Editorial
VILLAGE magazines take a HORRIBLY long time to put together, and when Out of Reach editor Dave Summers estimates these hours at 16, it is only because Reach ingrates are not sending him any contributions these days. Quite unlike our own dear monthly Crier, of course, which takes at least 5 weeks.
When, last summer, the Crier was faced with the dilemma of go UP or go down, the emergency top-level management meeting unanimously voted UP and decided that the ticklish question of finding a practical way to distribute the donkey work in the face of helpful modern technology had to be re-addressed. Again.
Yes, even our redoubtable it-won't-take-a-jiffy distribution manager Ruth Stinton and her loyal team, justly praised in this month's Letters, are coming up against similar problems. Automatic stapling means more work for Ruth personally, but trying to share this out, more more!
So if you have offered to help, and the ungrateful Crier has not yet taken you up on your offer, bear with us, we will do; we do need your help and please, please, keep those offers rolling in!
Meanwhile, Simon Andrews, our new Web-guru has created a stunning website for the Crier, but for which he points out there are confidentiality issues, so it's not public yet. If you do not want personal details that the Crier has published about you to appear on the Web, please get in touch with the Editors. And any photographs or anecdotes relating to Crier history, previous editors please note, are now being urgently sought.
This month's Crier is chock-a-block with Easter events, Cambridge Voices, Cantilena Singers, Bach recitals and the intriguing "After You Claud" to name but a few. We also introduce Chris CarringtonŐs Club Notice Board - get in touch with Chris (see cover) if your club isn't there. Also, can we draw your attention to this month's GUEST reporter on the PC!
As for last month's issue, sorry Vita Sackville-West - we did call you Rita, sorry Tony Bower's JP, we did keep calling Pauline Betty, the calendar was indeed for FEBRUARY, and SORRY PROOF-READER volunteers, the Crier has miserably failed yet again to reach you. HAPPY EASTER ALL!