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Connection clarification
The executive summary accompanying your Good Works column [February 2020] on the Roanoke Women’s Foundation stated that we are a “professional networking group.” While there are definitely opportunities to network, RWF’s mission is to connect the power of women and their pooled financial resources to enhance the quality of life in our communities. Roanoke Women’s Foundation is a philanthropic organization that supports arts and culture, education, the environment, and health and human services through a competitive grants process. The Foundation is funded by member donations, and all women are invited to join. As we grow, so does our impact!
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Kathy Stockburger
RWF
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Field / On Tap
from Page 34 initial caps—where the first letter of each word is capitalized, either for design or persuasive emphasis. (See my subheads in this column.) The client/distributor refused to accept or use the material. He insisted that initial caps were totally inappropriate in French usage. Je ne comprends pas? I had even employed a French language expert to proof check the piece. Later on, I found out his “correction” wasn’t so universal. Initial caps weren’t prohibited by any means, particularly for marketing material. He was just enforcing a preference—or more aptly—being French-Canadian. — A TINY, petite (petty?) detail.
At the end of this month, I get the pleasure of hosting my daughter Lauren’s wedding! Are details—tiny details—important at a wedding? Probably not as much as most of us think… but to her on her special day, her mom and I, her sisters, and others helping to put this great affair on center stage—you BET they are important.
A tiny example: We all know Uncle Henry is obliged to overindulge. Do we seat him all the way across the room from the bar, keeping the greatest distance between him and our friendly bartenders? Well, that could provide even more of a spectacle as he has to stumble through more guest and more square footage than just plopping him right next to the bar.
Ahhh… details. Those TINY details.
