In our interaction with subscribers, both via email and in person, we are often thanked for "all the hard work" we put into The NetLetter.
Truth be told, we are retirees who left 'hard work' behind quite some time ago. The NetLetter is a labour of love and a lot of fun to do.
Here is how we put it together:
Terry gets things started by scouring through the library of internal company magazines (we have issues as far back as the early 1940's), that he has scanned over the years, for interesting stories. In addition, of course, is the vast amount of material now available via the internet.
Terry compiles the text of each issue into a Word document and sends it along to me with accompanying photos.
Wayne is the 'techie' of the group and assembles the text and photos into HTML internet format.
Draft # 1 is usually ready to go a week before full distribution to our members and is sent out to Terry, Ken & Bob for their perusal.
Terry verifies that no material has been omitted and Ken & Bob find the 'mistakes' such as typos.
Ken has encyclopedic knowledge of aviation as well a gift for language and ensures that we use correct spelling and sentence structure.
Bob has keen attention to detail and seems to be able to find even the tiniest error in punctuation.
Then Wayne makes the corrections and the process repeats until we get it as close to perfect as we can (errors still seem to show up later).
We try to get together for a Zoom meeting before the general release of each issue, however, we don't seem to discuss much about The NetLetter, it's just a good time to get together.
The NetLetter is about people.
We wish to say thank you to all of our subscribers, many of whom share stories of their personal experiences. Also special thanks to the photographers, videographers and bloggers who so graciously allow us to link to their fine work.
We wish everyone a very Happy Holiday Season and the very best in 2023.
The NetLetter team
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