Mark, I think you are very much on the right track. Developing this thing takes some personal contact to push it along. They are close by and sound interested. Let's dance with them.
I very much like the idea of a charitable activity/activities for the pdml. So many of us here are old farts with extra time and still a bit of cunning. It would do our souls good to try and make a contribution to the world. Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 6:48 PM, Mark Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > Bob Sullivan wrote: > >>John, >>Dana-Farber is a name familiar to me in Chicago, but we're experienced. > > More to the point, the Dana-Farber project I had in mind, Pediatric > Oncology Global Outreach, is *specifically* an international project. > That's why it got my attention. > > I do like MSF, which some others have mentioned: it's one of my > favorite international aid organizations. The disadvantages of MSF > from the standpoint of the PDML Photo Annual are that we're too small > to get much priority from them - we'd be a small fish in a big sea. It > would be difficult for them to give us less attention than CureSearch > did, but it's certainly possible. They are also based about 3000 miles > away from me, so we'd be communicating entirely by email. Been there > and done that. > > With the Dana-Farber's Pediatric Oncology Global Outreach we'd be > their only specifically dedicated publicity/fundraising group (so far) > - with the hope that both we and they would grow with time - so we'd > be a big(ish) fish in a little sea. They're two miles from my house, > so I can meet with them in person from time to time and we can > coordinate local P.R. I have an in-house expert, my S.O. Dr Lisa, a > pediatric pathologist specializing in bone and soft tissue tumors, and > also PDMLer Rick Womer, a pediatric oncologist, who can tell me > authoritatively that what they're doing (what we're supporting) is > scientifically valid and useful. > > A pretty good assortment of assets, in my opinion. > > > -- > 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.
