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From: "Ruth Mickelson" <>
Subject: Re: [FAMILY-NEWSLETTERS] Welcome!
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 06:48:27 -0700
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Hi everyone!
My name is Ruth Mickelson. I've been putting out a family newsletter for
nine years and was pleased to win the family association first place NGS
Newsletter Competition in 1996 for "The Bratton Bulletin." That still
doesn't make me an expert--not enough others managed to turn theirs in that
year--neener neener! :)
This is going to be an exciting board--I can tell it already. And I look
forward to hearing what others have to share so I can learn more, too. A
family newsletter, whether a mailable one or via electronic mail is such a
viable communication source these days. The main thing is that it takes
"stick-to-it-ness."
Ruth Mickelson
Boring, OR
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Subject: [FAMILY-NEWSLETTERS] Welcome!
> Hi everyone- Wow! What a great start to our new list. In our first day
> since the list was announced in the RootsWeb Review we have 35 subscribers
> total! There are 21 subscribers to FAMILY-NEWSLETTERS-L and 14
subscribers
> to FAMILY-NEWSLETTERS-D.
>
> So I think it is time for some introductions and groundwork about the
topics
> we want to see covered on this list. I am Joan Young and I am the
> administrator for this list. I don't consider myself to be any sort of
> expert on Family Newsletters although I have put out a surname newsletter
for
> several years. I feel that this is not a list for "experts" anyway, but
> rather a list for the open discussion among people who either are involved
> with a family or surname newsletter, or who are contemplating starting
one.
>
> We can cover whatever topics are of interest to you--such as building your
> subscribership, deciding on a format and software to create a "look" for
your
> newsletter, printing, gathering and writing articles, motivating others to
> contribute articles, details in preparing a newsletter for mailing, online
> publishing of an electronic newsletter (email) for a family or surname,
> problems you might encounter and how best to deal with them....the list
goes
> on and on....and this list can be what you want it to be.
>
> As I said above I have put out a surname newsletter that is sent out by
> regular mail for over three years. The current subscribership is a little
> over 200. I don't claim to have all the answers as I believe each
newsletter
> takes on a personality of its own and that this is a good thing. There is
no
> right or wrong..there are many ways to put out a great newsletter that we
can
> share with each other.
>
> Please feel free to introduce yourselves and tell us what your experience
in
> this area has been (what you can contribute and share with us), and what
you
> hope that we can discuss on the list (what others can help you with).
>
> Again--welcome to all of you!
>
> Joan Young, list admin
>
> Editor, The KIGER KOUNTER newsletter
> (devoted to the study of the KIGER/KYGER surname along with the root
surname
> GEIGER)
>
>
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