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From: Ruth Schwartz Cowan <rcowan@sas.upenn.edu> Date: September 12, 2013 11:06:05 CDT To: with@lists.whitman.edu, edith.sig@MIT.EDU Subject: [with] An important message about EDITH Reply-To: with@lists.whitman.edu
Dear EDITH and WITH friends and colleagues:
I write to announce the beginning of the EDITH fundraising campaign, a very exciting chance to create an EDITH Travel Grant program fundamentally akin to WITH’s and to support other EDITH initiatives that will promote diversity and the study of diversity within our history of technology community.
EDITH, you will recall, is our new SHOT special interest group focused on technology as it intersects with the study of race, class, gender, sexuality and disability.
Many people within SHOT are delighted about the creation of EDITH – so much so, that the SHOT Executive Council has voted to give EDITH a unique fundraising matching grant. For 2013, 2014, and 2015, SHOT will match donations to EDITH on a one-to-one dollar basis, up to $1500 per year!
EDITH has already secured a generous $500 donation for this year – so we are already one-third of the way to our goal for 2013! But in order to take full advantage of this thrilling opportunity, we need to raise another $1000 by the end of December to qualify for the entire SHOT match.
PLEASE HELP BY STEPPING FORWARD TO MAKE A SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION TO EDITH BEFORE THE END OF 2013. NO DONATION IS TOO SMALL BECAUSE EVERY DONATION WILL BE DOUBLED BY SHOT!
Beneath my signature you will find instructions for making your donation, which can easily be done either online or through the mail. Donors will be acknowledged on the soon-to-be created EDITH website, so if you wish your donation to remain anonymous, please also indicate that when you contribute.
As you may already know, both WITH and EDITH will be holding SIG meetings next month at SHOT’s Portland, Maine meeting. We hope you will be able to join us in discussing further plans for supporting both SIGs. We look forward to developing plans for these new EDITH travel grants to support junior scholars and other deserving candidates, as well as other possibilities for future WITH and EDITH activities.
So please consider making a donation to EDITH’s fundraising match campaign soon! If you are unable to donate money, you can still help a young scholar get to Portland (or to future meetings) by DONATING FREQUENT FLYER MILES. Just let me know how many miles you might be able to donate on which airline and I will connect you with a travel grant recipient who might be able to use them – you can reach me by email at: rcowan@sas.upenn.edu
Thank you for all that you do to sustain both EDITH and WITH,
Ruth -----------------------
1. You can send a check to SHOT treasurer Hugh Gorman - essential note: please make out your check to "SHOT" but be sure to put "for EDITH" or "donation to EDITH" on the memo line of your check. Please send your check (again, made out to "SHOT" but with a note specifying "for EDITH," to:
Hugh Gorman Dept. of Social Sciences Michigan Technological University 1400 Townsend Drive Houghton, Michigan 49931
2. You can make your donation online, through SHOT’s secure website, at: https://associations.press.jhu.edu/cgi-bin/shot/shot_donation.cgi Toward the bottom of this form, you will see a place inviting you to designate a priority for your donation - among the options, you will see one for "Other. (e.g., travel, prizes, or another activity of particular interest to you) - please specify" - in that box, please write something like "for EDITH"
-- Ruth Schwartz Cowan, PhD rcowan@sas.upenn.edu