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From the Cab
by EIGHTYEIGHTFAN1
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Its been over a year since the last issue of the Gauge's
E-Mag was released. A lot of you were probably wondering where the E-Mag had
gone, whether there was going to be another issue. Or, if it had died
completely.
It hasn't....... Its back.
It never really was killed, just been put on hold for awhile. And I think
all the readers deserve the right to know what happened that caused its
temporary demise.
Just before the release of last years Fall issue, my mother had passed
away. From the middle of September till a week pass the release date, I was
in Arizona, taking care of my mothers affairs, and making sure that my father
was going to be alright. My father had a stroke six months before. So I was
moving him into a home. Emotionally, it was a rough time for me. And thats
all I could think of. The E-Mag was the farthest thing from my mind at the
time.
The time that this was going on, Val (spitfire) picked up a couple of more
classes to teach. She was the one that designed the outstanding pages that
your reading this from. Her schedule had gotten full, so working on the
E-Mag, was put on hold.
If your wondering how come we didn't release the E-Mag, if alls she did was
design the pages. This is how it worked. First, I'd get all the great
articles you'd all been writing, in my e-mail. I'd would take them, check for
spelling, fluff up the text if needed, put the pictures in the right spots,
or assign them a place in your articles. After I was satisfied with the
article (some hardly need to be touched), I emailed them to Val. Val would
then, check my spelling, put the pictures in the right places (I couldn't
e-mail whole articles. I had to split the text and pictures) To do this, she
would download from her Mac onto her Laptop. Fix the articles, then download
everything back on to her PC. She would then E-mail everything to Mikey
(Ngauger) who would download it to the Gauges server. After that was done,
all three of us would check the links, made sure everything was ok and
release the E-Mag for your enjoyment. Val was a big part of the E-Mag
process.
Then, a great friend , long time member of the Gauge, and a regular
contributor to the E-Mag passed away.
So, those are the reasons that the E-Mag was put on the back burner. But it
has been resurrected. We, the staff of the E-Mag, hope you enjoy it. And look
for the next issue at the beginning of the new year.
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