I thought many of you, if you haven't already, would like to reespond to the following! Faith Freewoman ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 9 Apr 1995 16:15:14 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: WLN membership form Dear Friends, We are overwhelmed by your response to our posting. We got 1000+ replies in the first two weeks alone! :) And the enthusiasm and commitment of your responses has been *extraordinary*. :)) If we can pull everything together, we will have an *incredible* network in a very short time!! Some of you who are receiving this form didn't actually see the original posting; instead, you saw someone's summation. Since we have no idea what you might have read, we have included the original announcement at the end of this document. This should answer any questions you might have. As we indicated in our announcement, the Women's Leadership Network is geared towards political ACTION. Naturally, everyone has their particular preferences for activism. We've therefore put a lot of specific questions into the membership form to try to cover all the bases. Don't feel guilty about saying "NO". If everyone does what they like best with energy, we'll accomplish great things. You can certainly join without being listed in our published materials. We will *only* list you if you specifically give us permission below to list your name. The same applies to your organization (if any). We look forward to hearing from you! Within a few weeks, we should be able to put this great organization to work! Regards, Women's Leadership Network **************************************************************** Women's Leadership Network Membership Form: E-mail version 3/25/95 Instructions: 1. Copy the questions (only, if you can) into an outgoing mail message. With Windows, you can just highlight the questions and copy/paste to the outgoing message. If you can't copy them easily, just make the questions you're answering obvious. 2. Type the answers to the right of each question. 3. On "Yes/No" questions, a "Y" is sufficient. If you're retyping the questions,skip over the "N" questions. 4. If you want to be very active in any particular activity, you can join its "Activity Committee." Just type "Committee" instead of "Y". 5. Membership dues are $10 or whatever you can afford. If you're flat broke,please make your contribution in-kind by joining a committee or taking some action each day. If you've got a little to spare, additional contributions are most welcome, and will greatly help us build the organization. We are non-profit but contributions are not tax deductible because we are political (like NOW). 6. Return the e-mail form to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 7. Mail contributions to: Women's Leadership Network, 276 Chatterton Parkway, White Plains NY 10606 8. Feel free to post this notice widely! :) **************************************************************** Women's Leadership Network Membership Form Name: Address: City: State: Zip: Organization: Title: Home Phone: Work Phone: Fax: May we list your name publicly as a supporter? May we list your organization (for identification only)? Women's Groups You're Active In: Strongest issues: Would you write letters to editor, op-eds, etc. on these issues? Would you call talk shows? Would you collect information available on-line for reposting? Are you registered to vote? (If not, call your county board of elections immediately and request a registration form by mail. If you have any problems, contact us.) Did you vote in 1994? Will you vote in 1996? U.S. Senators: Congressperson: State Senator: State Representative: Would you e-mail, call, or write your elected representatives? Would you work on political campaigns? Would you register women to vote? Are you active in a political party? If so, which? Would you consider becoming more active in your party? Have you ever run for elective office? Would you consider running for office? Would you disseminate our materials to groups you belong to? Would you help with outreach to groups to invite them to join? Would you help with press contacts? Would you help with fundraising? Would you help with technical support for on-line novices? Would you help with data entry and database maintenance? Would you help with membership and internal communications? Would you help prepare the Daily Hotline? Would you help with maintaining our World Wide Web page? Did we ask too many questions? ;) Comments/suggestions: **************************************************************** Return this form by e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or fax to: 914-285-9763 Or mail to: 276 Chatterton Parkway, White Plains, NY 10606 Welcome to the Women's Leadership Network! :) Announcement Please Post Widely March 16, 1995 ------------------------------------------------------- Women's Leadership Network in formation -- HELP NEEDED! ------------------------------------------------------- Background: After Newt Gingrich and the "Radical Republican Right" gained control of Congress last November, a group of politically active women began meeting in New York City to discuss the need to use "Third Wave" technology to fight back. After a few meetings, it was agreed that we needed to use the Internet to: 1. educate women about the dreadful agenda of the Republican Right, and 2. mobilize women to oppose that agenda and defeat the Republican Right in the 1996 elections. To accomplish these goals, we agreed to start an organization called the "Women's Leadership Network." The Women's Leadership Network has two immediate projects: 1. the creation of a Web page dedicated to the issues before Congress and the nation from a women's point of view, and 2. the publication of a Daily Hotline to women activists who can receive e-mail over the Internet. We are currently assembling the information we will need for these projects -- and WE NEED YOUR HELP! If you are: 1. a politically-aware woman (or sympathetic man), 2. appalled at the agenda of the far-right Republicans who control Congress, 3. terrified at the thought of these same Republicans gaining control of the White House, all of the federal agencies, and the Supreme Court, and 4. willing to do something to fight back Send an e-mail with the message "Interested" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tell us something about yourself, including your name, the issues you care about, and any issue or political groups you're active in. If you track any particular issues in the newspapers and on-line and are willing to help us educate women on those issues by posting relevant (and concise!) information, please tell us that, too. We are planning to go public on April 8 with a press conference in New York City. If you send us an e-mail, we'll put you on our distribution list and send you a membership form. If you return that form to us before April 5, we will list you as a "Charter Member" in our press materials. We look forward to hearing from you! Sincerely, Deborah Sale, Vice Chair, NYS Council on the Humanities Chair) Polly Rothstein, President, Westchester (NY) Coalition for Legal Abortion (Vice Chair) Antonia Stolper, Co-Publisher, Political Woman Daily Hotline (President) Bob Fertik, Co-Publisher, Political Woman Daily Hotline (Treasurer) Christina Mason (Secretary) Founding members: Lori Antonacci, Barbara Bergmann (American University), Gene Boyer (National Women's Conference Center), Gale Brewer (National Women's Political Caucus), Debra Cooper, Barbara Hohlt, Carolyn Kamlet, Shelley Mayer, Jane Moore, Frances Fox Piven (Campaign for Media Fairness on Welfare), Elisa Riordan (CWA District 1), Bobbie Sackman, Elsie Shapiro, Dion Thompson (Students Organizing Students) p.s. If you participate in any discussion groups, or have any friends on the net, please pass this message along. All comments and suggestions welcome!
