Karen Zundel - Fan Ambassador
Karen Zundel says when Ellis Paul wrote "spread the word" on a copy of Stories that she bought after her first Ellis Paul show in 1997, she took that to be her great commission in life. Thirteen years and 200+ shows later, she is still spreading the word. In 1999 Karen helped launch a fan-based support group for Ellis, providing an opportunity for her to begin meeting and interacting with other Ellis Paul "Devotees" around the country. Over the next few years Karen started collecting Ellis Paul memorabilia, on her own and from those Devotees. With her organizational skills – she's a librarian by profession, with a MLS (Master of Library Science) from the University of Pittsburgh – and her passion for Ellis Paul's music, the collection grew to become the Ellis Paul Archive. Eventually the next natural extension of the Archive was the development of the Ellis Paul Archives website, launched in 2003. Karen continues to acquire and solicit items for the Archive and maintains the Archives website.
With website technology ever-changing, the first incarnation of the Ellis Paul Discussion Board was added to Ellis' website sometime in 2002 or 2003. A second incarnation was 2004-2006 and, when its security was breached in June 2006, the third (and current) discussion board was launched. Karen has served as moderator of the discussion board since its beginning, helping to develop a fun, informative, and interesting online community that encourages and welcomes new registered members as well "lurkers". Over the years that Karen has served as discussion board moderator, her visibility has provided many opportunities to meet and interact with Devotees – both online and in person. Her role as a member of the Ellis Paul Team is now taking on a new dimension, that of Fan Ambassador. Karen is looking forward to meeting many more fans, encourages fans to write to her with questions and/or suggestions, and will be planning fan activities.
Do you have an Ellis Paul story you'd like to share? If so, please e-mail it to Karen at kmzundel@comcast.net. Stories may be published in a forthcoming newsletter.
With website technology ever-changing, the first incarnation of the Ellis Paul Discussion Board was added to Ellis' website sometime in 2002 or 2003. A second incarnation was 2004-2006 and, when its security was breached in June 2006, the third (and current) discussion board was launched. Karen has served as moderator of the discussion board since its beginning, helping to develop a fun, informative, and interesting online community that encourages and welcomes new registered members as well "lurkers". Over the years that Karen has served as discussion board moderator, her visibility has provided many opportunities to meet and interact with Devotees – both online and in person. Her role as a member of the Ellis Paul Team is now taking on a new dimension, that of Fan Ambassador. Karen is looking forward to meeting many more fans, encourages fans to write to her with questions and/or suggestions, and will be planning fan activities.
Do you have an Ellis Paul story you'd like to share? If so, please e-mail it to Karen at kmzundel@comcast.net. Stories may be published in a forthcoming newsletter.
