[grc] Honoring Donna's Passing

[Paul O'Rourke-Babb]

I will be there.    Paul O'Rourke-Babb   KZFR Chico, Ca

On 5/1/2020 11:59 AM, Ani Raven via grc wrote:
> Ursula, thank you for putting this together - I'll be there.
> all love,
> ani
>
> On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 2:27 PM Dave Ashton via grc <grc at maillist.peak.org>
> wrote:
>
>> 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
>>>>
>>>> <http://www.facebook.com/PacificaRadioNetwork>
>>>> <https://twitter.com/RadioPacifica>
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