[grc] Honoring Donna's Passing

[Betty McArdle]

I'll be there.  Betty McArdle 

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From: grc [mailto:grc-bounces at maillist.peak.org] On Behalf Of Ursula
Ruedenberg via grc
Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2020 9:40 AM
To: _GRC list; GRC; Mike Murphy
Subject: [grc] Honoring Donna's Passing

For those of us who knew her, Donn's passing is a moment of sadness and
reflection on our media community.

I met Donna around 2004, as the Operations Manager for affiliate KAOS in
Olympia Washington and got to know her better when she helped us at Pacifica
organize a smart and productive technology mini- conference of operations
near Albuquerque, on the heels of an NFCB conference. Donna became a close
friend, always someone to call when I needed guidance or loving
conversation. When we built KHOI in 2012, Ames Iowa, she came to live here
for a long and hot summer, to help make sure we got on the air.
She called the little lake just outside of town "the office" and at the end
of each sweltering and exhausting day, she would declare "it's time to go to
the office!" and I have lovely memories of sitting in the water under the
starry sky, laughing off the work day and talking and just blissing out over
life and building a radio station. Donna came back to Iowa for a month to
help launch the 2014 GRC - would not have been able to do it without her,
and the last grand adventure we had together was helping affiliate WLPP in
Palenville NYput on the GRC a few years later. I could always call her with
a legal, or organizational question.

These are just a few of my memories. Many of you have your own. Let's gather
in a memorial via Zoom, to share our memories and help each other say
good-bye to Donna. I'll set up a meeting for Friday May 8th at 3 PM central
time, 4 PM EST, 2 PM Mountain, and Noon PT. I will post the link next week.
Please be discreet in forwarding it, to avoid security problems.
--
Ursula Ruedenberg
Pacifica Affiliate Network Manager
510-812-7989
pacificanetwork.org

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