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Thanks Our Volunteers and Contributors 2005-2006

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To Our Volunteers and Contributors!

YOU ARE AWESOME!

LSW wants to extend a heartfelt and sincere thank you to all of you who dedicated and donated your time, talent, and positive energy for a phenomenal year of programming. We know we have forgotten a few of you, so don't be shy, e-mail us a reminder and we will add your name to the list!

Martha and Johannes Aas
Stephen and Barb Adams
Katherine Basham, English Dept.
Cindy Bayer
Cal and Molly Benson
Herb Bergson
Carol Bock UMD English
Dave Boe
Sarah Chapman
Deb and Joel Cooper
Katharine B Coventry
Donald Dass
Suzanna Didier
Peggy Downing
Erika Eberhardt
Terry and Bob Falsani
Julia Gillett
Mara Hart
Francis and Jocelyn Heid
Jill Hinners
Katharine Johnson
Claire Kirch
Catherine and Joel Koemptgen
Lisa Lunge-Larsen
Konnie LeMay
Jill and Bob Lyman
Leane Perius
John McCormick
Micky McGilligan
Mary Melander
Liz Minette
Pamela and Bill Mittlefehldt
Anne Perry Moore
Jan Murphy
Mark Munger
Sheila Packa
Hollis Palvere
Colette Pearson
Donna Pegors
James Peterson-Perlman
Claudia Pollard

 

Justin Powers
Margi Preus
Cheryl Reitan
Candice Richards
Bernadette Savage
Donna Schilling
Emme and Jerry Sjoberg
Francine Sterle
Barton Sutter
Ann Treacy
Gail Trowbridge
Connie Wanek and Phil Dentinger
Shirley Wuchter
Marie Zhuikov
Caribou Coffee

Erbert & Gerbert’s

Rick Kollath

Lamar Advertising

Brandon, Cash Wise Liquor

Scott Cooke. Creston Dorothy
ProPrint

Dale Taran. Lake Aire Bottle

Holly Sampson, Duluth-Superior Area Community Foundation
Penny Perry

Duluth Public Arts Commission

Stephen Adams,UMD English

Vince Magnuson, UMD Academic Affairs

Dean Linda Krug
UMD College of Liberal Arts

Ryan Vine,College of St. Scholastica

Amy Jo Swing/English
Lake Superior College

Becky Ardren, Friends of the
Duluth Public Library

Anita Zager
Northern Lights Books & Gifts

Arrowhead Reading Council
Barnes & Noble Booksellers

Duke Skorich and Patty McNulty
KUWS Radio

 

TASKS

A few of the tasks our volunteers took on in 2005-2006:
Writing grant proposals
Revising grant proposals
Hosting fundraising parties
Coming to fundraising parties
Cooking for fundraising parties
Welcoming guests to events
Telling strangers about LSW
Editing the newsletter
Writing press releases
Arranging for interviews
Giving interviews
Making ads
Placing ads
Proofreading copy
Making flyers
Distributing flyers
Editing the e-calendar
Sending out postcards
Scheduling meetings
Setting and sending agendas
Attending meetings
Writing memos
Writing minutes
Keeping the committee members
in the loop
Attending more meetings
Working out compromise
Facilitating writing groups
Leading member gatherings
Encouraging writers to
read their work out loud
Finding co-sponsors

 
Making 18 month schedules
Making monthly schedules
Making hourly schedules
Checking the mail and e-mail
Checking the phone messages
Going to the post office
Chairing one (or more) committee(s)
Keeping membership addresses current
Serving on the board
Serving on the nominating committee
Thinking ahead
Thinking big
Remembering the details
Making the organization fun
Thanking people
Donating funds and things
Picking up and dropping off items
Taking Terry Gross to the airport
Giving speakers the guest bedroom
Controlling the crowds
Acting as bodyguards
Preparing financial statements
Taking tickets
Asking for donations
Having a laurel crown made
Setting up refreshments
Sitting at the membership table
Introducing readers and speakers
Calling potential book fair exhibitors
Writing book fair exhibitors
Making signs
Putting up signs
Moving partitions
Setting up tables and chairs
Hugging, Smiling, Laughing
Doing their best for LSW!


Thank You!

 

Lake Superior Writers

1301 Rice Lake Road, Suite 132, Duluth, Minnesota 55811. 218-722-3094
http://www.lakesuperiorwriters.org
writers@lakesuperiorwriters.org

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Lake Superior Writers is a non-profit corporation with 501(c)3 status.

 

Artwork for this web page was provided by Alison Aune