September 1996 Newsletter No. 1
In This Issue:
Welcome to the First Edition of AWOnews, which is also the Convention 1996 (The Unconventional Convention) Issue! As you know, Better Winemaking has been sold by its Publisher, Paul Jean Jr., to a private publisher. We all hope that it will continue, and provide the high standard that Paul has established. At the same time, however, your executive believes that there remains a need to have a publication dedicated exclusively to the needs and interests of members of the Amateur Winemakers of Ontario. Consequently we are launching a rather more modest newsletter, the first copy of which you are now reading.
AWOnews will be published four times a year: early Spring, with information about the upcoming Convention; summer, with an “after action report”; fall, in time for the new winemaking season; and winter. For our First Edition, we are timing the publication to correspond to the Unconventional Convention; those attending will have their copy in the convention package; those who are unableto do so will have theirs mailed, but will be the poorer for it!
In each issue to come we will have club news, feature articles, letters to the editor, and an “ask the Vinicologist” column (Vinicologist (n): Doctor of the Wine) for those hard-to-find answers to winemaking questions.
We welcome your club news, letters, article submissions, and questions. There are a lot of interesting activities in which clubs engage, and your fellow Winemakers across Ontario are certainly interested in picking the brains of program coordinators for ideas that they can use in their own planning. Don’t hide your light under a bushel; let’s hear what you’ve found to be especially
interesting.
While overall copyright of AWOnews rests with the editor, anyone submitting articles for publishing may reserve copyright themselves, and this will be acknowledged in AWOnews. Letters to the Editor may be sent via ordinary mail
to the editor at the address in the masthead above, or via the internet to PDunseath@aol.com. Submissions of articles will be accepted in paper form, but would be preferred on 31⁄2 inch diskette in WordPerfect, MS Word, or ASCII format (diskettes will be returned). The editor reserves the right to edit any submissions for publication needs.
How much does AWOnews cost you? Nowt, as they say in Yorkshire, if you’re a member of AWO; it’s included in your membership fee to AWO. $6.00 per year (cheap at twice the price) if you’re not. So, relax, enjoy, and let’s have your feedback and ideas.
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