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Show teaclifctn ^ffeflartfcfedhaib ltofce(roru&£]se?nc€)o we concentrate on the Ta^paTO^'^arletvjedv^l $&ia£re5£is>uld the paramters be? Since there are a number of unknowns in seeting up an organization, some proposals can't be made at this time. Depend-int on what funding Is possible, the kind of Newsletter coinmunftftatlons can vary from an 8 1/2 X 11 or 14 size page to a more elaborate one. Depending on funding for staff, the issues covered and presented could vary from the single page to something more elaborate. In Utah I had contact with Individuals having editorial and artistic capabilities. I have seen effective methods of communications on a simple level to very polished. •e national organizations would use "inserts" in their own communications from the Colorado Basin Coalition...on a regular or periodic bbasis. Maybe State Chapters could incorporate Basin communications through their separate mediums. I'm sending you enough material now to staat us thinking: (1) the Draft Inquiry for support of conservation organizations, if we go that way; (2) this letter to you; (3) the letter to Pat and Breafct I think Ed Osann should be party to this thinking and judgment so I'll send him the material, also. If you want to call me, or have me call you, to discuss Ideas and problems, let me know. I'm home most daysty414-684-3500. I would like to have some concrete ideas down on paper for consideration at the Dam Conference. Those who are interested could meet between sessions or after meetings in the evening and thrash things out - if there is already an operating plan to take off from. Now, I have a problem - right off the go. I'm trying to raise the $600 cost of printing and mailing my White River Dam document from friends and relatives, now. $*00 copies printed by the Board of Education) Depending on the success of this, I may not have the dollars available to enable me to get to the Dam Conference. If some of the Wisconsin people who attended last year are driving this year, I could share a ride but I have yet to deeenrakfcB.ee this. Round trip air fare from Milwaukee to Washfcngtpn before March 1, is $183.00 - Supersaver. Is there any possibility I could get some help from the NWF? If we get the Coalition off the ground, we could reimburse the NWF since this could be an organizing cost. Please let me know, also, what are NWF plans for CUP action. Dorothy Harvey |
