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perhaps the most util piece of information yet to grace the hq...

in this time of renewed attention to the complexities of non-profit industry, i have included, for your convenience, a template for proper "email signature." i sincerely hope that this lesson, and possibly others like it, may be incorporated into the fallcoming "oh no, its a computer" classes.

PROPER EMAIL SIGNATURE

You can set this up with any email account. It's like a stamp that can include your name, contact information, and more. And it goes automatically to messages that you write, so you dont have to say goodbye or write your name at the end. This is just a guideline to help you out in understanding, so let's get to it.

1. "in solidarity" or "peace" or "write us the fuck back or we'll shut your shit down. signed, community power" casi alternatingly as needed for salutations

2. name, maybe in a different font or color. of course, it helps if your name is sunshine.

3. title, in bold. don't respect maay? check the resume. titles vary by the type of organizing/business model

4. organization, maybe in italics. maybe with a tagline. ex, "struggling for justice in the world since dirt was wee"

5. excessive options for contact info, like three fax numbers, followed by the office, and the prepaid or family plan cell number- is THAT why when you call it comes up with your ex girlfriends uncles wifes name?

6. a quote from a revolutionary

7. some translations, possibly for revolutionary quote. NOTE: note! it is best that you change it up once in a while. find something in the past that is poetically relevant to the efd up ish happening in your community today. and quote it. or quote a forune cookie and use it to justify how you just bugged out in the body of your email, i.e., "Be unconventional, even visionary."

8. forward/cc/bcc/re: jargon and formatting, dont even TRY to copy and paste that again. i cant handle it! weird spaces and indents and choppy special characters, all over the screen. then there are the other folks' information who you don't know but as email addresses that you have begun to recognize as usual suspects on the list-serv.

note: what's really classy when doing a mass email is to email yourself under the "To:" heading and then add your desired recipients into the ""BCC" heading. Pros: It's classy and people dont get freaked out about disclosing their email, others listening, reply-to-all's, etc. If you are receiving that message it is kind of mysterious as the sender could've sent it to any number of people from 1 to six figures, and you basically have no way of knowing. Not that you're that nosy anyway. Cons: You have no way of knowing, and maybe you forward the same thing to someone who already got it. Maybe something good comes out but you decide not to pass it on because hey they probably saw it already and I would look stupid sending it out two weeks after the story broke.

9. advertisements from your email account host*

*10. how internet advertising works: ex, if your emails have any spanish passages in them, you will be directed automatically towards such quality as "ElArmy.org Casa+Comida Gratis más $1200+/mes"