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I am seeking someone to edit our member newsletter, The Parnassus.
The job has become a little too much for me, especially when times are especially busy. With teaching this autumn, I know it will be hard for me to put together the next issue without some help.
Currently, I receive articles from contributors (harassing as necessary ), write some articles, assemble the articles into a coherent whole in Word, send them out for proofreading, correct, save as a PDF, post the articles/send to Jill for sending out to members.
I am happy to continue receiving articles, writing some, and doing the final PDF and posting... but the assembly and dealing with proofreading have become a bit much, in addition to the coordination of other clan business.
Are there any volunteers who would like to help with this? PM or email me if you have questions or want to discuss it.
Kyle=
Kyle S. MacLea Clan Society Life Member; DNA Project Co-Admin New Hampshire, USA kyle-dot-maclea-at-gmail-dot-com
I see you were somehow not set as a member. If any other members cannot access the Newsletter sub-forum of the Clan Society Member forum, please let me know immediately!
Also, if you didn't receive an email with your newsletter, also let me know!
Kyle=
Kyle S. MacLea Clan Society Life Member; DNA Project Co-Admin New Hampshire, USA kyle-dot-maclea-at-gmail-dot-com
I did, in fact, send you the latest issue of Parnassus on 8th August, and I will resend it to you just as soon as I have finished posting this note. Let me know if you do not receive it.
Hi Kyle,
Your efforts on behalf of the Clan Newsletter have been extraordinarly stellar and it will be difficult to replace you.
Until such time perhaps you could stay on for a while longer we could reduce the number of issues to twice a year. Perhaps scheduling for the creation of the next two issues could be adjusted to your slower periods at the College.
But don't worry--I'll stay on as long as I am needed, even if that means squeezing in my newsletter work in the early morning or late at night. But I'm still hoping to find a volunteer... even if it were just as an assistant.
Jill and Andrew and Greg have provided some proofreading for me, which has been much appreciated, I should note, so I already have a couple of ad hoc 'assistants' but I'd love a more permanent one!
Kyle=
Kyle S. MacLea Clan Society Life Member; DNA Project Co-Admin New Hampshire, USA kyle-dot-maclea-at-gmail-dot-com
Kyle, you might want to have an advertisement in the next issue requesting an editor. I'm sure that not all of our members come to the forum often enough to catch this thread.
I am working on my report of the games season now and there a quite a bit to put in for you. Hope you give me enough room
Greg Livingston Clan Commissioner
Ankeny, Iowa, USA
Kyle MacLea wrote:But don't worry--I'll stay on as long as I am needed, even if that means squeezing in my newsletter work in the early morning or late at night. But I'm still hoping to find a volunteer... even if it were just as an assistant.
Hi Kyle
I'll volunteer to be your assistant and to have you train me and see if it's something I can cope with. Anything special needed in the way of software etc?
Basically, I just use Word to put it together (the 2007 version, but we could probably get away with an older version if needed). Then, I save it as a PDF.
Some ability to manipulate graphics is helpful (I use an old version of Photoshop, but a lot of programs would work).
Otherwise, I haven't had much need to do much more.
I'll plan on dropping you a line in a couple of weeks when I'm starting to pull things together, and we can work out how you can help?
Thank you so much!
Kyle=
Kyle S. MacLea Clan Society Life Member; DNA Project Co-Admin New Hampshire, USA kyle-dot-maclea-at-gmail-dot-com
That's great. I have Word (2011 for Mac, but it can be saved as 2007 for PC) and can use the department's version of Photoshop, or other graphics programs. There's no point in working for a Computer Science Department if you can't hijack what is required.
Will keep an eye out for your email. Being in opposite hemispheres your busy parts of the year may coincide with my less busy times, and vice-versa.
), write some articles, assemble the articles into a coherent whole in Word, send them out for proofreading, correct, save as a PDF, post the articles/send to Jill for sending out to members.