This appeared on a UK media board. I make no claims that it's not a fake, but it claims to come from the guy who played DJ on
Roseanne:
As you may know funerals are very expensive and his family has been left with a considerable bill following Glenn's funeral. We as his friends have established a memorial fund in the hopes of lightening the financial burden on his family. To lose Glenn is a tremendous tragedy and for his family to be forced to deal with financial hardships on top of the emotional ones they are already facing is horrific.
It is for that reason that I ask you to help spread the word and contact information for Glenn's family. The memorial fund is call...The Glenn Quinn Memorial Fund and all donations should be sent to: The Glenn Quinn Memorial Fund Care Of Mary Quigley 12049 Valleyheart Dr. Studio City CA, 91604 Please help us, Glenn's friends, help his family by relaying this information to as many people as possible. Any donation would help. A few dollars from many people adds up quickly and would go a long way towards lifting the family's financial hardships. Michael Fishman
It appeared at [link] too. (I believe they're an unofficial site, although I gather from various posts in the fandom that the webmistress is well-respected.)
However, usually more reputable funds are through a bank and donors are usualy asked to make donations that are payable to the fund in care of the bank.
I advise caution, not because I think it's shady, but because I have yet to see any sort of hallmark of legitimacy. (There's a difference.)
My feeling is if someone is organizing such a nice memorial fund, they should go through a bank or other institution rather than directly collecting money, and also - the letter that I saw at glenn-quinn.com was not a scan of a letter with Michael Fishman's (or anyone's) signature, but rather just a transcription of same.
eta... Xpost at Xpurposes with Michele T.
Lisa H. asked me to let you all know that she is definitely hosting a Baltimore-area Firefly party on the 20th.
E-mail her at Lisah@bust.com and she will send the details. You can also e-mail me at profile addy and I will try to help.
Hope to see lots of Buffista faces there.
(cross posted to Firefly thread)
glenn-quinn.com is indeed an unofficial site, but Tara has been in close contact with Quinn's publicist. If you have questions, I'd contact her directly.
It's too long to coffee-ize, but there's a Salad Shooter discussion that's as classic as the Great Corset Riff over in
Firefly. Probably with spoilers, alas.
Starts here.
Things do not look good for Firefly. Fox isn't ordering more episodes, and per Tim, that's a de facto cancellation. But the troops are ready to rally and Joss just posted, saying he's not giving up.
In lieu of a Nilly...
Tim Minear's comments start here - remember it's a NAFDA thread.
also...
Joss Whedon's latest post is here.
Again, remember these links are to Firefly 1, NAFDA and current N. American-aired-episodes are up for discussion in the thread.
Attention, K-Mart Shoppers...I mean, Buffistas...
Okay, we have a direction to point you in. We like to call this direction, UPN.
What we need are postcards by the truckload going to Les Moonves and Dawn Tarnofsky-Ostroff. You can send any kind of postcards you'd like to but we thought it would be a nice touch if the cards had a certain uniformity.
There is now a PDF up at [link] It's an 8.5 x 11 sheet of postcards that feature the Variety Ad. You can print the document onto cardstock, cut them into fours and, voila, four handy postcards.
Postcards should be mailed to:
Les Moonves
CBS
7800 Beverly Blvd.
3rd floor
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Dawn Tarnofsky-Ostroff
President, Entertainment (CEO)
United Paramount Network
11800 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90025
On the back, let them know how much you enjoyed the show while it was on FOX, and how eager you are for it to find a home with UPN. Keep things upbeat and positive, so they'll know what classy fans Joss and his crew will be bringing to the network! Some ideas for things to mention: your favorite episode, why the show moves you, why you think the show has potential, etc.
Our two catchwords now are: VOLUME and SPEED. We need a lot of postcards on their desks really damn fast.
Thanks guys!
