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December 2007 - Posts

Sunday, December 30, 2007 8:19 PM

Ritual as Compost

Sometimes a bit of tradition and ritual can go a long way toward binding a chapter together. Take, for example, the SPJ Initiation Ceremony. I’ll wager many SPJ members probably have never heard this ceremony performed. I heard it for the first time
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Sunday, December 16, 2007 3:14 PM

East Tennessee Success Story

By John Huotari ETSPJ President   Membership in the East Tennessee SPJ chapter has increased 48 percent since June 1, 2006.   The chapter has increased from 44 members then to 65 members now. That’s an increase of 21 members.   Here
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Sunday, December 09, 2007 3:49 PM

Seed money

Dear Gardener, * Our chapter is wrestling with how much we should charge local SPJ members. On the one hand, we need funds to pay for basic expenses like postage and funding events like our member mixers. But at the same time, we’re trying to grow
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Sunday, December 02, 2007 7:00 PM

A Thorny Question

Dear Gardener * Our chapter faces a thorny question. A local press club is hosting events very similar to the ones we staged earlier this year for our spring regional conference. One of our members is encouraging us to combine our efforts into the club’s in
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