The City of Sydney

[Stasven]

Well, I contacted Sydney Council (NSW, Australia)the other day regarding their NYE celebrations, and, their charities for the evening. The kind person who answered my email replied, in part:

"If you have a particular proposal/recommendation you were intending on
putting forward, please email through to me and I will circulate it to
the relevant members of the New Year's Eve team for their consideration."

So I was thinking, could they be serious!!? I replied and asked if Isara.org could get a mention, and that person (who will remain anonymous) if they would visist the site themselves.

I then got an email back:

Dear Hayden,

Thank you for your reply.

The official charity of Sydney New Year's Eve produce it's own Community
Service Announcements (CSA's). These are aired (at no advertisement
cost) at the disgression of each television station. In 2006, the
official charity also entered into agreement with the host broadcaster
which also involved securing some advertisements via payment.

I (and some of my colleagues) have reviewed your website. We wish you
well in your charitable pursuits."

We might not get a mention during Sydney's live NYE fireworks evening tv spectacular, but at least some people payed a visit.

NYE = New Years Eve

[PK]

Well it was a very nice effort, Stasven. Typically those kind of charity announcements are reserved for larger organizations who have a mutual friend on the board of directors. In television it's almost always "who do you know" not "what do you do".

But I am very grateful for your attempt to get more people aware of Isara. Thank you!

[Ginafish]

Woohoo Stasven, great job trying to pass the word about Isara!

[thartley]

I'm actually quite impressed that you received a real response, even if its not the outcome we would have hoped for.  Its nice to know some people still auto-reply on hold and actually listen and respond.

Its a hopeful sign...good job!