Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2021 16:33:36 -0400
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Attn: WSFA Journal editor
From: "Elspeth Kovar" <ekovar at panix.com>
To: "WSFA members" <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Cc: ewsfa at googlegroups.com

CC'ing htis to eWSFA where it will be seen:

Ted White wrote:
> On 3/31/2021 12:51 AM, Keith F. Lynch wrote:
>
>> Attention WSFA Journal editor, whoever you are this year:  The 17-year
>> cicadas will be appearing in late April or early May.  There's a
>> never-used Alexis Gilliland cartoon on the subject.  In the physical
>> WSFA archives there are two VHS tape boxes containing Alexis cartoons.
>> One of them contains cartoons that have been used, with the date they
>> were used written in pencil on the back.  The other contains Alexis
>> cartoons that haven't yet been used, including that one.  I don't
>> recall whether the boxes also contain Steve Stiles cartoons.
>>
>> Or at least that was the case when I resigned as WSFA's secretary 16
>> years ago.
>>
>> I'm sending this now only because I promised, 17 years ago, to do
>> so.  This is almost certainly the last favor I will ever do WSFA
>> the organization.  (I will of course continue to do nice things for
>> various individual WSFAns.)  If you think you can hurt me by not using
>> it, please be aware that I don't care one way or the other, and will
>> probably never even find out whether it was used.
>
> Is there still in fact a WSFA JOURNAL?  I haven't seen or heard of an
> issue in many years.
>
> --Ted White

The answer is both yes and no. To report my walk-through:

I didn\222t see the Journal on the website but out of curiosity looked at WSFA officers,
then past and present by date. After a couple of dead links I chose Joe Mayhew.

[Note: Has some broken links, easy to fix. Without vanity I think the (Chicon?)
appreciation should be added.]

*Old style page
*WSFA Home (No frames) goes to old style webpage announcing WSFA Press publishes
Reincarnations, I think about 2010. Bill will know.
*From there a link to WSFA Journal
*Last WSFA Journal published 2011

Went back to current WSFA page and looking more closely found WSFA Journal under
Categories.

*Most recent is July/August 2020
*Each is the first couple of paragraphs
*Ellipses make it looks as if you should click on them
*Eventually - I'd been rummaging through other things - I tried clicking on the title
*More of the intro - still appears to just be the minutes -  "click the [download] link"

Once I downloaded July/August I found a really good Journal:
Wonderful Darkwing Dodo
Extensive \226 very extensive \226 meeting notes. [Could you maybe insert breaks, even random
ones? I get lost.]
Sam contributed two of his excellent reviews plus an article about The Lack of Democracy
in Fantasy.
Carolyn Frank contribute the well-written and useful article, Working as a Tech at
Virtual Balticon 54
[Did Roger ever get someone to host Zoom meetings? The only announcements I see are from
him.]

Two suggestions (other than someone *please* helping Sam!) would be to move the Journal
under 'Website' and, if the other graphics are as good, is there some way they could be
included in the blurb of each Journal? I don't think there is but it would make it clear
that the Journals are far more than meeting notes.

A third suggestion is that someone picks up the things Keith has been keeping for WSFA
for so long. Will someone take responsibility for this? (If not the President can ask me
and I'll do it.) Alexis cartoons that haven't been used! That's wonderful.

As for transitioning from old pages to new I have sporadically have time on my hands to
go through them; I think much of the information should be kept and, if nothing else,
make them look the same. Paul can get in touch with me about my skills vs what is
needed.

Elspeth