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From: "Ruth Mickelson" <>
Subject: Re: [FAMILY-NEWSLETTERS] Re: This week's topics
Date: Sun, 17 Oct 1999 06:46:12 -0700
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A month deadline in advance?! How wonderful! I give myself two weeks, which
I thought was generous--still seem to be doing last-minute "fix-ups" or
"additions" until the morning it goes to the printers. Usually my printer
can have it ready for me within a 24-hour period, but I'm trying something
new this time and it's been over a week, so that experiment went awry for
sure.

I also keep my original and about-30 extras in the filing cabinet--which has
now grown to two filing cabinets (when you add in the genealogy portion, as
well). There's always someone wanting an older issue for something.

I was not keeping an index, but have recently found that it certainly would
have been a benefit to have when trying to locate something; so I'm
currently going through each issue and putting together an index to cover
the 9 years of issues. It's become a BIG job! People, if you think about
this, start it earlier! :) It's amazing to look through the very first
newsletter and see how it's improved over the years--not just the layout,
etc., but the technical aspect of the production itself.

Ruthie


----- Original Message -----
From: <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, October 16, 1999 8:16 PM
Subject: Re: [FAMILY-NEWSLETTERS] Re: This week's topics


> In a message dated 10/16/99 8:33:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> writes:
>
> > 1- time slots: is a "known" deadline set up for your readers? How long
do
> > you allow between the time the newsletter is "camera ready" and take it
to
> > the printers and the date you want to get it in the mail.
>
> Ruthie-
>
> Yes--I have a deadline one month in advance of the mailing of each of my
> quarterly issues. That allows me to format and get everything ready to be
> copied about a week before before the newsletter is mailed out. That
gives
> me time for folding, and labeling, etc.
> >
> > 2- Filing systems for old newsletters and originals - how many to keep
in
> > the file, etc. ?? Let's hear what some of you do or think about this.
Do
> you
> > have an index or spreadsheet of what has been covered?
> >
> I keep a master file of an original to make additional copies from if need
> be--and I keep an extra 20-40 copies for sending out in the future.
>
> I don't have an index--but probably should have from the very beginning.
<G>
>
> Joan
>
>

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