I've been paying attention to what you guys are saying and, while I am
interested and have some things to contribute, I can't spend the time to
convert everything to text files and THEN send in to somebody or
everybody the printed form of it all. I have a life that extends far
beyond sitting in front of this box and I already spend too much time
here. If you make this all too difficult, you'll be here by yourself, I
fear.
Personally, I'd welcome any contribution from my membership first [and
others secondarily] that I can get and spend the appropriate amount of
time formatting and setting it up to suit myself and the style of my
newsletter or trash it if I can't manage it.
I have several things that I would post, but I joined this ng 6 months
ago and the instructions that I received are long lost and gone. Is it
possible they could be sent out again?
AL Bradley
Appalachian British Car Society
pethier wrote:
>
> Bob Lang wrote:
>
> > Nice segway...
>
> Segue.
>
> Sorry. But you ARE in a room full of editors. :-)
>
> > (that's the real job of the newsletter editor, BTW - making the
> > material look good)
>
> You bet. I can make a dress out of a feed sack. I can make an article
> out of almost any text they send me. I find that once I repair the
> misspellings, incomplete sentences and run-on sentences, I am most of
> the way there.
>
> > 1. In order to get a standard accepted, you have to face reality and go
> > for the lowest common denominator: text only files please.
>
> Yes!
>
> > 2. Train the submitters to provide unformatted text (that you can scan,
> > for instance). Tell them that if they submit material in a formatted
> > manner to submit hard copy to you so that you can see what they are
> > trying show...
>
> Right again.
>
> > 3. e-mail works great, but tell them "no attachments".
>
> Three for three! All I ever print is text material anyway. If makes no
> sense for me to get it in some weird form. Get your email contributors
> to put it right in the body of the email message. No tricks.
>
> > 4. No matter what, if someone sends you something - try to use it. The
> > positive feedback of having used it will cause them to submit more.
>
> If people send it in and you don't print it, they will stop sending it
> in. Simple enough. I will print anything that is not pornographic, not
> mean-spirited and anywhere close to dealing with cars and autocrossing.
>
> Phil Ethier
> THE RIGHT LINE
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