Attendees: NC Edwin Robins OH; Lew Augenblick NV; Irwin Barath TX; PNC Michael Berman NJ; PNC Paul Bernstein NY; Mel Brody SW; Jordan Crosby FL; Bernard Epworth NJ; Irving Finver NV; PNC Ed Goldwasser NY; Joe Kraut SE; PNC Monte Mayer NY/VT; Robert Richter NJ; PNC Norman Rosenshein NJ; Richard Rosenzweig DC; Debby Stern FL; Bernhard Storch NY
Staff: NED Herb Rosenbleeth; Larry Richardson; Mrs. Bailor; Cheryl Waldman
Subject: The Jewish Veteran, Taking Action, Public Relations
- The Jewish Veteran
- Format of magazine will be changing in 2010 to 11x14 newspaper style published 4x/year
- Will be significant savings in new format and publication schedule
- Members will continue to see same features in reformatted publication
- Continue to solicit pictures of Post activities
- Good quality paper will still allow for a good pictorial image
- Material for magazine determined by editorial board
- Material submitted must be original unless written permission is granted by author; pictures from a newspaper cannot be reproduced - must have original picture and permission to reproduce
- Magazine cannot be distributed solely by e-mail since the bulk of our membership does not have a computer
- Action
- There is an underreporting of anti-Semitic incidents - people need to be informed
- Members from NY and NJ got together recently to protest visit of Iranian president at UN
- Posts and departments must cooperate with each other to take action
- When hear of incident, other Posts and Departments must be informed
- Cannot protest an action as anti-Semitic if it is applied equally to other groups, such as when a certain store does not allow any group to collect funds near it
- Public Relations
- Posts must report their activities to local media
- Important to get word of JWV out by working with greater community
- Must make the local community aware of what JWV is doing
- Through PR, a good way for Posts to acquire new members
