Message-Id: <199702160118.BAA21389@gn.apc.org>
To: Pr.Bruxelles@agora.stm.it
Subject: Tibet newsletter
To: Freedom for Tibet/Democracy in China
Widening access to newsletter
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Thanks for the newsletter, which I receive via the Announcements Conference on GreenNet (you send it to support@gn.apc.org).
This way of doing things means that subscribers to GreenNet are likely to see the newsletter.
I wonder if you have considered a list server to distribute the newsletter.
If you talk to APC (Association for Progressive Communications), they may well set this up for you using their software, and make a a reduced charge because of the nature of your organisation. If you want to know more, send your enquiry to:
support@apc.org
(I am not absolutely certain of this address - any problems with this contact address, please get back in touch with me, and I will check it - sorry can't check at time of writing).
Layout of newsletter
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Minor detail really, but it might be worth tidying it up by adding a standard 'header' and 'footer'. I've put the example of PANUPS below. The footer makes contact simple whether by e-mail or post, and encourages people to sign up for the e-mail version of the newsletter, and tells them how to do it.
It may seem that people who get the e-mail version of the newsletter are sort of 'cheating' by not paying anything.
However, it doesn't cost you much, and you need to spread the message. No-one charges people to look at advertising hoardings! (And the e-mail newsletter costs people a small amount to download, and time to read). In my case, I print a copy and send it to a friend who is a member of a Tibet support organisation here - so you can see how word gets around.
Congratulations on your work.
Good luck.
Bob Hare
(London).
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Example of header and footer:
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P A N U P S
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Pesticide Action Network
North America
Updates Service
http://www.panna.org/panna/
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August 16, 1996
U.S. ORGANIC SALES JUMP TO $2.8 BILLION
Sales of U.S. organic products in 1995 increased 22% over 1994 figures, according to a recent survey conducted by Natural Foods
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| Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA) |
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|Phone:(415) 541-9140 Fax:(415) 541-9253 |
|Email: panna@panna.org http://www.panna.org/panna/|
|PANNA, 116 New Montgomery, #810, San Francisco, CA 94105 |
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|*To subscribe to PANUPS send email to MAJORDOMO@igc.apc.org|
|with the following text on one line: subscribe panups |
|To unsubscribe send the following: unsubscribe panups |
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|*For basic information about PANNA, send an email message |
| to panna-info@igc.apc.org |
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