From ginn@drizzle.com Sat Jul 19 15:07:37 1997 Received: from mx4.u.washington.edu (mx4.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.5]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW97.05) with ESMTP id PAA05004; Sat, 19 Jul 1997 15:07:36 -0700 Received: from drizzle.com (ginn@slug.drizzle.com [207.207.67.200]) by mx4.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW97.04) with ESMTP id PAA22547; Sat, 19 Jul 1997 15:07:34 -0700 Received: from localhost (ginn@localhost) by drizzle.com (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id PAA10034; Sat, 19 Jul 1997 15:03:00 -0700 Date: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 15:02:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Jennifer Mahoney Reply-To: Jennifer Mahoney To: GINN Subject: Like To Read GLBT News? Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII For Immediate Release The Grapevine Tribune http://www.drizzle.com/~ginn SEEKING VOLUNTEERS!! The Grapevine Tribune, a Online News & Activism website is seeking volunteers who are eager to contribute news briefs once a day from any corner of the world to help build and maintain ONE place on the WWW with all the GLBT news. We only require that you be devoted to spending 15 minutes a day posting at least 1 brief and that it be in English. All this can be done from any computer you wish that is connected to the Internet and has a Browser (ie Internet Explorer, Netscape etc..) In order to keep track of the issues on the global,federal, state and local levels we rely on cyberactivists to maintain the Grapevine Internet News Network and act as our eyes and ears in each of their local communities. Our alliance of volunteers brief and post GLBT news and Action Alerts from many corners of the globe. The primary type of news reported by our is that which addresses issues that either affirm or oppress our civil/human rights either locally, nationally or internationally. The news is brief and to the point- cutting your time on the Internet. We strive to include clickable email and website addresses to allow for quick reaction to the issues. You can get active towards challenges such as; threats to equal protection under the law, loss of GLBT "parental rights", fights for same-sex marriage rights and ending job discrimination or helping securing equal access to medical benefits-simply by point and click. G.I.N.N. hopes that with the added knowledge and accessible resources, you will have a greater desire to become cyberactivist. The site is designed to make it easy, quick and efficient to participate- something we all need to do to make a difference. If you are interested in becoming part of our volunteer network, please contact Jennifer Mahoney by replying to this email and go to: www.drizzle.com/~ginn/voluntr.htm We hope you enjoy the new website designed to fit your news needs. ***************************************************************************** Jennifer Mahoney Site Administrator The Grapevine Tribune ginn@drizzle.com http://www.drizzle.com/~ginn ***************************************************************************** .