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Then the delay-- ----- occurs before sending. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- TTTTT=4 INININ=2 MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM rstephens@DarwinDay.org TTTTT To: TTTTT Subject: Darwin Day Celebration 2007! From: "Dr.R.Stephens" Organization: Darwin Day Celebration, a nonprofit, tax-deductible 501(c)3 corp. FCC: mailbox://rstephens@pop.darwinday.org/Sent X-Mozilla-Draft-Info: internal/draft; vcard=0; receipt=0; uuencode=0 User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (Windows/20061025) X-Accept-Language: en-us,en MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------090709040408070701030905" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------090709040408070701030905 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Darwin Day Celebration AN INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION OF SCIENCE AND HUMANITY 2682 Middlefield Rd., Suite P, Redwood City, CA 94063-3467 * admin@darwinday.org * 650-701-1948 To: "Patrick Bateson" ab55@hermes.cam.ac.uk, "William H. Calvin" mail@williamcalvin.com, "Helena Cronin" h.cronin@lse.ac.uk, "Richard Dawkins" richard.dawkins@new.ox.ac.uk, "Daniel C. Dennett" ddennett@tufts.edu, "Bill Durham" EB.WHD@stanford.edu, "Steve Jones" j.s.jones@ucl.ac.uk, "Robin McKie" robin.mckie@observer.co.uk, "Steven Pinker" pinker@wjh.harvard.edu, "Eugenie C. Scott" scott@ncseweb.org, "Michael Shermer" DrMichaelShermer@aol.com, "Frank Sulloway" sulloway@Berkeley.edu, "Colin Tudge" ctudge@craster.demon.co.uk, "Edward O. Wilson" ewilson@oeb.harvard.edu, "Carl Zimmer" Mail@CarlZimmer.com Subject: Darwin Day Celebration 2007! Date: 1 December 2006 Dear INININ, Another year has rushed by and it's time to begin promoting Darwin Day Celebrations again, that will take place on, or near, February 12, 2007. Of course our long-term objective is to evolve a GLOBAL celebration of Darwin, Science and Humanity by 2009, Darwin's bicentennial birthday and the sesquicentennial of the publication of his famous book /On the Origin of Species*.*/ With only two more years to reach out to the world more effectively, our staff has just completed the development of a Web architecture based on /Dreamweaver /technology that replicates a common "tree" of Web pages for each language. That structure will/ /permit volunteers in any country to translate our Web site into their language with a minimum of complexity. We will also provide translators with a blank page on which to present perspectives for their own culture, including an opportunity to showcase their scientists, philosophers, writers, etc. If any of you have students or know of individuals with good computer skills, who speak a non-English language, and for whom English is a second language, we would welcome their participation as translators in this project! As was reported earlier this year, DD celebrations held on February 12, 2006, were a tremendous success, with over 650 events being held around the world in at least 13 countries. In addition, */we made the news in a big way/*, appearing in over 150 newspapers, E-news articles and even on prime time TV news -- all of which must have reached at least a few million members of the public, assisting them to understand and appreciate more about Charles Darwin and his influence on modern life. We have already received information from some of the organizations that intend to have very meaningful Celebrations in 2009. Among these are; /1. /The Town of Shrewsbury, Darwin's birthplace where the following quote was taken from their website --/ "Organisers have drawn together the arts and the sciences to create a// /constantly evolving and wide ranging programme that will expand over the coming years, culminating in 2009 with a calendar of events, which/ /will form the epicentre of the global anniversary celebrations"./// To visit their website go to //*darwinshrewsbury.com/about/index.html *./ /* */ 2. /The Beagle Project, where plans are well underway to build a replica of the Beagle in Pembrokeshire to be launched in 2009. From their Web site -- "//The replica Beagle will serve to remind the world of the greatness of Charles Darwin, of the bravery of all who sailed in the quest for discovery and as a means to inspire a new generation of young scientists by sailing in the wake of the greatest biologist ever to live: Charles Darwin ------ the replica Beagle will be built in Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, will cost £3.3 million and be launched in 2009 before embarking on a recreation of the 1831-36 voyage"/. To visit their website go to,/ *thebeagleproject.com .*/** * * 3. An Internet group planning for 2009 that impresses me, describes itself as an '*Internet* *Congregation*' and is hosted by a group from Bangladesh know as Mukto-Mona. I encourage you to visit the Darwin Day section of their website where it suggests /"Plan a big celebration on Darwin's 200^th birthday in 2009,"/ *by **going to *mukto-mona.com/Special_Event_/Darwin_day/index.htm ./ /** / / The Darwin Day Board of Directors and staff greatly appreciate the collective contribution of our Advisory Board in their efforts to promote Darwin's legacy in their work and in the publications that they regularly produce. I'm personally pleased to see that many of you have participated in Darwin Day Events during the past several years, and this brings me to a question I've been pondering for several months --- can any of you imagine and suggest something that all members of our illustrious Board of Advisors might do together, once a year over the next 3 years, leading up to Darwin's bicentennial, that would be publicly visible enough to promote Darwin Day, as an AUTHENTIC GLOBAL CELEBRATION? My best suggestion is to issue a joint press release, bearing all of your names, to an increasing number of the national and international news agencies and organizations each year. From my experience with press releases for Darwin Day I've found that the most effective ones are those sent just prior to the date of the Celebration in late January or early February. If any of you have had more experience with the international press and/or would be willing to author a press release that all could sign, I would be pleased to hear from you. For easy communication I have also included everyone's name and email address at the top of this E-letter for you to use in this regard. In addition, I look forward to any suggestions that you might have that would be more audacious and catch the attention of all kinds of media outlets. Currently we have about 163 news services and other outlets on file mainly in the USA and we would appreciate any assistance you can offer. The Darwin Day staff at www.darwinday.org will be working hard to expand the number of EVENTS that take place in 2007 and appreciate your continuing support! By the way, we often receive compliments on the aesthetics of our website, so if you haven't visited it for a while, I invite you to browse there for at least a few minutes. Sincerely yours, Bob Stephens, President, Darwin Day Celebration --------------090709040408070701030905 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

Darwin Day Celebration

AN INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION OF SCIENCE AND HUMANITY

 

2682 Middlefield Rd., Suite P, Redwood City, CA  94063-3467 l  admin@darwinday.org  l  650-701-1948

 
  To:
  "Patrick Bateson" ab55@hermes.cam.ac.uk,
  "William H. Calvin" mail@williamcalvin.com,
  "Helena Cronin" h.cronin@lse.ac.uk,
  "Richard Dawkins" richard.dawkins@new.ox.ac.uk,
  "Daniel C. Dennett" ddennett@tufts.edu,
  "Bill Durham" EB.WHD@stanford.edu,
  "Steve Jones" j.s.jones@ucl.ac.uk,
  "Robin McKie" robin.mckie@observer.co.uk,
  "Steven Pinker" pinker@wjh.harvard.edu,
  "Eugenie C. Scott" scott@ncseweb.org,
  "Michael Shermer" DrMichaelShermer@aol.com,
  "Frank Sulloway" sulloway@Berkeley.edu,
  "Colin Tudge" ctudge@craster.demon.co.uk,
  "Edward O. Wilson" ewilson@oeb.harvard.edu,
  "Carl Zimmer" Mail@CarlZimmer.com

Subject: Darwin Day Celebration 2007!

Date: 1 December 2006

Dear INININ,

Another year has rushed by and it’s time to begin promoting Darwin Day Celebrations again, that will take place on, or near, February 12, 2007.  Of course our long-term objective is to evolve a GLOBAL celebration of Darwin, Science and Humanity by 2009, Darwin’s bicentennial birthday and the sesquicentennial of the publication of his famous book On the Origin of Species.  With only two more years to reach out to the world more effectively, our staff has just completed the development of a Web architecture based on Dreamweaver technology that replicates a common "tree" of Web pages for each language.  That structure will permit volunteers in any country to translate our Web site into their language with a minimum of complexity.  We will also provide translators with a blank page on which to present perspectives for their own culture, including an opportunity to showcase their scientists, philosophers, writers, etc.  If any of you have students or know of individuals with good computer skills, who speak a non-English language, and for whom English is a second language, we would welcome their participation as translators in this project!

As was reported earlier this year, DD celebrations held on February 12, 2006, were a tremendous success, with over 650 events being held around the world in at least 13 countries.  In addition, we made the news in a big way, appearing in over 150 newspapers, E-news articles and even on prime time TV news – all of which must have reached at least a few million members of the public, assisting them to understand and appreciate more about Charles Darwin and his influence on modern life.

We have already received information from some of the organizations that intend to have very meaningful Celebrations in 2009.  Among these are;

 
1.      The Town of Shrewsbury, Darwin’s birthplace where the following quote was taken from their website -- “Organisers have drawn together the arts and the sciences to create a constantly evolving and wide ranging programme that will expand over the coming years, culminating in 2009 with a calendar of events, which will form the epicentre of the global anniversary celebrations”.  To visit their website go to darwinshrewsbury.com/about/index.html.

 
2.      The Beagle Project, where plans are well underway to build a replica of the Beagle in Pembrokeshire to be launched in 2009.  From their Web site -- “The replica Beagle will serve to remind the world of the greatness of Charles Darwin, of the bravery of all who sailed in the quest for discovery and as a means to inspire a new generation of young scientists by sailing in the wake of the greatest biologist ever to live: Charles Darwin ------ the replica Beagle will be built in Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, will cost £3.3 million and be launched in 2009 before embarking on a recreation of the 1831-36 voyage”.  To visit their website go to, thebeagleproject.com.

 
3.      An Internet group planning for 2009 that impresses me, describes itself as an ‘Internet Congregation’ and is hosted by a group from Bangladesh know as Mukto-Mona.  I encourage you to visit the Darwin Day section of their website where it suggests “Plan a big celebration on Darwin’s 200th birthday in 2009,” by going to mukto-mona.com/Special_Event_/Darwin_day/index.htm .

 
The Darwin Day Board of Directors and staff greatly appreciate the collective contribution of our Advisory Board in their efforts to promote Darwin’s legacy in their work and in the publications that they regularly produce.  I’m personally pleased to see that many of you have participated in Darwin Day Events during the past several years, and this brings me to a question I’ve been pondering for several months --- can any of you imagine and suggest something that all members of our illustrious Board of Advisors might do together, once a year over the next 3 years, leading up to Darwin’s bicentennial, that would be publicly visible enough to promote Darwin Day, as an AUTHENTIC GLOBAL CELEBRATION?  My best suggestion is to issue a joint press release, bearing all of your names, to an increasing number of the national and international news agencies and organizations each year.  From my experience with press releases for Darwin Day I’ve found that the most effective ones are those sent just prior to the date of the Celebration in late January or early February.  If any of you have had more experience with the international press and/or would be willing to author a press release that all could sign, I would be pleased to hear from you.  For easy communication I have also included everyone’s name and email address at the top of this E-letter for you to use in this regard.  In addition, I look forward to any suggestions that you might have that would be more audacious and catch the attention of all kinds of media outlets.  Currently we have about 163 news services and other outlets on file mainly in the USA and we would appreciate any assistance you can offer.

 
The Darwin Day staff at www.darwinday.org will be working hard to expand the number of EVENTS that take place in 2007 and appreciate your continuing support!  By the way, we often receive compliments on the aesthetics of our website, so if you haven’t visited it for a while, I invite you to browse there for at least a few minutes.

 
Sincerely yours,

 
Bob Stephens, President, Darwin Day Celebration

 

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