[Davis Democrats] Misunderstandings about the newsletter

Mon May 31 09:55:54 PDT 2004

Dan Kehew generously listed me as "assistant editor" but in fact I did no
editing at all and did not see the newsletter (or the honorary title of
"assistant editor") before I received it. (I would have vetoed that title.)
Here's what I did for Dan:

1.  I emailed him the old newsletter ads, and sidebars (with all the new
donor names typed in by me), and headings, all in a previous-newsletter
format, but it was in the latest version of Corel Draw and it turns out he
couldn't read them.

2.  I typed up the article from Tina Lax that Barbara Slemmons delivered to
me, and emailed that to Dan.

3.  I emailed the article by Pam Nieberg, which Joyce Wilson had requested
we print, and which was approved at the last DDC meeting.  First I shortened
it, with the author's approval of the shortened version (for the most part -
she would have preferred to keep in a line about citizen turnout at the
Board of Sups).

Here are the misunderstandings.

1.  I expected Pam's article to be an opinion/info piece, not a front page
article, particularly since the last line states what the Sierra Club
requests and the author is identified as from Sierra Club.  However, I did
not communicate this expectation to Dan.

2.  I only vaguely recall talking to Dan about advertisements, so I might
not have.  I think I told him that the ads that would be arriving in the
email (which he couldn't read) should be checked with Bob Bockwinkel.  I
thought I made my usual comment (almost gripe) that ads would be easier to
format into the newsletter if they weren't sized like business cards.

3.  No one spoke to Dan about the sidebars, with donor names, as far as I
know.  I just expected he'd use all the newsletter pieces I emailed him
(that it turns out he couldn't read).

And the good stuff:

I'd like to congratulate Dan on a professional-looking, highly readable, and
very quickly delivered newsletter.  It's easy to find the important
announcements.  Now that Dan knows that people want the donors lists and the
ads, the future newsletters should please and serve everyone.  I'm really
glad to lose the job of gopher-for-my-daughter-the-editor and yet know that
the newsletter remains in good (different) hands.

Adrienne Kandel

-----Original Message-----
From: davisdemocrats-bounces at velocipede.dcn.davis.ca.us
[mailto:davisdemocrats-bounces at velocipede.dcn.davis.ca.us]On Behalf Of G
Richard Yamagata PhD
Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 12:41 PM
To: davisdemocrats at velocipede.dcn.davis.ca.us
Subject: [Davis Democrats] Reminder of Davis Democrat Club board meeting
onMonday

Greetings Davis Democrat Club list,

This is a reminder that there will be a board meeting of the Davis Democrat
Club at the Democratic Headquarters in Davis at 7 PM on Monday, June 7.  The
headquarters is in the strip mall at the corner of 5th and L St in Davis.
The nearest landmarks are Pizza Guys Davis and Taqueria Davis, which is next
door to the headquarters.

Items that I have been asked to bring up at the next club meeting have to do
with the newsletter.  In that the Volume number needs to be corrected.  The
volume corresponds to the year and should be Volume #24, not Volume #25.
Volume #23 was for the year 2003.  The first volume of the newsletter came
out in 1981 (Vol 1).  The conversation that I had about the volume numbering
2 years ago was with past President Stephen Souza.  This volume numbering
can be confirmed by the web site by looking at the volume numbers of past
years' newsletters that were given to me for posting at the web site.

The minutes for the last meeting and the May newsletter can be found at the
web site at:  http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/vme/democrats/newsletter.htm

The specific link for the newsletter is:
http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/vme/democrats/pdf/DDN_MAY_.PDF

The specific link for the April minutes is:
http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/vme/democrats/min0404.htm

The other items, that I was asked by club members that read the newsletter,
have to do with newsletter advertising and listing of donors and sponsors.
These have more to do with the editorial board, not the editor.  My
mentioning them is that there are club members that are upset at not being
listed or mentioned in the last newsletter, people that paid extra money to
be listed or noted or acknowledged by the club and were not.

Take care and see you at the meeting,

Ry

G Richard Yamagata  PhD
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