No, I was at the meetings. I would go to all the meetings. I was yeah and I, basically, that’s what I was. I was there at every, all the meetings and they could question me if they wanted. If they needed to know something I was there for them… Read More
And they were big allies for me. Read More
Were you expected to be a fundraiser?… Read More
Well, I think it brought a number of people there that might not, that would become members and know something about the zoo that didn’t before, yeah. Yeah, it was a big event and a good event. Was that a major cultivation event for you to be there and- Oh,… Read More
How did the, what was your interaction with the board of directors of the Zoo Society?… Read More
Were they there to help the zoo or no?… Read More
And the Friends of the Zoo helped?… Read More
Well, it wasn’t operating money. Friends of the Zoo didn’t give operating money. They gave money for special events and special things, maybe some animals, you know, that kind of stuff too. Read More
Was Zoo Fest a moneymaker for the Zoo Society, ultimately the zoo?… Read More
In the beginning?… Read More
Well no, when you were there. Read More
Was it mostly city money?… Read More
Oh yeah. Read More
How did Sans Francisco Zoo get its money in the beginning?… Read More
I mean, it all came from the city?… Read More
In most cases, but hey, you know, didn’t hurt to try. But I had, there were a number of them. Read More
I had a lot of very good, very good people doing it, you know?… Read More
Reporting on the zoo and doing things, and some are still around. Read More
What did you learn about using the media to your benefit that maybe a novice zoo person might not know and would benefit from learning?… Read More
Well, one of the things that I tried to do was I tried to have, to get, I’ve asked editors to send the same person to do an article on the zoo, because if you don’t, then you gotta bring the next one up to date, or up snuff. And… Read More