[Dialogue] Fwd: UPDATE FOR SMU PETITION SIGNERS May 22, 2008

Wed May 21 14:43:35 EDT 2008

This is the latest from Andrew Weaver, if you're interested.

George Holcombe
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> From: "Andrew Weaver" <aJWEAVER711 at AOL.COM>
> Date: May 21, 2008 3:05:08 AM CDT
> To: "George Holcombe" <geowanda at earthlink.net>
> Subject: UPDATE FOR SMU PETITION SIGNERS May 22, 2008
> Reply-To: listmanager at vitalvisuals.com
>
> UPDATE FOR SMU PETITION SIGNERS May 22, 2008
> I am Andrew J. Weaver, organizer of the petition at  www.protectSMU.org 
>   and an ordained United Methodist clergyman and research  
> psychologist.  I am a graduate of Southern Methodist University  
> (SMU) and live in New York City.  There are over 11,900 petition  
> signers from every state and ten nations.
>
> Thank you for your support
>
> Contributors to our legal fund have all given permission to use  
> their donations to design and implement a professional educational  
> and advocacy campaign opposing the Bush institute at SMU.  The  
> campaign will seek to raise public awareness during the next several  
> weeks about plans to create a partisan institute having no oversight  
> by the university and being planned under the guidance of Bush  
> political operative Karl Rove.
>
> Our goal is to persuade South Central Jurisdiction delegates to  
> reject the SMU/Bush foundation lease proposal when they meet in  
> Dallas at the Hilton Anatole Hotel, July 15-19.  We will also seek  
> to convince the “court of public opinion” through the media that the  
> SMU-Bush linkage is injurious to both SMU and the United Methodist  
> Church (UMC) that owns the university.
>
> The campaign will entail an intensive public relations effort  
> incorporating print, internet, fax, radio, TV and advertising.   It  
> will include designing and uploading a high-quality website with  
> blog and interactive capability.  It will also involve creating and  
> circulating a media kit for print and broadcast distribution as well  
> as a quality delegate information kit.
>
> The campaign is being designed and implemented by P&S Associates of  
> Maine LLC (PSA), publication and communications specialists whose  
> CEO is Stephen Swecker.    Mr. Swecker is a United Methodist  
> clergyman and award-winning religious journalist and editor.   PSA  
> provides publication services for The Progressive Christian  
> (recently named North America's best general interest religious  
> magazine by the Associated Church Press) and United Methodist NeXus,  
> an online newsletter and recipient of ACP's Award of Merit.
>
> If you wish to make a donation to the educational and advocacy  
> campaign fund, please send it to Rev. Bob Weathers, 2420 Willington  
> Avenue, Fort Worth, Texas 76110.  Rev. Weathers is a highly regarded  
> member of the Central Texas Conference and a former District  
> Superintendent.  Please make checks to “Protect SMU Fund.”  The more  
> money we have available, the more robust the campaign can be.
>
> Growing the Petition
>
> Finally, please continue to encourage your friends and colleagues to  
> sign the petition.  Each name is important.  We need to tell  
> officials of the UMC at every level that we find that a partisan  
> institute honoring George W. Bush at SMU to be “utterly unacceptable.”
>
> With best regards,
>
> Rev. Andrew J. Weaver, Ph.D.
>
> P.S. Links to more Information on the SMU Bush Project :
>
> http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/2/1/21101/89550/470/448029
>
> www.usnews.com/blogs/faith-matters/2008/2/4/tempest-in-a-texas-teapot.html
>
> http://bushlibraryblog.wordpress.com/2007/04/23/dallas-historian-reflects-on-bush-complex-debate-smu-history/
>
> http://bushlibraryblog.wordpress.com/2007/02/22/nebraska-history-professor-weighs-in-on-smus-stature-and-the-bush-complex/
>
> http://www.dallasobserver.com/2007-02-08/news/w-and-us/
>
> http://bushlibraryblog.wordpress.com/2007/03/14/report-on-methodist-council-meeting/
>
> http://bushlibraryblog.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/mccrossenpresentation.ppt
>
> http://media.www.smudailycampus.com/media/storage/paper949/news/2007/03/02/Opinion/A.Gulf.Between.Institutions-2753825.shtml
>
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