[Glaslyn] Glaslynier

[Jesse Jones]

To All,

Greetings and good tidings, all!  How are you today?  Wonderful, wonderful .
. . things have been busy over here, and there's no sign of them slowing
down until the end of August (when school starts, and I finally get a
break)!  However, that's okay, because right now, there's still very little
for me to do in relation to the Glaslynier.  That's where you all come in .
. . first of all, a brief explanation for those of you who do not have the
slightest idea what I'm talking about.

The "Glaslynier" (title in progress, more on that below) is Glaslyn's
unofficial (I stress again, UNOFFICIAL) newsletter.  We're a growing canton,
with stories to share, adventures being made, and other nifty things like
that.  However, at this juncture, the majority of the people I've talked too
feel that a newsletter (along the vein of the Black Star or the Tournaments
Illuminated that you all recieve in the mail) would not be a good idea,
since we would have to open the office of a Chronicler, and go through all
these other hassles and what-not.  So, since I like to do things like this
and felt like I should be contributing more to the group, proposed (oh, what
. . . April of this year?  March, perhaps . . .) that we should simply have
an unofficial newsletter.

People seemed responsive to the idea, so that brings us to the present.
Having gotten my summer hiatus over and done with, I am ready to open shop,
and hopefully have the inaugural edition of the newsletter out the door
before the end of September.  That's two months from now.

To recap for those who have trouble sorting through my rather scattered
flow-of-thought writing - unofficial canton newsletter, due out by
September.

But I cannot have a newsletter without, well, news!  Now can I?  That's
where all you wonderful, wonderful people come in!  You're the blood of our
canton, so you should be oozing with news about all your wild and crazy
adventures!  Anything and everything will work!  Well, okay, not quite
anything . . . so, without further adeu, I present the LIST!  The LIST is a
list of everything I need for the newsletter, and stands for "Logo, Inserts,
Submissions, Title."

Neat, huh?

No, I'm not drunk.

Anyway, here we go!

1) Logo - noun.  Commercial emblem; typed symbol.  Okay, the magazine
doesn't NEED one of these . . . but I think it would be a neat idea.  Just
something to stamp on the cover so that the magazine is easily identifiable.
  Right now, my only real idea is to use the canton's device . . . if you
have any other ideas, however, I would welcome them!

Also, I know, "logo" isn't exactly a period word . . . it'd be something
more like "seal" or something, but if I called it the SIST, it would
immediately make people think about cysts, and I don't want the newsletter
to form associations like that.

2) Inserts - Armor for sale?  Do you sew period garb for rock-bottom prices?
  Are you looking to hire a private rapier combat tutor?  Inserts are
nothing more than tiny ads (and when I say tiny, I mean no larger than 1/8th
of a normal page of paper) that let people know you either are selling a
product/service, or wish to purchase a product/service.  I shall stress,
submitting an insert is FREE!  Absolutely, positively, 100% now-and-forever
FREE-EE-EE!  Not a single cent will be changing hands here, okay?  This is
just another service of the newsletter, kinda like a town bulletin board,
especially for those who don't come to meetings and rarely paw through their
e-mail.

However, since they are free and business-related, instead of being of
actual canton concern, inserts get lowest billing when formatting the
magazine.  If there is not enough room for them, I will arbitrarily cut some
of them.  That's just the way it works.  You can either submit your inserts
pre-formatted, or just tell me what you want and I'll write it up for you.

3) Submissions - Ahhh, the meat and potatoes of the newsletter.  Submissions
are basically anything at all that relates to the canton, its members, or
any relations we have with foreign powers.  The following are all viable
forms (but by no means the only ones) of submissions:

* A synopsis of a canton event (like our up-coming "Artisan of the Flame").
* Canton event announcements
* A synopsis of a canton contest (like our current "Quest for the Flame").
* Canton contest announcements
* A synopsis of a canton member's experiences at a foreign event.
* An amusing story that has happened to (or as the result of actions on the
part of) a canton member.
* A brief history of a canton member's persona.
* An SCA-related article on any facet of medieval life (like the articles in
the Tournaments Illuminated).
* Period recipies
* Period poetry
* Period songs

The following things are NOT viable submissions:

* Copyrighted materials (UNLESS you are the copyright holder and are willing
to allow the newsletter to print that material without cost or obligation).
* Non-SCA-related information (we are all simply thrilled that your nephew
Butch is getting married, but the newsletter is not the best place to
announce this . . . I mean, unless Butch and/or his wife-to-be are a member
of canton who are inviting us all to a period wedding.  That's just cool,
then).
* A synopsis of an event that has nothing to do with our canton (periods a
friend in Caid e-mailed you a story about a wonderful little kingdom event
they had . . . that's all well-and-good, but it has nothing to do with
Glaslyn, I'm afraid).
* Foreign event announcements (we get all those in the Black Star, anyways).

Just remember, when submitting stuff, that our newsletter is a forum for the
canton . . . it is by the canton, about the canton, and for the canton.  We
use it as something to give to first-time members who want to learn more
about us, or to visitors who want something to take home to their comrades
in less fortunate areas of the Known World, or, most importantly, as a way
for us to learn more about each other, and what is going on in OUR
community, since we can't always be everywhere at once.

If you have questions about something being worth submitting, or right for
publication, just ask.  I won't hurt you, unless you do something to incur
my unending wrath which, to be perfectly honest, has only happened once in
recorded history, and the police never caught me.

4) Title - Titles are not my forté . . . so I didn't even try.  I just
slapped "Glaslynier" on the top of the thing and made sure to tell everyone
over and over, in a loud and slow voice, that it was a tenative title, and
we needed something both period and that reflected our canton.  I have a
small list, but right now, its still tenative.  I hope to bring the title up
to a vote in our September business meeting, so you have until then to
submit title ideas to me.  What we have so far are:

* The Glaslynier
* The Phoenix
* Seo Fenix
* The Flight
* The Flame

ANYWAY!  I think I've let this run on long enough . . . if you have any
questions, just ask!  I'll answer anything . . . oh, but before you ask,
just three more points to make:

1) This newsletter will be free
2) This newsletter will be available to everyone
3) This newsletter will be UNOFFICIAL!

Truly!,

Jesse the Nameless One

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