Newsletter

Things are proceeding as usual with the invaluable help of Kathi Caccavale, Pat Brangs, Nancy Kelner, Liz Pagan, Bill Henderson, and Eddie Roffman.

As many of you may know, I use a FileMaker database to keep track of the member gigs and venue bookings shown in the newsletter, using scripts to extract and format the entries for the given month. This has greatly reduced the number of errors in the Venue, Gigs, and Calendar articles, while providing a uniform formatting of all such items.

This past month, I received comments from two people indicating an interest in showing gigs beyond the monthly boundaries, i.e., a few days before the first of the month and a few days after the last of the month, so that people could better plan around these dates. This past month I rewrote the scripts for displaying upcoming gigs to add such entries to the Members Gigs and Calendar sections. These extended entries appeared in the October newsletter. Please let me know if you think this is a good idea. Please note, however, that such extra entries may have to be removed when space is tight.

George Otto