Re: Next TAG (fwd)

[Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>]

On Fri, 14 Dec 2001 Ckhofmann@aol.com wrote:

> Oooohhhh. Man. Would love to, but how soon is this? David and I leave for our 
> honeymoon in Paris on Monday and won't be back until Jan 5. 
> 
> I have templates and suchlink in PageMaker all set up, and can have it for 
> you ASAP when I get back, like within 24 hours. But there is just no way I 
> can do anything before I leave. Unless you beg. Loudly. :-)))
> 
> Cheryl

Hi Cheryl,

Nah, that's OK.  Enjoy your honeymoon, and let's plan for it when you get
back. Do you know all the details about the printer, or anything about how
they mail it?  (Really starting from scratch here.)

Mary hasn't gotten me the material yet, and we haven't written the new
material.  So I think Jan 5 is a good deadline to have everything ready
for you.  (Of course if I get my hands on a copy of pagemaker and have too
much free time during the break, you may find your job a little easier. :)

I've cc'd the committee chairs on this one, so you guys know that any
articles you want to be in the "transitional" TAG should be written and
sent to me by, let's say, December 28th, unless you beg.  Loudly. :)

I am planning on writing the contest results.  I will also include in my
1-page "state of the AGA" message something about the editorial
transition.  I think David was going to/should say something about the
incorporation and perhaps the back issues of PAM.

If someone here would like to write a convention summary article, or
detail about any of the particular talks, I will offer a copy of the
convention video as "payment" and as an aid to writing the article.  (But
remember, would need to be done by the 28th!)  I'll make this offer on
aga-member if there are no takers here.  Likewise, if any of you have
photos from the convention, PLEASE PLEASE lend me the negatives for a few
days.  I will scan them and send them RIGHT BACK.  Promise!

What's the "transitional" TAG, you ask?  I am filling in as the managing
editor for ONE oversized issue of TAG that will contain some 28 pages that
Mary has had for the last 6 months and is planning to send me, plus the
new material above.  I am not the new permanent editor of TAG; someone
else has already been appointed <ominous music> and will probably post
when they are ready to start building their staff. :) I am doing this
one-time TAG strictly so that the new editor will have another 2-3 months
cushion to transition in and implement the new changes in the magazine.

  - Erik

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Erik Olson
erik at thekrib dot com