E-COMMUNICATION

We have 3581 active contacts, up from 3546 last month. Our open and

click rates continue to be above average for non-profit arts

organizations. I've attached a spreadsheet showing our quarterly

statistics.

In addition to our usual emails, this past month we sent out notices

about the Minstrel cancellation on 9/11 and about the Bloomfield

Eco-Fest. We also sent out a call for volunteers for the Eco-Fest to the

Minstrel volunteer list.

I am working with Mark on a prototype for adding other FP events to the

weekly Minstrel-Gram.

We are receiving a steadily increasing number of requests to send out

emails to our Membership lists to supplement information that is

supplied in the newsletter -- to correct mistakes in the newsletter or

advise people about events that didn't make it into the newsletter. I

feel there has to be a balance between getting our members the

information they need and inundating them with email. Because of this, I

sometimes turn down requests to send out additional emails to the

membership. I'm currently dealing with each request on an individual

basis, but I'd like to develop some guidelines. I welcome your input on

how to best handle these situations.

Best wishes,

Lori