THE BARBERSHOP HARMONY SOCIETY

PROBEmoter online
The quarterly newsletter for Public Relations Officers and Bulletin Editors
Steven Jackson, Editor

Vol. 45, No. 3   July - September  2008

PROBE

The Association of
Public Relations Officers
and Bulletin Editors
of the
Barbershop Harmony Society

PRESIDENT
Steven Jackson
215 Cheyenne Street Lot 18
Golden, CO 80403
(303) 384-9269
sjjbullead@comcast.net

Public Relations VP Bruce T. Anderson
2010 So. 26th Street
Lincoln, NE 68502-3025
(402) 435-0974
job60@ix.netcom.com

VICE PRESIDENT FOR BULLETIN EDITORS
John Elving
6806 Peaceful Pines Rd.
Black Hawk, SD 57718
(605) 718-4292
leaderman@earthlink.net

VICE PRESIDENT FOR MEMBERSHIP
David Haase

4142 Fillmore Lane

Davenport, IA 52806

(563) 391-6426

quartetmanDH@netscape.net

SECRETARY-TREASURER
Dick Girvin
34888 Lyn Ave
Hemet, CA 92545
Tel. (951> 926-8644
dickgirvin@juno.com

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
Lowell Shank
2413 Stonebridge Ln
Bowling Green KY 42101
Tel. (270) 202-0515
lowell.shank@wku.edu

PROBEmoter

EDITOR
Steven Jackson
215 Cheyenne Street Lot 18
Golden, CO 80403
(303) 384-9269
sjjbullead@comcast.net

PUBLISHER
BHS, Inc.
110 7th Ave N
Nashville, TN 37203-3704
Tel (800) 876-SING (7464)
www.barbershop.org

PROBEmoter is published quarterly and distributed to all PROBE members. Membership in PROBE is open to anyone. Dues, $10.00 per year, are managed by the secretary-treasurer, and are payable by individuals or chapters.

Correspondence about PROBEmoter, content and contributions for publication should be sent to the editor.

Important notice

Beginning with the July-September 2003 issue, only a brief summary of the content of articles will be available online. The executive board made a decision to distribute full content only to PROBE members, and they will receive a copy by e-mail in color. For the time being, other content on the PROBE site will remain available to all. Those interested in the full text of articles can join PROBE by contacting Dick Girvin (contact information at the left).

(in this issue)

  • Ask Herb @ AOL.com
    • A final tribute on the passing of Herb Bales by Dick Girvin

  • Pics and full results from Nashville
    • Great coverage of PROBE contests

  • Notes from the Nashville Convention
    • by Immediate Past President Lowell Shank

  • Bulletin Contests - 2008
    • IBC Chairman Lowell Shank reports

  • Just what is Public Relations?
    • PR & Marketing VP Bruce Anderson attempts an answer

  • Open Letter to All Chapter Presidents
    • VP Bulletin Editors John Elving asks what you can get for $10

  • Barbershop History Quiz Number 61
    • One of Mark Axelrod's quizzes makes the big time

  • Changes are Coming
    • VP Bulletin Editors John Elving outlines changes in contest formats

  • Who should be a member of PROBE?
    • Membership VP David Hasse gives his opinion

  • More on NAMEPLATES and MASTHEADS
    • Steve Jackson, in his role as a L & R judge, discusses

  • PROBE meeting minutes
    • Report on the Nashville annual meeting

  • Fix the Product First
    • John Elving adapts an article on a successful campaign from the business world

  • Newsletters: Your Organization's Voice
    • Kristine Parkes discusses the role of the Newsletter

  • What PROBE is and what it does
    • Reprint from the first page of "About PROBE" on our website

  • PROBE craft
    • Jon Wagner provides not one, but two craft articles

  • And yet more craft
    • from Philip Alexander, director of multiple choruses

  • And the (a) winner is...
    • Chris Papa, winner of this year's Most Improved Bulletin writes with bio information (and even a limerick)

  • Plus many "blurbs" containing changes and information

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