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From the National Office

By Joe Miller

To all members and friends of VVAW, Inc.:

You have been waiting rather patiently for the next issue of THE VETERAN,VVAW's national newspaper -- and, here it is! We'd like to thank Jeff Machota and Lisa Boucher, two young supporters of VVAW, for their superb volunteer work in editing and publishing this issue. You should note that the paper has a different "look," as it was produced on computer.

The paper was delayed much longer than we expected. One of the central problems was the fact that VVAW didn't have the funds necessary to get the paper printed and mailed out. Due to the generosity of many of you, we managed to pull together enough money to complete this issue.

VVAW has tried to get grants from progressive foundations, but to no avail, as they argue we will still be around whether they give us funding or not.

If this is true, we need more regular support from members and friends like yourselves. THE VETERAN is and has been an informational and organizational tool of VVAW since our earliest days. We take the paper with us into schools, colleges, universities, and community organizations where our members are invited to speak. We mail issues to members and friends who live far from VVAW chapters, so they can keep up with what we are doing.

Now, with the resurgence of interest in VVAW, due to the books published or soon-to-be-published about us and with a video documentary in the works, it is even more important for us to be visible. So, please send us what you can to help in this effort. Think about making a monthly contribution in order to help us maintain this visibility. All contributions are tax-deductible!

Make checks out to:

Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Inc. (or VVAW, Inc.)

Send these contributions to:

Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Inc.,
P.O. Box 408594,
Chicago, Illinois 60640.

An additional aspect of VVAW's "leap" into the modern age is the establishment of VVAW-Net, which got off the ground during the Autumn of 1995.

VVAW-Net is an informal communications network of folks involved and interested in the activities of Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Inc. To participate in the network, we require that an individual supply a snail mail address (A standard U.S. Postal Service street address, as opposed to an email address - Editor) and a very brief statement of his or her interest in, or connection to, the organization.

Postings to the net are addressed to one of the core members. The current distributors are Joe Miller from the National Office (jtmiller@uiuc.edu) and Ben Chitty from the New York chapter (abcqc@cunyvm.cuny.edu).

Some things to note in your calendars:

• Annual National Steering Committee meeting, combined with VVAW's Fundraiser Halloween Party, in Chicago, Saturday, October 26, 1996. Contact the National Office at (312) 327-5756 for further details.

• VVAW's 30th Anniversary is now being planned. This will also happen in Chicago, probably the weekend before Memorial Day in 1997. We will be providing more details as these plans develop. Keep this spot open in your datebooks.

We hope you enjoy this latest issue of THE VETERAN. VVAW still has a lot of work to do, since many of the fundamental problems that pushed us to organizing in the first place are still here. Stay in touch!