chron, termed that transfer
> >"malodorous."
> >
> >When I moved here in 1961 San Francisco had the News, the Call, the
> >Bulletin, the Chronicle and the Examiner.  Each paper had an excellent
> >religion editor.  Times change.
> >
> >George Conklin, Project Director
> >Worldwide Faith News
> >www.wfn.org