Kvetching about the MPN newsletter
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trystinnI expect organizations to have well presented, well edited and thoughtful newsletters. I do. This makes me jaded and naive, at the same time. If you're going to harass your membership for articles, by all means edit them and present them as professionally as the organization can manage. All this, btw, is foremost in my mind because I received an issue of the Military Pagan Network's Beltaine Newsletter in my inbox today.
Let the snarking begin:
1. You really don't want me to send censors to the Front. No, you don't. You want censers. Trust me on this.
2. There's not a single useful article for a MPN leader or a deployed service member. Not a single one.
3. A crossword puzzle was a nice touch - did it have to take up half a page?
4. That's a lot of artwork for a 4 page newsletter. Color artwork - cannot imagine how messy that must look printed out on a non-color printer then photocopied a dozen times. Because that's the norm for most chaplain offices and deployed commands. Trust me on this, I use to deploy those printers.
5. Punctuation. Use some. Often.
The whole thing is a fluffy mess.
*bang head repeatedly on lapdesk*
Let the snarking begin:
1. You really don't want me to send censors to the Front. No, you don't. You want censers. Trust me on this.
2. There's not a single useful article for a MPN leader or a deployed service member. Not a single one.
3. A crossword puzzle was a nice touch - did it have to take up half a page?
4. That's a lot of artwork for a 4 page newsletter. Color artwork - cannot imagine how messy that must look printed out on a non-color printer then photocopied a dozen times. Because that's the norm for most chaplain offices and deployed commands. Trust me on this, I use to deploy those printers.
5. Punctuation. Use some. Often.
The whole thing is a fluffy mess.
*bang head repeatedly on lapdesk*
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WTF?
Date: 2007-05-01 08:34 pm (UTC)I used to contribute to a little pagan rag. It was almost (but not quite) as bad. Of course, I should have known, however, as the folks who ran it called themselves "Lady Sharifire Ivy Moonbeam" and "Lord MoonLion StormTree." I shit you not. (They were very nice people, though. I only hope they've learned better in the 6 or 7 years since I knew them.)
Re: WTF?
Date: 2007-05-01 08:40 pm (UTC)I submitted a few things for the ATC back in the day, but gave up after realizing how lousy it was done. I'm occasionally tempted to write articles again, but at this point it would have to be for a newsletter or magazine I respect.
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Date: 2007-05-01 08:34 pm (UTC)Good point!
Date: 2007-05-01 08:41 pm (UTC)