Thread:Mouseinphilly/@comment-961279-20121206091819

In order to get the newsletters out on a more timely manner in the future, I think we're going to drop the "don't add any of it until it's all done" method that we've used in the past. The idea was to save it so it wasn't spoiled for anyone until it was completely done and ready to be published.

You added the articles that you prepared ahead of time into the placeholder you made for this last issue. That's a really good way of doing it, but I didn't notice it until I actually started on the newsletter. Each person that has an article can just drop it in when they've got it done. They don't have to wait on me. If other people read the newsletter while it's still being assembled, it's no big deal. (Or we could use comments to hide one or more sections, if we really did want to keep people from seeing it ahead of time.)

My situation at work isn't going to improve any time soon (very busy and not enough people to do the work), so by changing how the newsletter is put together, it will help compensate for any delays if I'm feeling really tired or worn out. To give you an example of what I mean, I said Saturday morning that I was going to start on the newsletter. By Saturday afternoon, that energy was gone and I wasn't having any luck at actually getting the nap that I so clearly needed.

I appreaciate how much you've helped out with the newsletter. Now it's time for me to change so I'm not holding us back any more.

Talk with you later, and tomorrow night will be updating the wiki's skin and voting. 