Editors’ Note – New Format for e-AIR

Since the inception of the Electronic AIR back in October 1986, its production and distribution have been largely a hands-on “labor of love” of its volunteer editors. And so it is that every month, we solicit, accept, locate and create submissions; edit and format copy; publish the newsletter in html and PDF formats; and upload them to the AIR website. Over the past 20+ years, the number of e-AIR subscribers has grown substantially, the content of the newsletter has expanded, and, of course, the technologies available for creating and distributing the newsletter have changed dramatically.

And so, with the support of Randy Swing, the AIR Executive Director, and the AIR staff, we have embarked on a process to update the e-AIR – starting with the processes used to create and distribute the newsletter. We recently introduced a new format for the monthly e-mail that contains the links and table of contents for e-AIR. And this month, we are trying out a new process for publishing and uploading the newsletter. While Gayle and I remain responsible for the newsletter content, the AIR staff is taking over responsibility for these production and distribution tasks.

We welcome your comments on the look and functionality of the new formats for the newsletter.

Your e-AIR editors,

Marne (mke3@cornell.edu) and Gayle (gfink@usmd.edu)