[grc] Honoring Donna's Passing

[Tom Voorhees]

Tom will be there also!
On 2020-04-29 10:22, Betty McArdle via grc wrote:
> I'll be there.  Betty McArdle
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 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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