Dear List, Steve asked me to forward this on to you. jeannie -----Original Message----- From: S. Brady [mailto:sbrady@u.washington.edu] Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2000 6:20 PM To: Jeannie Grassi Subject: Re: FW: The Journal Dear Brian and list, I think the main reason the Journal's delivery date has historically been so unpredictable is that the Home Office staff is organized in such a way that nobody there works full-time on the Journal. As PTG political bodies add more projects to the HO workload, everybody pitches in on different projects and gets them done, and the Journal receives about the same priority as everything else. Traditionally, October and May have seemed to come out pretty late because of other projects like Council and Board minutes and a ton of photos from the convention (October), and convention brochures (plus a couple of other new brochures this year) and the directory normally slow down the May issue. I spoke to Joe at the HO yesterday, and he told me the directory will ship with the July issue sometime in mid-July. Another factor this year (and really a positive one in most ways) has been the addition of two new technical staff people, Bob Hohf and John Hartman (neither at the HO). We're still learning the ropes of working with all these people, and it has probably added a few days to the normal production cycle. I think this is a relatively small part of the problem, though. The benefits are already visible in the Journal, with TT&T expanded slightly and the illustrations vastly improved. I think you're also going to be pleased with the graphics redesign beginning in the July issue. At this moment, it appears that with the August issue we should be back on our desired schedule of shipping on or near the first of the month. Thanks for your interest in the Journal, and for your patience these past couple of months--it's been hard for all of us. All best, Steve Brady, RPT Journal Editor On Thu, 22 Jun 2000, Jeannie Grassi wrote: > What factors determine whether the Journal will get mailed out on time? I > have no concept of what it takes, so I'm not being critical. I have noticed > that there are some magazines that I've subscribed to over the years that I > could almost set my watch by, and others that are much less predictable. > > If we do ask for a Journal that's of similar content as to what we now get, > are we being unreasonable to ask for it to happen on a schedule? (I don't > know the answer to that, or the surrounding issues, I'm just asking, not > accusing.??) > > The question has long since been asked, what's up? Does anyone have the > 'inside scoup'? > > You know,... the inquiring mind thingie... > > Brian Trout > Quarryville, PA > btrout@desupernet.net > > > > _________________________________________________ Steve Brady, RPT Head Piano Technician, University of Washington Editor, Piano Technicians Journal
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