The Sound of Silence

Don't think because there's been no blog post for over two weeks that we've been sitting on our haunches and twiddling our thumbs. No, "silence is golden" and so have been the opportunities to work on the paper, meet with people, develop the website, and do other small paper-related projects. I have not written because other priorities have been higher.

In the last two weeks, we've accomplished - or started - the following:

• Continued to get print pricing
• Finalized the official logo
• Registered our phone number (419.825.NEWS (6397))
• Signed up for Twitter (we were already on Facebook)
• Purchased a badge laminator and 100 pouches
• Launched our site, fully integrated with Twitter and Facebook
• Met with Dan Rogers of the Cherry Street Mission and secured permission for vendor recruitment, orientation and possible distribution at their various facilities
• Met with ABLE and LAWO to look into the city's laws and how they might effect the operation of TS
• Reached over 130 fans on our Facebook page
• Started developing our advertising rates and guidelines with the help of Breanna Filas of Metro Media Group
• Had a teleconference with Andy Freeze, director of NASNA
• Created a fairly comprehensive to-do list - a feat in and of itself!

Of course, there are some wonderful people helping me out with all of this, and I am truly grateful for their help.

More help is always appreciated as well! The to-do list will be posted shortly... (hint, hint).

In other news, since the site (and its blog) is up, I will be double-posting these updates from now on.

As this list proves...

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS SMALL CHANGE.