Great, I'll probably give you a ring next week. In the meantime, I give the NCSE permission to reprint any of my materials that appear on Huffington Post and True/Slant, as I retain the rights to those works. Here's my latest piece on intelligent design nonsense, by the way:

http://trueslant.com/barrettbrown/2009/09/04/intelligent-design-advocate-mocking-of-scientist-by-other-scientists-a-century-ago-is-evolutions-legacy-of-shame/

Thanks,

Barrett Brown
Brooklyn, NY
512-560-2302

On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 6:35 PM, Robert Luhn <luhn@ncseweb.org <mailto:luhn@ncseweb.org>> wrote:

    Sir: Feel free to contact us when the need arises. As for humorous
    slap downs...ooooh, you're on the list. (I loved Amazon's take as
    your book being "serenely offensive". God knows we could use more
    of that.)

    Ah...and you're a fellow Dir. of Comm. (Before I got this gig last
    year, I was a journalist for mannnny years.) Well, you got Qs
    about promoting stuff? Let's talk. Gimme a ring someday and I'll
    share with ye what I know.

    One resource I'd recommend you check out: "The New Rules of
    Marketing and PR: How to Use News Releases, Blogs, Podcasting,
    Viral Marketing and Online Media to Reach Buyers Directly" by
    David M. Scott. Some of his ideas are pretty obvious....but some
    aren't. and it's a good all around look at the trad and modern
    tools at one's disposal. I mean, I used to run tech pubs like PC
    World,Computer Currents and CNET...and even I found some gems in
    here. So worth a look.

    Anyways, call when the mood strikes. My number is at the bottom of
    the page....

    r



        Hi, Robert-

        Thanks for getting in touch. I'm very familiar with the NCSE
        and the work it does, and I may take you up on your offer of
        informational assistance in the future. Also, if the NCSE is
        in need of any humorous take-downs of anyone or any other
        written materials with which to promote the organization or
        get a particular point across, I'd be happy to provide them.

        Incidentally, I also serve as director of communications for
        Enlighten the Vote, formerly GAMPAC; I'm barely 27 and not
        entirely well-versed in the particular mechanics of political
        advocacy or anything else other than writing, so if you have
        any general advice on how to go about promoting the PAC (for
        instance, sending out press releases), I'd love to hear them.

        Don't hesitate to let me know if there's anything I can do for
        you and the NCSE.

        Thanks again,

        Barrett Brown
        Brooklyn, NY
        512-560-2302

        On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 2:42 PM, Robert Luhn <luhn@ncseweb.org
        <mailto:luhn@ncseweb.org> <mailto:luhn@ncseweb.org
        <mailto:luhn@ncseweb.org>>> wrote:

           Dear Mr. Brown:

           Have been enjoying your posts on Huff and Vanity Fair. (And, of
           course, your classic "Flock of Dodos"). Hence this note!

           I work for the National Center for Science Education
        (NCSE), the
           leading organization that promotes and defends the teaching of
           evolution in the public schools. (You might have seen us
        covered
           in the Nova documentary "Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on
           Trial". Then again, you may have talked with Genie Scott, our
           executive director, a dozen times. In which case, this note
        is moot!)

           We've been involved in the issue for 25 years, and we're a
        ready
           resource should you ever need background information, access to
           independent experts (local and national), and more, for any
        future
           jottings you might tackle on evolution, creationism/ID, science
           denial, or related topics. There's a lot to talk about in this
           realm, notably, the spread of "academic freedom" bills
        designed to
           smuggle creationism back into the classroom (such as the
        one that
           passed in Louisiana), and state boards of education
        fiddling with
           science standards (as we've recently seen in Texas).
        Well...don't
           hesitate to contact us!

           Yours,

           Robert Luhn
           Director of Communications
           National Center for Science Education, Inc.
           420 40th Street, Suite 2
           Oakland, CA 94609-2509
           510-601-7203 x314
           fax: 510-601-7204
           800-290-6006
           luhn@ncse.com <mailto:luhn@ncse.com> <mailto:luhn@ncse.com
        <mailto:luhn@ncse.com>>
           www.ncse.com <http://www.ncse.com> <http://www.ncse.com>


           p.s. If you'd like to receive our weekly email newsletter, just
           let me know and I can add you to our list.(Don't
        worry--this isn't
           spam. It's our weekly tracking of the ongoing evolution vs.
           creationist debate, from new state laws to local flare-ups of
           anti-evolution activity.)




    --     Robert Luhn
    Director of Communications
    National Center for Science Education, Inc.
    420 40th Street, Suite 2
    Oakland, CA 94609-2509
    510-601-7203 x314
    fax: 510-601-7204
    800-290-6006
    luhn@ncseweb.org <mailto:luhn@ncseweb.org>
    www.ncseweb.org <http://www.ncseweb.org>