OK, so now I’ve done it! I started scanning old newsletters and posting them to the website!

I have a pile (literally) of old newsletters that were passed on to me, and I’ve begun scanning them and adding them to the website.

The quality of one or two is pretty rough, so the scanned version may be hard on the eyes. I’ll do the best I can.

As far as I how I’m publishing these, I’ve tried using an online tool to convert the scanned image to text. That didn’t work very well, so I abandoned that approach. I’ll simply save each page as a picture and insert it into a new document as an image. That means it won’t be searchable, unfortunately.

I’ve created a new website page to post links to these newsletters. Stealing a name from classic cartoons, I’m calling it the Wayback Machine. From the main menu, hover over the Newsletter Archives in the toolbar and it will pop up below that. There’s also a link within the current Newsletter Archives page if you have a technical problem getting to it from the main menu.

Aside from the obvious historical value to keeping our newsletters accessible, there is content that’s still useful. As an example, look at Ernie McDowell’s weathering piece in Vol. 1, No. 2

Hope you find this both interesting and useful.