Justin Skists wrote: > > I got the newsletter at the weekend. > > Good job, Gavin. > > Hell, there was some stuff in there that even I didn't know about!! > And yes, I'd agree to the suggestion about making it into more > than just a newsletter.
Glad you liked it Justin. For everyone else, the Newsletter is simply four pages of A4, with pure news (i.e. no editorial, no reviews, no features etc). The idea behind this was so it wouldn't get in the way of sales to the other mags such as Fred, Format and Blitz etc. However, as these seem to no longer exist or at least no longer exist regularly, perhaps it's now to think about expanding the Newsletter into a full mag. My original plan was to stick with paper, as the vast majority of the current members don't have Internet access. I understand what Dave Whitmore means about messing around with stamps etc, but I can't do an Internet only edition for obvious reasons and I don't know if I could be arsed doing the paper zine and an online edition (although Dave kindly offered to help with the second). So, what do you think about this idea? A bi-monthly disk mag - this would have the advantage of being downloadable via the Net in .dsk format, or it can be sent through the post on a floppy. Of course, I'm not talking about producing a Fred style mag, very few people are writing things for the SAM the way they used to. However, it could still contain the news that would have gone into the paper zine, but with screenshots, some editorial, even features (there are some German SAM features which I don't believe have been translated into English yet for example). The rest of the disk may as well be filled with any new bits and pieces I can get my hands on. There's still the odd new thing appearing for the SAM. I also receive quite a few letters which could go nicely on the disk, along with any relevant emails etc. Nothing spectular, nothing like the Fred glory days, but one single resource that contains news, screenshots, any new bits and pieces - what do you think? Gavin
