[sac-board] Re: Newsletter - moving forward...
- From: "AJ Crayon" <acrayon@xxxxxxx>
- To: "SAC Bored" <SAC-Board@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2011 22:54:53 -0700
First, if there is a quarterly newsletter and with subsequent articles by
club members would necessitate a new size, size in terms of number of pages.
Presumably there would more pages but this ain't necessarily so, maybe
there'd be fewer and I hope not this latter.
Second, if a quarterly newsletter came into being then the Call for
Observations
would have to be rethought as the monthly process gives observers a chance
to observe, submit and then compare results. Moving to a quarterly sequence
would delay some of the steps in the process. For instance, perhaps, 3
constellations would be selected, one for each month in the quarter, objects
listed for each and published. While this gives observers enough time to do
the observations it causes a delay in the publishing until the next quarter.
This delay reduces the timeliness of the observations, as many who review
them like to compare against their observations regardless of weather they
submitted an observation or not and to go out an observe to compare against
published values.
So, basically I'd rather the monthly issues.
AJ Crayon
Phoenix, AZ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Hanrahan" <chris.hanrahan@xxxxxxx>
To: <sac-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 9:06 PM
Subject: [sac-board] Newsletter - moving forward...
All:
First and foremost, it seems as though Rick Tejera is doing ok. I hadn't
seen or heard from him in a blue moon and was beginning to worry. As many
suspected, a combination of issues (aka "life") led to a lack of newsletter
publications. Stuff happens.
Many have offered editorial assistance (Thanks to all those who offered
up!!). As of right now it seems that Mr. Tejera and Mr. Harshaw are going
to get together to discuss a temporary solution involving Mr. Harshaw as
interim editor. Regardless of the logistics, I think it likely we will have
a March 2011 edition of SAC-News for all to enjoy.
I wanted to bring up a valid point that Mr. Harshaw brought up to me via
private e-mail. Dick suggested the option of a "quarterly" newsletter with
regular columns by club members. For one, I really like the sound of
"regular columns by club members" as I feel this club has more than its fair
share of knowledgeable/talented amateurs. Personally, I don't care for the
"quarterly" idea, but I'm just one of many. Also, I'm unsure how the idea
would be received by the general membership. To Dick's point, a quarterly
newsletter would certainly decrease the "burden" to the volunteering editor
and regular column contributors.
That said I'm looking for feedback here first. Does a quarterly newsletter
sound like a better option than a monthly one? Unless I'm missing
something, it seems like Rick T is not just the editor. He also has had to
come up with a bunch of the content, less AJ's Call for Observations and the
President's Corner. What if members started contributing more content? I'm
not just talking big "cover stories." What about two or three hundred word
notes? In his e-mail to me Dick mentioned specifics about columns relating
to double stars, solar system objects and viewing, telescope tips and ideas,
book reviews, star party reports, letters to the editor, etc. Opinions are
like.well, you know. Share yours either here or personally to me at
chris.hanrahan@xxxxxxx .
Finally, I'd like to have a Board meeting before the regular February
meeting to discuss this item further. Can all the Board members make a
6:30pm Board meeting on February 11?
Chris
P.S. I'll be out of state Friday through Monday and without access to
e-mail. At least I'm fairly confident I won't have access to e-mail. I'll
do my best to catch up on Monday night.
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