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Newsletter Committee Report 2014-10
Things are proceeding as usual with help from Pat Brangs, Nancy Kelner, Liz Pagan, Bill Henderson, Paul Fisher, and Eddie Roffman. As usual, Pat had 300 copies of the newsletter printed, with 190 issues mailed out and the rest distributed to the usual venues and people.
Once again there was a copy/paste error in the newsletter regarding one of the members gigs: Circle Round the Sun. The date of their performance was incorrectly listed as the 5th of October instead of the 15th. The eNewsletter was updated online to correct the error but that, of course, did not correct the paper copies.
To try to avoid such errors in the future, and to reduce the amount of time spent entering and checking all the different calendar, venue, dance, and member gig information, I have begun putting all such entries into a FileMaker database. This should make it easier to enter, review, and use this information going forward. Entries can be put into the database as soon as I receive them and then be sent out to the submitter for confirmation. When it comes time to prepare the newsletter, the data can be extracted in standard formats that won't require me to move text around manually, reducing the chance of cut and paste errors.
Sincerely,
George Otto
Folk Project Newsletter Editor
(908) 604-4623
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