Husbands Matter/ Door Prize Questions/ BAN Groups? /Copy Service/ Roommates/ Biased Quotes Page - 5/14/08

Wed May 14 18:14:50 EDT 2008

- HUSBANDS MATTER
- DOOR PRIZE QUESTIONS
- BAN GROUPS
- COPY SERVICE PRICES
- ROOMMATES
- YOUR BIASED QUOTES PAGE

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- HUSBANDS MATTER
> Hi Diane,
> I'm sure many people planned to sign up for the TeleWebClass on "Husbands
> Matter" that Neil Chethik, John Curtis and I will be holding TOMORROW MAY 15,
> but if they're anything like me, they "meant to," and forgot.
>  
> So, for the procrastinators on the list, let me remind you that the link to
> the class (cost: $33) is http://www.husbandsmatter.com/Telewebcast.php
>  
> And, speaking of registration, I just completed the registration for the Smart
> Marriages conference, and once again I feel overwhelmed and a little
> frustrated that there are so many great seminars and workshops going on at the
> same time.  My cup runneth over!  I guess that's what "iPlaybackNow" is for.
> Thanks,
> Scott Haltzman

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- DOOR PRIZE QUESTIONS

Many of you have sent in very generous give-away offers and I'm sorry not to
have made this clear, but the Door Prize spots at the keynotes are all
"taken"....we have very limited time for drawings and the keynote speakers
have first dibs at these spots/giveaways.  I'll be posting a list of the
schedule of prizes on the website and it will be posted at the conference.

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- BAN GROUPS
The Beyond Affairs Network Groups....how do we find one?  What is the cost?
- A.T.

I should have given that info.  They're FREE, run by volunteers who've been
there and recovered.  Here's the link to find a group:
http://www.beyondaffairs.com/BAN/cities.htm

I've also had questions about how one starts a group.  Here's the link for
that info: http://www.beyondaffairs.com/BAN/no_ban_group.htm

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- COPY SERVICE PRICES
Diane, 
You mentioned in an email that Kinkos in the hotel is charging 15¢ a copy.
Did you try to negotiate a conference rate?  I'm sure they'd be interested.
Paul

I tried with the Kinko manager when I was out for a site visit. No deal. I
have since been able to negotiate a conference rate - 3.5¢ per copy at Copy
Station, 441 California Street. They're seven blocks from the Hilton but you
can send them files electronically and they provide free delivery.  Send
your files to Barbara Benton at copystat at sbcglobal.net    415-986-4091. I'll
post this info on the website and also send it to presenters and exhibitors.
I just mentioned that Kinko's hotel price because Starbucks is also located
inside the Hilton and I was wondering what they'll charge for coffee.  They
weren't yet open when I was out for the site visit. - diane
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- ROOMMATES
We're matching up roommates fast and furiously and need more.  If you'd like
to share a room you have at the Hilton, please go here to list it:
http://www.smartmarriages.com/roommates.html

The Parc 55 is filling nicely.  You can be reassured that if you're staying
at the Parc 55 you will have plenty of Smart Marriages company.  And, they
have great breakfast buffets and restaurants on premises. - diane
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- YOUR EXTREMELY BIASED QUOTES PAGE
To whom this may concern,
I just visited your Marriage Quotations page looking for quotes for my son's
upcoming nuptials and I found it upsetting that you could be so obvious in
your leftist bias by listing ONLY quotes from Democrats and those on the FAR
LEFT like Marrion Wright Edelman. You need to show balance if you hope to
have credibility. I'm sending just the first few you listed to make my point
- you've got Edelman, some "Clinton White House representative", Al Gore,
and Moynihan in the first seven! I also think some of the cartoons are
inappropriate. 
Steve

> ***************
> One dollar up front prevents the spending of many dollars down the road.
> Marion Wright Edelman, Children's Defense Fund
> ****************
> You need only do three things in this country to avoid poverty - finish high
> school,
> marry before having a child, and marry after the age of 20. Only 8 percent of
> the families
> who do this are poor; 79 percent of those who fail to do this are poor.
> William Galston, Clinton White House
> *************
> You can't be value free when it comes to marriage.
> Al Gore, June, 2001
> *****************
> The principal objective of American government at every level should be to
> see that children are born into intact families and that they remain so.
> Daniel Patrick Moynihan

Oh dear. I suppose the explanation is that so many people think that
anything to do with MARRIAGE is a far right, conservative issue that I may
have overcorrected trying to make the point that many on the left DO
actually support marriage.  I hope you scrolled down far enough to find
there are quotes by George Bush, Robert Rector, Ronald Reagan, Maggie
Gallagher, Pope John Paul......

I also hope you weren't so turned off that you didn't scroll to the WEDDING
QUOTES AND TOASTS section - there is some very good stuff.  Actually, almost
anything on the page could be used at a wedding.....  Not sure which
cartoons might have been offensive.
Marriage Quotes page: http://www.smartmarriages.com/marriage.quotes.html
Diane 
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