Taltarzac
01-15-2008, 03:28 PM
Curious about how much money as well as where TOTV users donate to their alma maters? Any special reason you donate or with the amounts? ???
I usually donate $2.24, $4.22 $2.42, $1.36, $6.13, $3.16 or some such low number to the University of Minnesota Law School. These are very symbolic numbers to be as I have been using them to improve resources for survivors of crimes in all kinds of libraries since 1993. Even though I started doing this effort-- even if at least one person >:( where I used to work (the U of MN Law Library) suggested it made me look mentally ill to do so-- in early February of 1991 trying to describe to people why this issue was important to me.
I also have got some very supportive letters about my efforts from some of the people at the U of MN Law School as well as from the ex Dean of the U of MN Law School Robert A. Stein who was also quite high on the American Bar Association totem pole for about a decade or more. Even got a letter from Hillary Clinton and another one from Al Gore, Jr. as well as some from various Republicans.
Ironically, though I have not been able to do much with the U of MN Law Library itself improving a resource for the survivors/victims in MN by getting a link to the MN Victim Service Provider Directory. The last I looked anyway there was not one at the U of MN Law Library web-page nor one anywhere else within the whole University of MN Library system. :read:
I did manage to get a link to FL's Victim Services Directory at the U of FL Law Library http://www.law.ufl.edu/lic/links/florida/ very soon after I made a request for one. Might have helped that the Law Librarian in charge of the U of FL-- M. Kathleen Price-- was the Law Librarian at the U of MN when they hired me from the law school student pool back in 1987. M. Kathleen Price was Law Librarian of Congress from around 1990 through 1995 or so.
Mr. Gary Corsair of the Villages Daily Sun-- also, of course, the Bigfoot article writer-- was kind enough to write an article on me and my work on May 28, 2007 in the Lifestyles section. Thankfully, he did not mention my obsession with the numbers 6 1 3 and 2 2 4, I have been using since 1993 in my efforts to improve access to practical information for survivors/victims of crimes. I did try to get all kinds of people's help with this effort using these numbers (613224) like politicians, First Ladies (the letter from Hillary Clinton for instance is evidence of this effort), movie stars, athletes, comedians, singers, TV show writers, law professors, lawyers, and like, and anyone else I could think of since 1993.
Mr. Gary Corsair :bigthumbsup: of the VDS just mentioned that I had been successful in getting a link to the FL Victims Services Directory at the Lake County Library System and was working on getting them at the Sumter and Marion County Library systems. Which, the last I looked, I still have not been able to do at Sumter and Marion. I could use help-- yeah maybe mental health help-- from other TOTV users (posters and readers) with trying to get Marion and Sumter County Library systems to get a link to the FL Victim Services Directory. Google them but do not forget to put the state of FL in as there are Sumter and Marion Counties in other states.
I have a number of other alma maters-- the U of Nevada, Reno; Denver U., and other schools I have attended like BYU Law School and the College of San Mateo-- but usually only donate small amounts like $2.24 or $3.16 to the U of MN and/or the U of MN Law School.
Would be interesting if any TOTV posters and readers have any intriguing stories about their alma maters, why they donate, and how much?
And could use help with my efforts to help victims in Marion and Sumter County by getting links to the FL Victim Services Directory at Marion and Sumter County's Library systems. ???
I usually donate $2.24, $4.22 $2.42, $1.36, $6.13, $3.16 or some such low number to the University of Minnesota Law School. These are very symbolic numbers to be as I have been using them to improve resources for survivors of crimes in all kinds of libraries since 1993. Even though I started doing this effort-- even if at least one person >:( where I used to work (the U of MN Law Library) suggested it made me look mentally ill to do so-- in early February of 1991 trying to describe to people why this issue was important to me.
I also have got some very supportive letters about my efforts from some of the people at the U of MN Law School as well as from the ex Dean of the U of MN Law School Robert A. Stein who was also quite high on the American Bar Association totem pole for about a decade or more. Even got a letter from Hillary Clinton and another one from Al Gore, Jr. as well as some from various Republicans.
Ironically, though I have not been able to do much with the U of MN Law Library itself improving a resource for the survivors/victims in MN by getting a link to the MN Victim Service Provider Directory. The last I looked anyway there was not one at the U of MN Law Library web-page nor one anywhere else within the whole University of MN Library system. :read:
I did manage to get a link to FL's Victim Services Directory at the U of FL Law Library http://www.law.ufl.edu/lic/links/florida/ very soon after I made a request for one. Might have helped that the Law Librarian in charge of the U of FL-- M. Kathleen Price-- was the Law Librarian at the U of MN when they hired me from the law school student pool back in 1987. M. Kathleen Price was Law Librarian of Congress from around 1990 through 1995 or so.
Mr. Gary Corsair of the Villages Daily Sun-- also, of course, the Bigfoot article writer-- was kind enough to write an article on me and my work on May 28, 2007 in the Lifestyles section. Thankfully, he did not mention my obsession with the numbers 6 1 3 and 2 2 4, I have been using since 1993 in my efforts to improve access to practical information for survivors/victims of crimes. I did try to get all kinds of people's help with this effort using these numbers (613224) like politicians, First Ladies (the letter from Hillary Clinton for instance is evidence of this effort), movie stars, athletes, comedians, singers, TV show writers, law professors, lawyers, and like, and anyone else I could think of since 1993.
Mr. Gary Corsair :bigthumbsup: of the VDS just mentioned that I had been successful in getting a link to the FL Victims Services Directory at the Lake County Library System and was working on getting them at the Sumter and Marion County Library systems. Which, the last I looked, I still have not been able to do at Sumter and Marion. I could use help-- yeah maybe mental health help-- from other TOTV users (posters and readers) with trying to get Marion and Sumter County Library systems to get a link to the FL Victim Services Directory. Google them but do not forget to put the state of FL in as there are Sumter and Marion Counties in other states.
I have a number of other alma maters-- the U of Nevada, Reno; Denver U., and other schools I have attended like BYU Law School and the College of San Mateo-- but usually only donate small amounts like $2.24 or $3.16 to the U of MN and/or the U of MN Law School.
Would be interesting if any TOTV posters and readers have any intriguing stories about their alma maters, why they donate, and how much?
And could use help with my efforts to help victims in Marion and Sumter County by getting links to the FL Victim Services Directory at Marion and Sumter County's Library systems. ???