roundtable: Save PBS: Learning to use email effectively

roundtable: Save PBS: Learning to use email effectively

Save PBS: Learning to use email effectively

dmendoza@tmn.com
Fri, 20 Jan 1995 00:47:22 GMT 

Date: Fri, 20 Jan 1995 00:47:22 GMT
Message-Id: <199501200047.AAA00538@purple.tmn.com>
From: dmendoza@tmn.com
To: roundtable@cni.org
Subject: Save PBS:  Learning to use email effectively


Original Message(s):
>MESSAGE from =roundtable@cni.org                  19-JAN-95 19:29
>From: hkklein@MIT.EDU
>Date: Thu, 19 Jan 1995 15:51:26 -0500
>Reply-To: roundtable@cni.org
>Sender: roundtable@cni.org
>
>
>I think that PBS could make more effective use of the Internet, at least
>as far as ITVS is concerned.
>
>So far I have seen only ONE posting that introduces the situation
>and calls for help.
>
>The PBS Disabilities group, on the other hand, has done a beautiful
>job of posting and reposting their message, complete with contact
>info of those to call.  However, their message describes PBS as an
>organization that serves the disabled community.  PBS is much more.
>I have hesitated to post that message to other lists.
>
>Does anyone have the original call for help by ITVS?  Could it be 
>re-posted, together with contact info?  It is definitely worth the 
>effort.
>
>Can we learn from this?
>
>I think an effective email campaign consists in the following:
>     frequent posts (every other day? daily in a crunch?)
>     introductory remarks describing the situation
>     full information on who to call and where (email address, etc.)
>     possible text for a letter
>
>Don't do the following:
>     post once and assume everyone is now informed (we all lose email)
>     refer to other documents ("phone nos. are on a home page")
>
>We are all learning how to be effective.  I hope these comments are useful!
>
>Hans Klein
><hkklein@mit.edu>


Thanks for comments Hans Klein. I have been posting some CPB stuff 
because I haven't seen it posted in this conference. I have been 
looking for postings from APTS (Americas Public TV Stations) which is 
part of this conference but have not seen much. The ITVS stuff was 
from ITVS and specific to that part of CPB. If you listened to any of 
the hearing today on rescinding money for CPB you heard what we are up 
against. I posted the witness panels yesterday.

We (Natl Campaign for Freedom of Expression) has a lot of material on 
CPB and am glad to follow you advice as I agree about on-line advocacy. 
I have primarily waited to step in because APTS and ITVS are part of 
this conference.

We will be doing the same postings as the attacks on the Natl Endowments
for the Arts and Humanities commence in full next week.

We need to more fully utilize the on-line potential for advocacy. I 
have tested this with CPB but forwarding and reposting some of the alerts 
to other lists and individuals who have then forward them further and I 
have received amazing feed back from all over from people/groups wanting 
more info about how to help, where to call or write, what to say, more 
talking points, etc. I was surprised. (Note: just noticed my type in 
second line of this paragraph which should read "tested this with CPB 
BY forwarding..."

David Mendoza
NCFE
202 393 2787
dmendoza@tmn.com

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