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Fund Raiser of the month has to be urgent if the newsletter is to continue what is something
the Fashion Show at the Old Station of a record breaking 34 year run for a village magazine.
on Thursday 2nd May. Proceeds are to From September we are going to have only 5 issues per
support the Village Hall funds. See the year – each issue will cover two months so much more
poster on page 7 and make a note in forward planning will be needed. See the box on page
your diary today. 13 for the new schedule. Please send us your comments,
Just when you hoped the newsletter would suggestions and maybe offers of help with these
be a Brexit Free Zone, there’s a joke on changes. There will be more details in the June issue.
the front cover and annoying knock-on
effects announced on the Grapevine page. Patricia
Sorry about that! We’ll try not to mention it again – Steve
but who knows if needs must…
======================
Production of this Newsletter is going to change The May 2019 meeting of the Arts Society Mid Wales
substantially from September onwards. At present and Borders takes place on
there are 10 issues a year. We print about 250 each Thursday the 23rd. The speaker
time so, with copies being passed around and out-of- is Matthew Williams, whose
area readers using the online versions, there is talk is titled Portmeirion - An
probably a readership of around 500. Then we have a Italianate Fantasy In Wales.
great team of 25 distributors braving wind and rain to The venue is the Royal Oak
get the paper copies through your letter boxes. Hotel, Welshpool, the talk begins at 2.30pm. Visitors
are very welcome to attend, though a donation of £6
This leaves 2 assistant editors who work on the per person is requested towards costs.For further
rigorous proof reading needed and assembling the details contact avril@avrilhart.com 01938 555938
copies before dispatch. This leaves me as the editor or Dennis Duggan on 01938 555 574
chasing copy, sending deadline reminders, selling
sponsorship or directory adverts – plus the most time- S Saturday 11th May
consuming job; jig-sawing the various items into the
page layouts. But as much as I enjoy working on the 9am - 12 noon
newsletter, I do have other projects I’m trying to work Montgomery Town Hall
on although the only opportunity seems to be the gaps
in December/February and July/September when
there’s no distraction content coming in for the next
month’s issue.
This July, when I would have done the job for four
years (40 issues), I had intended to start a search for a
joint editor to produce issues on alternate months.
However, my unexpected health scare in January
makes the need to recruit much younger editors more
Monday
13th May
at 7:00 pm
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
Fund Raiser of the month has to be urgent if the newsletter is to continue what is something
the Fashion Show at the Old Station of a record breaking 34 year run for a village magazine.
on Thursday 2nd May. Proceeds are to From September we are going to have only 5 issues per
support the Village Hall funds. See the year – each issue will cover two months so much more
poster on page 7 and make a note in forward planning will be needed. See the box on page
your diary today. 13 for the new schedule. Please send us your comments,
Just when you hoped the newsletter would suggestions and maybe offers of help with these
be a Brexit Free Zone, there’s a joke on changes. There will be more details in the June issue.
the front cover and annoying knock-on
effects announced on the Grapevine page. Patricia
Sorry about that! We’ll try not to mention it again – Steve
but who knows if needs must…
======================
Production of this Newsletter is going to change The May 2019 meeting of the Arts Society Mid Wales
substantially from September onwards. At present and Borders takes place on
there are 10 issues a year. We print about 250 each Thursday the 23rd. The speaker
time so, with copies being passed around and out-of- is Matthew Williams, whose
area readers using the online versions, there is talk is titled Portmeirion - An
probably a readership of around 500. Then we have a Italianate Fantasy In Wales.
great team of 25 distributors braving wind and rain to The venue is the Royal Oak
get the paper copies through your letter boxes. Hotel, Welshpool, the talk begins at 2.30pm. Visitors
are very welcome to attend, though a donation of £6
This leaves 2 assistant editors who work on the per person is requested towards costs.For further
rigorous proof reading needed and assembling the details contact avril@avrilhart.com 01938 555938
copies before dispatch. This leaves me as the editor or Dennis Duggan on 01938 555 574
chasing copy, sending deadline reminders, selling
sponsorship or directory adverts – plus the most time- S Saturday 11th May
consuming job; jig-sawing the various items into the
page layouts. But as much as I enjoy working on the 9am - 12 noon
newsletter, I do have other projects I’m trying to work Montgomery Town Hall
on although the only opportunity seems to be the gaps
in December/February and July/September when
there’s no distraction content coming in for the next
month’s issue.
This July, when I would have done the job for four
years (40 issues), I had intended to start a search for a
joint editor to produce issues on alternate months.
However, my unexpected health scare in January
makes the need to recruit much younger editors more
Monday
13th May
at 7:00 pm
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
