From the Board – February 2012
2012 has gotten off to a great start, with a lovely presentation on Sausalito’s sister-city, Viña del Mar, Chile, held at the Spinnaker restaurant in downtown Sausalito. Kudos to Lee Daley for coordinating the event, and for working with the presenters who were in attendance.
Over the course of the...
From the President – January, 2012
Last year was a busy one for the Board: bylaws revisions, updating the member handbook, launching the From the Board column, launching the first BATW travel anthology, launching evening meetings, hosting the largest-ever Associates trade show, producing a stellar line-up of programs. The list goes on.
And...
From the Board – December, 2011
Only two people I know can make it snow on command – Mother Nature and Molly Blaisdell.
November’s BATW meeting was a colorful kickoff to the holiday season, complete with snow in the lobby of the Hyatt Regency Hotel in San Francisco. (See Georgia Hesse’s article for the full story.) But while...
From the Board — November, 2011
How to Optimize Your Relationship with a PR Firm
By Laurie King
One benefit of BATW membership is the opportunity for writers and photographers to meet and develop relationships with BATW’s Associate members—including talented and well-connected PR professionals. In anticipation of our November 19th...
From the Board — Anthology Deadline October 15!
Advance Your Work with a Submission to BATW’s Anthology
By Elisa Southard, Board Member and Chair, BATW Anthology
Deadline: Oct. 15. Entries: 75. Word count: 800-1800. Shelf life: digitally unlimited.
If you have not submitted your entry for the inaugural BATW anthology, grab some papyrus, for this...
From the Board – September 2011
We travel writers and photographers have cause to rejoice that the global travel industry in which we are stakeholders has, yet again, shown an uncommon capacity to regenerate from adversity.
Last year, 2010, international tourism rose from the depths of despair that came in the shape of global financial...
From the Board – August 2011
Wow! Every time a new BATW membership application comes in, I am more often than not amazed, humbled and downright stunned. The caliber of the typical new BATW member is the stuff of pure envy. Even former members who are coming back to the fold tend to be movers and shakers. For example, former board...
From the Board – July 2011
The BATW Board is approaching the halfway mark in its term, and here are a few of its projects in the works or already implemented:
1) Evening meetings. The first official evening program was held in June to a standing-room-only crowd. The evening included wine tasting and hors d’oeuvres followed...
From the Board – June 2011
Each month we’ll spotlight one of the Board of Directors, to introduce you to their talents, experience and, in this case, pet peeves. Launching the new column is BATW Vice President and esteemed travel writer/editor Georgia Hesse.
“Grammatical Errors Abound”
by Georgia Hesse
Grammatical errors...
President’s Column — May 2011
Ginny Prior, writing for herself and Kris Carber, says, “April showers bring May flowers, but our recent rains have brought something even better—waterfalls.
The Falls Trail that runs up the back of Mt. Diablo has never been prettier, with its swollen creek and four waterfalls tumbling...
