Sunday, March 4, 2012

Cayuga Bird Club newsletter to move to electronic format

At the CBC meeting in February Linda announced that announced that Cyndy and Richard Tkachuck have volunteered to take over as newsletter editors when Anne Marie Johnson steps down at the end of our club season in June. Because of frequent travel, the Tkachucks are only able to assemble and edit an online newsletter. With no volunteers to put together a print version, the newsletter committee decided to move toward an online newsletter with a summary page that can be printed and mailed to people who request that option.

Below is a sample of a summary page that Richard presented. The page will be a Table of Contents with brief summaries that link to full articles on the club’s website. The web pages can be any size, providing greater flexibility in the content that can be presented. The pages also can link directly to any references included in the articles, such as eBird pages, maps, additional photographs, and other websites.

All of us on the newsletter committee realize that moving from a paper copy to an online newsletter will create consternation in some people, especially those who have no Internet access. We very much regret that. We welcome alternate ideas if they are accompanied by offers to implement them. It has been difficult to find volunteers to fill this need.

Nevertheless, we are excited about this new way of presenting the newsletter. It will allow for dynamic content, more pictures, comments, and other features that should prove very enjoyable.