The Management, Spirituality, and Religion Interest Group is
attempting to generate an endowment fund for our group, and
particularly for the yearly doctoral consortium. Such an
endowment would greatly help us to fund create new programs
at our meetings, support our doctoral students, and help us
to connect with MSR-related groups outside the Academy (e.g.
Psychology of Religion, Sociology of Religion, Institute of
Noetic Science). As you might imagine, this is an enormous
undertaking that will require a great deal of help. Lee
Robbns has graciously agreed to help in getting this effort
off the ground. But this is not a task that we can do alone.
We are going to form a committee comprised of MSR members
who will take an active role in bring this activity to
fruition.
I have assembled a list of the addresses for churches and
synagogues in the Philadelphia city area (where our next
meeting will be in 2007)and religiously progressive groups
around the country. I'd like to send a letter to each of
them, asking for donations to start our endowment. There are
literally hundreds of these churches and synagogues.
At the same time, I'd like to gather a list of the
churches/mosques/ synagogues for our next cities (Anaheim,
Chicago, and Montreal) and begin sending those out as well.
This is an ENORMOUS undertaking that will require many
volunteers in the following areas:
1. Writing the letter to potential donors,
2. Contacting and serving as liason with AOM on the
legality, regulations, and methods of getting this
endowment,
3. Having one or more contact people who can serve to
answer questions, and
4. Finding a University that can help with mailing
costs.
I am willing to use whatever resources I have to do this,
and even hire an assistant to help in gathering more names
and addresses of donor religious groups.
If you are willing to help with any of these tasks, please
contact Bob Giacalone (
ragiacal@temple.edu) and Lee Robbins
(
LeeRobbins@post.Harvard.edu) and let us know how you might
help.
With best regards,
Bob Giacalone
Robert A. Giacalone, Ph.D.
Department of Human Resource Management
Acting Director, Center for Ethics and Organizational Integrity
313 Speakman Hall, FSBM
Temple University
1810 N. 13th St.
Philadelphia, PA 19122
e-mail:
ragiacal@temple.edu
Work phone: 215 204-7038
Fax: (215) 204-8362
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