From: HRTFFL@aol.com Date: Sat, 30 May 1998 22:34:50 EDT Subject: Fwd: PRESS RELEASE:NEW ENGLAND G/L/B/ VETERANS & HRC MOW 2000 From: Cliff4Vets@aol.com Return-path: To: WashBlade@aol.com, PlanetQ@aol.com Subject: PRESS RELEASE:NEW ENGLAND G/L/B/ VETERANS & HRC MOW 2000 Date: Sat, 30 May 1998 21:00:50 EDT Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charsetISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable NEW ENGLAND GAY, LESBIAN & BISEXUAL VETERANS, INC. 263PARK STREET DORCHESTER, MA 02124-1334 http://www.glbva.org CLIFF ARNESEN: PRESIDENT CLIFF4VETS@AOL.COM RICK BUCHANAN: VICE PRESIDENT, INTERNAL AFFAIRS JOSEPH HARPER: ARCHIVIST LEO DORRINGTON: SECRETARY JONSCOTT MACWILLIAMS: DIRECTOR, PUBLIC AFFAIRS *************************************************************** PRESS RELEASE: To Whom It May Concern: Upon deliberation of past negative experiences with the the Human Rights Campaign, and little effort of the HRC to gather information from gras s-rootsorganizations such as ours, the membership and Executive Board of the NewEngland, Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual Veterans, Inc., Boston, MA - a chapter memberof the National Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual Veterans of America- has voted NOT toendorse nor participate in the HRC March on W ashington, DC 2000. Alternately, we have decided to commit our resources andman/woman/gay/ lesbian/bisexual and transgendered power, to work with theFederation o f Statewide G/L/B/T/ Organizations on a unified 50 state action.This a ction by the New England Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual Veterans, is based on the premise that grass-roots organizatin and coalition building begins fr omthe bottom up-instead of from the top down. Sincerely, Cliff Arnesen, President Rick Buchanan, Vice-President Joe Harper, Archivist JONSCOTT MACWILLIAMS: DIRECTOR, PUBLIC AFFAIRS Cliff4vets@aol.com http://www.glbva.org **************************************************************** For Your Information: Food For Thought From Cliff Arnesen President, New England Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual Veterans Cliff4vets@aol.com ********************************************** A LITTLE STORY: This is story about four people named Everbody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody. There was a very inportant job to be done, and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about that because it was Everybodys job, Everyb odythought Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wou ldnt doit. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybod y couldhave done. ******************************************************** --part0_896582090_boundary--