AIDS TREATMENT NEWS No. 115 - November 20, 1991
Tim Wilson
The staff of AIDS TREATMENT NEWS is requesting the assistance of our subscribers in the following outreach areas:
* New 800 subscription number. Help us spread the word that interested parties can now call 1-800-TREAT-1-2 (1-800-873-2812) for AIDS TREATMENT NEWS subscription information (Note: this is not a treatment information hotline). Ask your local community AIDS service organizations, HIV testing and counseling centers, buyers' clubs, publications, bulletin boards, universities, etc., to update their AIDS resource lists to include this new number.
Our 800 number is currently valid in the 48 contiguous United States and in Canada. The correct number for local San Francisco calls, for other geographic areas, and for all non- subscription business is 415/255-0588. Help us make sure that our current numbers are listed in appropriate places in your community, and listed accurately.
* Medical professionals, libraries, friends. Does your doctor or other health professional, your HMO or medical center, subscribe to AIDS TREATMENT NEWS? What about your local public library, or college or university library, or the human resources department where you work? Do you have friends or loved ones who would benefit from the information in AIDS TREATMENT NEWS? Please use the three coupons on the last page of this issue of the newsletter to encourage others to subscribe. Remember that we support our work almost exclusively through subscriptions; in order to maintain complete editorial independence, we accept no advertising.
* Special Assistance Fund. Although we offer a substantial 60 percent discount on subscriptions "for persons with AIDS/HIV with financial difficulties" (and as many as 70 percent of our subscribers use that rate at one time or another), the reality is that many subscribers reach a point at which they can no longer afford even the discounted price. Our policy has always been to extend such subscriptions without charge in order to continue the dissemination of valuable treatment information to persons living with AIDS, struggling community-based organizations, prisoners without resources, health departments in a budget crunch, etc., and we do not want to change that policy. However, the need continues to grow faster than we have been able to generate full-rate subscriptions which subsidize these free extensions.
We have established a Special Assistance Fund for those who want to support our "free extension" program. We are asking for donations of $20 (equivalent to one six-month extension) and $40 (equivalent to one 12-month extension or two six-month extensions), or multiples thereof. We will track this income separately, and make the information about revenue generated for this fund available to any of our subscribers who request it. AIDS TREATMENT NEWS is not a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization for which donations are tax-deductible; editor/publisher John S. James operates as a sole proprietor. However, we bring a strong not-for-profit consciousness to our work -- we are working to save lives, not in business to make money -- and we hope that you will support this worthwhile program so we are not forced to change our policy.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our subscribers who have sent unsolicited contributions to us in the past. These donations have helped tremendously in allowing AIDS TREATMENT NEWS to continue our "free extension" program to this point.
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