Newsletter for August 2001
PO Box 2283, Weaverville, CA 96093 - WEBSITE- http://www.tcoek12.org/~tcarc/
Other News- We are still missing K6EJH, Horacio, he is recuperating from back surgery. We will surely be glad to see you out and about again, Horacio & Rose!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! To KA6ZVR Bob and KD6GCQ Terrie McNeil, hope your two have a good celebration of your birthdays, and don't tease each other about your ages, your are youngsters yet!
Hope to see you at the meeting next week. 73s- N6TKX, Evelyn- Newsletter Editor
Then it could have been accessed by those that print and mail our newsletter, a copy printed, then used as a duplication master for the mailed version of our newsletter. TCARC Members can be e-mailed a copy directly, with no printing and mailing costs if they wish to "opt-out" of the mailed issue, the club saves about $4.00 per member. A computer enhances some Ham Radio activities, but at no time will a computer ever be required for fullTCARC membership and activites.
The newsletter file remains on the website in the Newsletter Archive, so anyone around the world can read our current and past newsletters by just clicking on the issue they want. Presently, the old issues have been scanned and the picture of the page was uploaded. This procedure yields a poor quality copy of the newsletter. With this "online" format, every copy is an original, color pictures on the web, half-tone gray on the printed and mailed issue. Yes, pictures, diagrams and other items, like e-mail and website links can be inserted into the text by the publisher for extra features to the on-oline issue..
WB6FZH, Greg wrote and published a 9.5 page newsletter monthly for his club in Hawaii for 7years, until just a few months ago. He does not have the 5 to 15 hours to write/publish a newsletter anymore, but feels he will have time to web-publish a TCARC newsletter written by Evelyn, N6TKX with contributions by other officers and members.
It took about 45 minutes to convert the original August issue of the TCARC newsletter to "online format". The new procedure would be to take Evelyn's file on a disk, or email attatchement, or written word and insert it into this format. If separate, the submitted minutes, submitted treasurer's report, and other items would be provided and inserted. Contributions from members, information stolen from other publications,etc.very easily can be added. It may also inspire folks to contribute content. Under no circumstances are we allowing Evelyn any rest, the good news is that it might actually be a little less work for her!
Greg will immediately show others how to do this (for back-up) as it is a very simple process. Especially since he wrote a "how to" web article that resides on the Hawaii club's website for publishing an on-line newsletter with mailed edition. It is clearly not the intention to do anything but enhance the mailed edition on the internet.
The Activities Chairperson will from time to time use part of the same stamp, and add an "Activity Suppliment to the back-end of the newsletter. This will contain feature materials, reports on some of the special projects, follow-up information to meeting programs and probably some content from several years of publishing the other newsletters.
The newsletter will have a nice clean masthead that will reproduce in gray tones that will incorporate all the usual club information, plus the website URL so anyone that sees our printed newsletter will be able to find our website! The interim masthead used in this issue would be replaced with one reflecting input of members. The publisher just modified the one he had used before. Part of the design could be used as stationary or for informational hand-outs.
While this relates to the TC ARES members and operations, it will be the same size as the binder that holds the TCARC Member Handbook that is being currently developed You can put them side by side..near your radio.
Speaking of "handbooks" there will be some more information and discussion about the TCARC Handbook at the September Meeting. Both handbooks will be in two forms with exactly the same content, hard copy and "online". It will be in an 8.5 x 11.00 page size format, yes the same as the newsletter, and there will be a section for you to put those too! The other form will be "on-line" on the TCARC Website. Updates will be made online and provided at the meetings, or you can even print your own at home and put them into your handbook.
If you have e-mail and want to be on the TCARC email list, contact Greg, WB6FZH, wb6fzh@arrl.net, there are updates and information between issues of the newsletter, you may also be listed in the E-MAIL DIRECTORY of members and friends of TCARC. Coming Soon!...the "trinitycountyarc" e-mail reflector.
72/73- Greg WB6FZH
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