[grc] Honoring Donna's Passing

[Dave Ashton]

Dave Ashton from KGNU would hope to attend

On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 12:50 PM Tom Voorhees via grc <grc at maillist.peak.org>
wrote:

> 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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