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OUR PREVIOUS/MOST RECENT MEETING
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meetings is available via a link on the “Welcome” page. (To the left)
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to learn about our next meeting and other writer related events.
We now post current and most recent
columns from our President, our Editor/Web-master, and
any member or guest who wishes to contribute to ensure everyone sees them.
(Newest is at the top)
FROM OUR PRESIDENT
Hello, fellow scribes. I
hope all of you are staying cool. Let’s
hope the only thing heating up is the collective writing muse.
For our next meeting, we have a couple of changes. We will still meet in the Shadle Library, but
for this month only, we will be in a smaller room – the Classroom.
Also for this
month, the room will open at 11:00 a.m., and the meeting will begin at
approximately 11:30. Our guest speaker will be Brooke Matson, Executive
Director of Spark Central. We will also have a short talk after the break from
Annie McKinlay, host of the KYRS Thin Air Radio show Page Turner.
Beginning in September, we will begin to meet on the second
Thursday of the month in the largest meeting room at the Shadle Library. They have reserved this room for us on the
second Thursday every month through December of 2023. The room will open at 1:00 p.m. and we have it
reserved until 5:00 p.m. I am grateful
that we have such a nice facility in which to meet, and it seems appropriate
for us to be in a building full of books.
See as many of you as possible next week.
Sue Eller, President
FROM YOUR EDITOR, WEB-MASTER, TREASURER
One of the big changes in meeting at
the library is that we no longer have to spend more
than ten dollars to buy a meal, whether we particularly want to eat or
not. We do have refreshments, provided
by one or more of our members. To this
point, SASP has been reimbursing those who have provided the cake. Last month a member suggested passing the
hat, so to speak, and letting those who wanted contribute
a little to the cost of our gastronomic treats.
I’ll bring a “cake donation” jar and set it by the cake and you may
contribute what you will, what you want.
Any contributions will be used to offset reimbursement expenses from our
treasury.
There are still several people who were dropped
from the “Members” page on our web-site because they
have not yet paid dues for 2022. We’d
love to put you back on the list and make your Member Web-Pages available again
on our web-site
Paying dues is
easy. You can pay at any SASP meeting,
or you can send a check or money order for $15.00 to:
Spokane
Authors and Self-Publishers
P. O. Box
18573
Spokane, WA
99228-0573
I check the mail
weekly, and if we receive any dues payments, I take those payments directly to
our financial institution for deposit. I
also try to notify anyone who pays that the dues payment has been received…
usually by way of e-mail.
If your personal
situation means paying dues will pose a financial hardship, please contact a
SASP Officer or Advisory Board Member.
We will see what we can do to accommodate you.
FROM OUR PRESIDENT (Previous)
Independence Day 2022
Hello, everyone. I hope this message finds you well and
happy. For all you green thumbers, June was especially friendly to all the flora. Flowers, food
plants, and weeds thrived with the cooler temperatures and lots of rain.
This month I have a couple of housekeeping items to
mention. The Shadle Library has
partnered with us to give us a permanent home for our meetings, except for
August. Another group had previously
scheduled the use of the larger room before we held our first meeting in
May. We will have the use of a smaller
capacity room just down the hall for August only. Also, we will meet from 11-4 instead of our
regular time. Library personnel agreed
to schedule us for the first Thursday of each month, beginning in September,
for the foreseeable future. They are
excited to partner with us and are impressed with our group. They have agreed to help publicize our
meetings. Their only stipulation is that
we make them open to the public, which is what we do already.
Next on the list are the pandemic protocols. Because of our partnership with the library,
we will follow their lead and let them set the rules. At this time, masks and distancing are not
required. If you are more comfortable
wearing a mask, you are certainly welcome to do so. If you come down with Covid, it is common
courtesy to let those people know who have come in contact
with you while you are considered contagious. If you are uncomfortable being in the public
setting that is our meeting, we will miss you and are working to provide video
of the speakers and information in the newsletter to members unable to attend
the in-person meeting.
Stan Parks, a long-time SASP member, passed away in June. He left a legacy of experience and military
service, not to mention two novels – Jacob’s Ladies and Jacob’s
Legacy – about dentistry in the old west town of Sheridan, Wyoming. Stan also wrote a memoir of his life,
including the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, when he was a senior
in high school. Stan wrote about how
that day impacted his life, and even though he never got the chance to publish
that book, he had a copy he left for his family. If you get a chance to read more about his
life, Hennessey Funeral Home has a nice memorial tribute to Stan on their
website. You may also leave a comment
for his family about your experiences with him.
Finally, I would like to take a moment to thank the Founding
Fathers of this great country of ours for giving us the freedom to express
ourselves in the printed word. In this
country, we can do so without fear of reprisal.
Let us exercise our freedom of speech to uplift everyone by the things
we create with pen and paper (or computer).
See you on July 7th.
Sue Eller, President
FROM YOUR EDITOR, WEB-MASTER, TREASURER (Previous)
Two or three days ago, my head was
filled with all sorts of things to include in this month’s column. Now as I sit to write it, I find there is a large
empty space between my ears. Perhaps
it’s best to just leave well enough alone and wait until next month in the hope
that some words of wisdom pop into my mind.
If you have a chance, visit our “Members” page and
check your member web-page. Let me know if there are any updates or
corrections that need to be made.
Perhaps you have recently published a book that is not listed
there. I may not be aware of it unless
you tell me. Many still need a photo or
head shot of the member, as well as a bio.
If you are not listed on the “Member” page and don’t have a member web-page, it is probably because you are not current in your
dues.
Paying dues is
easy. You can pay at any SASP meeting,
or you can send a check or money order for $15.00 to:
Spokane
Authors and Self-Publishers
P. O. Box
18573
Spokane, WA
99228-0573
I check the mail
weekly, and if we receive any dues payments, I take those payments directly to
our financial institution for deposit. I
also try to notify anyone who pays that the dues payment has been received…
usually by way of e-mail.
If your personal
situation means paying dues will pose a financial hardship, please contact a
SASP Officer or Advisory Board Member.
We will see what we can do to accommodate you.
Dave Mc
Spokane
Authors & Self-Publishers
Page revised 07/31/2022
DAM
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