# Sign of the times?

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2001/01/03/sign-times/
- Published: 2001-01-03T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

If you succeed in attracting a patron, and a royal one at that, it’s generally 
not a good idea to ignore them. The Royal National Lifeboat Institution was therefore
unhappy that a tourist sign to their lifeboat house in Scarborough harbour managed
to omit their “Royal” status.

 * **[CAF seminar on Internet v digital TV](https://fundraising.co.uk/2001/01/03/caf-seminar-internet-v-digital-tv/)**(
   3 January 2001)
 * **[Social Ecology gives stock to SEA Change](https://fundraising.co.uk/2001/01/03/social-ecology-gives-stock-sea-change/)**(
   3 January 2001)
 * **[Usability advice on running a mailing list](https://fundraising.co.uk/2001/01/04/usability-advice-running-mailing-list/)**(
   4 January 2001)

## Advertisement

 [⌊Posthub advert. You create the campaign. We'll handle the postal journey. Get started at post-hub.co.uk.⌉](https://fundraising.co.uk/ads/posthub-20261007-300x250/)