"Mark, we trust your judgment. Well, except in the matter of lenses."
Ironically, Mark! On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 1:01 AM, Tim Bray <tb...@textuality.com> wrote: > My personal choice for a medical-related charity would be Médecins > Sans Frontières, so... but wait, my personal choice *is* MSF, so > something different is good. > > Mark, we trust your judgment. Well, except in the matter of lenses. > Lenses are too personal a thing to admit trusting the judgment of > others. -T > > On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 9:04 AM, Mark Roberts <m...@robertstech.com> wrote: >> 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 >> PDML@pdml.net >> 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 > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
