In the Beginning, you learned about the many newspaper, magazine and periodical articles I have, courtesy of Gail Anderson, Balance Within Pilates, Redmond, Washington, and that one of the massive projects awaiting my undivided attention is to secure the right to reprint those many articles on PilatesNun.com.
I've heard from some of you that you're interested in helping with this project - may the good Lord bless and keep you now and forever more - so here's how we're going to handle this.
When volunteering your time and best efforts, it's imperative that you know what you're getting yourself into.
My very expensive lawyer provided the following links to information about the process that needs to be followed to a "T" in order for Mother Superior to gain the required permission to post these treasured articles featuring Joe & Clara.
http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl102.html - Fair Use Doctrine
http://www.unc.edu/%7Eunclng/public-d.htm, Passing into the Public Domain
http://www.copyright.iupui.edu/ermsec.htm, How to Secure Permission to Use Copyrighted Works
Take a gander, sleep on it and if you're still just itchin' to bring this project to a boil, call me at the studio at 206-525-7769 or email at MotherSuperior@PilatesNun.com and let me know you're in.
I'll go to church and light 3 candles (one for Joe, one for Clara and one for you!) and in a few days' time, you'll receive a big package in the mail full of photocopies of the articles.
And once we (and by "we" I mean you) get clearance, I think it's best if I (and by "I" I mean me) get up on the Nun site whatever we (you) clear in whatever order we (you) clear it, instead of waiting until a bunch of them are processed.
I'll also need help transcribing the articles; most are in pretty poor shape and I doubt they'll scan clearly enough to be legible online.
Again, glorious ups to Gail Anderson for giving me access to her extensive library and allowing me to make these copies. And my hero Ron Fletcher and I were talking just the other day about the wonderfully endless giving nature of this work and he said "you've got to give, in order to be free." Gail's free, Ron's utterly free and I know you'll become more free by giving some of your time to this important project. Then, it'll be you helping me helping you help the whole Pilates world. Help me! Amen!
Pilates People of the World, there you have it - the basic project parameters.
Take 3 deep breaths, close your eyes, nod yes, nod no, think beautiful thoughts and then pick up the phone and call me. Let's get this project rolling!