Date: Mon, 13 May 1996 13:58:51 -0700
From: Ron Buckmire <ron@abacus.oxy.edu>


                                The Lambda Letters Project
>                                       Press Release
>
>Contact        Boyce Hinman, Administrator
>The Lambda Letters Project
>6212 Silverton Way     
>Carmichael, CA 95608
>(916) 965-6851
>
>        Lambda Letters Seeks Transgender Persons For Board of Directors
>
>        Boyce Hinman, Administrator of the Lambda Letters Project, announced
>today that the project is seeking to expand and diversify its Board of
>Directors.
>The Project hopes to add a minimum of two transgender or transsexual
>members to the Board. Board members can be from anywhere in California
>as the Project pays mileage or airfare for attendance at Board meetings.
>
>        There are seven members on the current Board, three are women
>and four are men. Two of the Board's officers are women and two are men.
>Six of the members are lesbian or gay and one is bisexual. Two are African
>American and the rest are Caucasian. Board members range in age from
>the early thirties to seventy. 
>        Board members are expected to attend four meetings per year in
>Sacramento. Usually the meetings last most of one day (a Saturday)
>but the July meeting usually is for two weekend days.  one day of the
>July meeting is for planning. Board members spend between 10 and
>20 hours per month on support activities for the project.  Activities
>are matched to the interests and aptitudes of the individual as much
>as possible. However, people are particularly needed who could work
>in publicity or fund raising or in composing our monthly letters and
>articles. The letter and article composers are our Legislative Analysts
>and we have openings for legislative analysts in the areas of AIDS/HIV
>and lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender issues. All positions in the project
>are volunteer positions. 
>        Lambda Letters is a private, non-profit civil rights organization
>which helps people write to their legislators, other public officials, and
>sometimes to private industry on various civil rights issues. The issues
>include AIDS/HIV issues, lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender issues, 
>people of color issues and women's issues. The Project collected
>over 32,000 letters last year, and this year, because of an improvement
>in its procedures, it has already collected about 22,000 letters. Lambda
Letters
>is an exciting project. It gives a lot to those who serve on the Project as
well
>as being a service to the community. 
>        Anyone wishing further information may contact:
>
>The Lambda Letters Project
>6212 Silverton Way
>Carmichael, CA 95608
>(91 6) 965-6851 
>E-mail Address: Lambdalp@aol.com 
>