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Originally posted by Douglas
Perhaps this would be a good time to give the "official mission" of the newsletter to help people appreciate its content and how it differs from Pagoda World. I can see there's room for confusion if, for example, you're planning to run articles on car care from Bob Geco in both publications.
Douglas,
Yes, we've talked about a variety of things in this thread, so here's my thoughts regarding our publications. Keep in mind, the Newsletter is new and will continue to develop.
Jonny, Jim, and Cees - fill in anything I get wrong or forget.
Pagoda World is to:- Be published two or three per year (we never made our goal of four).
- Announce upcoming Pagoda SL Group events.
- Report on past Pagoda SL Group events.
- Publish detailed "how to" articles.
- Publish Pagoda-relavent historical articles.
- Publish articles to establish facts regarding detailed Pagoda information.
- Provide a method for Membership participation in Group functions (i.e., voting).
- Provide full color photos (new).
- Provide globally pertinent advertising.
- Basically, anything large, detailed, or requiring color, or any official Group business information, will be published here.
Pagoda Newsletter is to (or could):- Announce upcoming regional Pagoda SL Group events and other regional events of interest.
- Provide regionally pertinent advertising.
- Provide small articles ("how to", historical, informational, etc....) that better fit this format.
- Provide information on or personal experineces with regional parts & service suppliers.
You chimed in yourself earler in the thread:
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Originally posted by Douglas
I can answer that, at least as it relates to the original concept. The newsletter was one of my parting suggestions at the end of my tenure as Pagoda World editor.
The idea was:
1. To create a publication that could be easily produced and disseminated to Full Members regularly and with more ease than Pagoda World, which was turning into more of a magazine. The newsletter would act as a "bridge" between PW issues, which were not coming out as often as hoped.
2. To share Pagoda-related information with Full Members who aren't on the Web and do not benefit from the very rich exchange of info in the forums.
3. To share club info that would be appropriate for a newsletter -- meetings, get-togethers, etc.
At least that's how I presented the concept.
Douglas Kim
New York
USA
Jonny has stated:
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Originally posted by Jonny B
After our last board of directors meeting, we decided to put out a Pagoda Group newsletter as a supplement to Pagoda World. This will be black and white, relatively short (four pages this time) letter, with the intent of a new one every two months. We will pull information from the site, from experience, other stories sent etc. We are establishing this thread to capture the comments from the group. The USA version has been mailed today (16 Feb 07) and we would like your comments along with when you received the letter, so we can judge the delivery time.
Thanks in advance!
The Editor-in-Chief (newsletter that is)
Jonny B
1967 250SL Auto
And I dropped this one in earlier my self.
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Originally posted by rwmastel
2. "...differences between Cees' rest-of-world version..."
- I believe that in this first issue there will be no differences in content. This is expected to change as the newsletter matures. We expect to cover more region-specific material in different versions. That way, we can load up the European newsletter with info on European events, maybe include reviews of parts/service suppliers from the local region, use advertisers from that region, and who knows what else.
- Europe's typical paper size is A4, where it's Letter in the USA, so Cees may decide to print in that other paper size? What paper size is used in Asia? Australia?
- Mailing to Europe, Asia, and Australia is less expensive from Amsterdam than here in the USA.
Rodd
Powell, Ohio, USA
1966 230SL, Euro, Auto, Leather, both tops
1994 E420
