Post by Freddy Peterson on Jul 8, 2014 2:20:48 GMT
In response to Bea's passing, and still feeling the effects of Estelle's death in July 2008, I believe we as a group should send a collective set of letters to our favorite ladies.
Being Betty is now the oldest, I think we should start with her. Then, we can do Rue's letters in a month or so.
So, here's what I'm proposing.
WHOMEVER... write a letter to Betty. It can be on whatever topic(s) you would like it to be. The only two things I ask are that you mention this website at least once in your letter (because that's the purpose of sending them all together - we're "all together" as fans and friends of the show), and that it be in either a MS Word document or a PDF file. Please try to keep your letter to less than three printed pages total (simply because I don't want to print off booklets). I would prefer no cards, because... well, read below.
Whomever would like to do the project should EMAIL his or her letters to me. I will gladly print them off and put them in an envelople to send to Betty. Do not worry about privacy - I will only print the letters. I will not edit, critique, spell-check or anything. Feel free to put some clip-art in your letters, or embed a photo of yourself, or whatever you would like to do.
Because of my hectic schedule, I probably won't be able to send these letters out until the first week of June. That gives everyone about a month to write, adjust, etc.
The deadline will be WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3!!! That will be the day I go to the mailbox and send everything. I will gladly take care of the postage.
Any questions - please post them here.
Oh... Sam... I would like you to write a backstory of the site, and explain your personal involvement. That will be on top of all the letters from everyone. I hope you'll do that in addition to your letter.
Let's get writing!!
Jim
EDIT - One other thing... please do not request pictures or other "stuff" from Betty. I know she signs autographs for folks, but this campaign isn't for that purpose. This is meant to simply say "Thank You" and what she's meant to you personally. I will include a SASE if she wants to return anything, which of course I will share with everyone here.
Being Betty is now the oldest, I think we should start with her. Then, we can do Rue's letters in a month or so.
So, here's what I'm proposing.
WHOMEVER... write a letter to Betty. It can be on whatever topic(s) you would like it to be. The only two things I ask are that you mention this website at least once in your letter (because that's the purpose of sending them all together - we're "all together" as fans and friends of the show), and that it be in either a MS Word document or a PDF file. Please try to keep your letter to less than three printed pages total (simply because I don't want to print off booklets). I would prefer no cards, because... well, read below.
Whomever would like to do the project should EMAIL his or her letters to me. I will gladly print them off and put them in an envelople to send to Betty. Do not worry about privacy - I will only print the letters. I will not edit, critique, spell-check or anything. Feel free to put some clip-art in your letters, or embed a photo of yourself, or whatever you would like to do.
Because of my hectic schedule, I probably won't be able to send these letters out until the first week of June. That gives everyone about a month to write, adjust, etc.
The deadline will be WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3!!! That will be the day I go to the mailbox and send everything. I will gladly take care of the postage.
Any questions - please post them here.
Oh... Sam... I would like you to write a backstory of the site, and explain your personal involvement. That will be on top of all the letters from everyone. I hope you'll do that in addition to your letter.
Let's get writing!!
Jim
EDIT - One other thing... please do not request pictures or other "stuff" from Betty. I know she signs autographs for folks, but this campaign isn't for that purpose. This is meant to simply say "Thank You" and what she's meant to you personally. I will include a SASE if she wants to return anything, which of course I will share with everyone here.
