Mark, Your obvious eagerness to make the described recipient change not only sounds logical, but practical as well, considering their location. I'd be entirely comfortable with, and support, whatever your senses tell you.
Jack --- On Fri, 2/18/11, Mark Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Mark Roberts <[email protected]> > Subject: Photo Annual 2011 - your thoughts > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, February 18, 2011, 9:04 AM > Work continues apace on the 2011 book > (and I'm bracing myself for the > inevitable last-week rush of submissions soon to come). > What I'd like > to get input on at the moment is the notion of changing the > charity > the book supports. We've had many problems with CureSearch > in the past > two years but the straw that broke the camel's back as far > as I'm > concerned is the way they totally dropped the ball > regarding the > exhibit in Chicago. They'd said they would do a mailing to > their major > donors in Chicage and alert them to the opening, etc. And > they > completely failed to follow through on any of it. I know a > lot of > oncologists and pathologists who are familiar with > NCCF/CureSearch and > whenever I mention the organization I get the same > reaction: a sigh > and a rubbing of the temples as if an old, familiar > headache is coming > back. CureSearch's is widely regarded as well-intentioned > but more > than a little feckless. > > In the past we've floated the idea of supporting a > different cause > every year, but I feel strongly that it's much more > advantageous to > try to build a working relationship that (one would hope) > gets better > and stronger every year. I've been looking for an effort > similar to > CureSearch to support but it's been difficult because I > really wanted > to find something with international scope, given the > international > nature of the PDML. About two weeks ago I found what I > think is a good > candidate. The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute here in Boston > (http://www.dana-farber.org/) is highly respected in the > field and > their "Jimmy Fund" pediatric cancer clinic is one of the > best around. > They are starting a new program to be called "Pediatric > Oncology > Global Outreach" intended to expand and improve pediatric > cancer > treatment worldwide, particularly in developing nations. > > This Monday past I had a meeting at Dana-Farber with Dr. > Carlos > Rodriguez-Galindo, the oncologist who's heading this > program. He > described their plans and where they stand now. He's very > interested > in getting our support because they're really just getting > started - > we'd be getting in on the ground floor with this effort. > That has some > disadvantages as far as name recognition, but I think that > being under > the Dana-Farber umbrella will make up for that to a > significant > degree. > > Another advantage is that this organization is > headquartered here in > Boston, about two miles from my house. They won't be able > to ignore > emails from me like CureSearch because they know I can be > right there > in their faces at a moment's notice. The link with > Dana-Farber also > gets instant cred around these parts, which I hope will be > beneficial > when I start hitting the local media about the 2011 book in > a few > weeks. > > Any thoughts? > > > > -- > Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia > www.robertstech.com > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
