Yes, the current team has produced some excellent issues of the Bulletin, and I have enjoyed them all. But... as devil's advocate... does Debra's "retirement" from the Bulletin mean that the whole team has to go? A new editor will not necessarily bring an entire team with her, and people who have worked well with Debra would certainly make the transition easier for the new Editor - and for those of us who like the Bulletin the way it is!! Don't pack your bags just yet!!
Clay -- Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA USA -------------- Original message -------------- From: Tamara P Duvall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Gentle Spiders, > > My IOLI Bulletin came today (I suppose I'll have to re-think my > contention that no interesting mail ever comes on Saturdays )! My > husband, alerted to my frustration (and the reasons for it) about the > late arrival, got to it first and read the article -- something he > never does anymore (used to, when my appearance in print was less > regular). Complimented me on my writing (which I take seriously, since > he'd spent *years* teaching literature at our U, correcting thousands > of papers in the process, as well as reading the best writers and lit > criticism all the time). And, finally, I got a chance to check the > article out. Phew... didn't catch anything too glaringly wrong. > > But the Bulletin came with a fly in the ointment all the same. Debra > Jenny, Editor-in-Chief of the Bulletin, has announced her desire to > pass the job to someone else, come '08 IOLI Convention... I knew about > it -- she'd called to let me know, since a change in editorship will > also mean a change in the team -- but seeing it in print made the news > just that much more stark and irrevocable. True, for me, it also means > I won't have to worry anymore about delivering a pattern or an article > every 3 months, to a deadline; I'll be able to provide something -- or > not -- as the spirit moves me. If I want to take a quarter off to > "recharge batteries", I won't have to make sure first that she has > enough material to fill the Bulletin without my contribution. But... > > Except for my own article, I haven't yet read the current Bulletin; I > just flipped through it. But it was enough to see that it was > jam-packed with interesting "lace-stuff"; I'm looking forward to > several days of reading and "digesting" the contents. But, I believe it > wouldn't be half as interesting if it weren't for Debra. > > I think that the quality of the material reflects Debra's superb > stewardship/editorship of the Bulletin. She began to "turn it around" > with the very first issue she was in charge of -- vol 23, #2 (Winter > of the '02-'03 cycle) -- by adding colour to the outside and inside > covers, which meant that I (and others) no longer had to send patterns > off to Lace in UK, if we wanted to work up something other than > all-white. And then she started assembling her "team" and expanding the > number of editors. For instance, Devon Thein's "position" (Lace Study > Editor) didn't even exist before Debra became the EiC, but now it's > hard to imagine the Bulletin without Devon's -- well informed and > witty -- contributions. I let myself be talked into BL editorship, > because I recognized, early on, that we had a treasure in Debra and > didn't want her to burn out or get frustrated at lack of support in the > form of Bulletin material. > > And the better the Bulletin got, the more interesting contributions it > attracted. > > Sigh... I'll miss Debra something dreadful. But we still have a year to > go; 4 more issues... I guess the current team will have to make sure we > go out with a bang, not a whimper :) > > -- > Tamara P Duvall http://t-n-lace.net/ > Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) > > > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
