The newsletter project continued unchanged through 2002.  There was a
setback which occurred as a result of my back injury.  I was able to catch
up by releasing one edition that covered the 3 months period I was ill.

We send the hard-copy newsletter to just about every state in the US and
internationally to Jamaica, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Spain, Ireland, Haiti,
Malta, South Africa, England, Germany, Poland, France, Australia, Ghana,
Belize, Finland, Turkey, Greece, and The Netherlands.  

We are able to use
bulk mailing to send the newsletter within the US, but there is no bulk
mailing for international posts.  The hardcopy newsletter uses a large
portion of our funds therefore the board has decided to reduce the
mailings from 12 times a year to 8 times a year. 

My job consists of taking
the online "Wha Gwaans", formatting and editing them into a hardcopy
newsletter. The newsletter is printed then sorted per bulk mail
requirements for the US and weighed and metered for international mailing.

As offline communications coordinator I also respond to all membership
inquiries.  Each inquiry receives RAW info, an application and the most
recent newsletter. I receive phone calls regarding RAW information and
from members who need assistance.  I also address membership needs via
snail-mail, mostly from the international offline posse.

Zipp #784
rastaRN@msn.com