2007

February 6, 2007

Hep C Straightup Q & A Goes Live!

That’s right.  Hep C Straightup Q & A will be live & in person at the Capitol City Custom Cycle Show in Des Moines, Iowa.  The show will be held over the weekend on February 10^th & 11^th, 2007.  We’ll be there both days. 

Chrome Horse Promotions, the guys that bring ya the Capitol City Custom Cycle Show – namely, Tater Gilmore – were good enough to donate a space for us.  We sure do appreciate that.  Hats off to ya, Tater!

Yep, it’s our first time out, so nothing fancy here ... but you should be able to find us at a little card table type of venue, with our handbills, and hopefully some cool stuff from the pharmaceutical companies that make hep C treatment drugs. 

So, if you’re in the neighborhood, then c’mon by & say hello, ask a question, or send a friend.  It’ll be great to see ya. 

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January 15, 2007

HON Conduct Compliance Earned by
Hep C Biker Site

Hep C Straightup is damn proud to tell ya we've gotten the Geneva Convention's good housekeeping seal of approval! 

    ... ok ... not actually the Geneva Convention, but a bunch of folks in Geneva, Switzerland that are all about ethics & integrity when it comes to health issues on the internet. 

So ... what is it?

The HON Code of Conduct is an initiative by The Health on the Net Foundation, a Geneva, Switzerland-based non-profit.   They created a code of ethical conduct - the "HONcode" - a standard for trustworthy online info, to encourage credible medical information on the internet. 

The HONcode requires that information providers disclose potential conflicts of interest, provide author's credentials for medical information, and address thorny issues of privacy and confidentiality, which vary according to legal jurisdiction..... is used by thousands of health and medical web publishers. 

I'm here to tell you ... they don't just give these things away.  We've been in communiqué for some time now ... going back and forth about what is an "expert," & what is "blue collar."  But all in all, I'm glad we've done this, and that the HONcode exists.  Because they help us to sift through the crap out there.  Straight up.

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2006

November 3, 2006

Hep C Straightup Incorporates

That's right ... at about 3 this afternoon, Hep C Straightup became Hep C Straightup, Inc.  "We're totally thrilled with this step," k.c. regalado, founder and board chair, said of this move.   "With everything good to go, there was just one little scramble for the $20 filing fee."  Then went on to talk about plans for upcoming hepatitis C educational activities.  Next in the process, the Straightup applies for its tax exempt status.

The first meeting of the board of directors and potential directors, is scheduled for December 2, 2006.

October 26, 2006

Hep C Straightup, Inc. is almost here!

Plans to incorporate Hep C Straightup as a non-profit draw very close as we prepare to celebrate our one-year birthday.  We'll be sending our stuff in to the Iowa Sec'y of State next week.  It's a pretty exciting -yet busy - time. 

So, we're all the more glad to have JJ on board to contribute an occasional article - despite going through interferon treatment right now - making us appreciate her all the more.  Thanks, darlin', and we're with ya as you slay this dragon! 

September 15, 2006

Minnesota HepFest Coverage

Coverage of the 9th annual Minnesota HepFest is in.  Next year ya might just wanna go to Sturgis via Minnesota, as HepFest host, Pat Buchanan announces that next year's event will be the last.   ... read the rest

July 20, 2006

Hep C Straightup goes with Go Daddy

After a brief interlude in nowhere's land, the Straightup begins our new home here at GoDaddy.com.  How about those Super Bowl ads - eh?  Yea, well, anyway ....  Nerd Grrl will be trying some cool things at our new home, like creating a hep singles' chat, RSS & other nerdy things.  She really gets off on that kind of stuff.

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