Musings May 15, 2012 "E NEWS"

E News

We recently sent out our very first e-newsletter. This is something we have talked about for some time and although the first issue was quite time consuming the response has been positive, with several of our customers even taking the time to email us to tell us so. It is our hope that our advertising customers will find it a useful resource full of all kinds of tips and information, much as we hope these community magazines provide our readers with a whole community of interesting and useful news and events.  I sometimes think of just 12 years ago when Mike and I first began Ossekeag Publishing. We took on an office with just three computers, two for creating the publications and one which was hooked up the internet. Most of our editorial came in as hard copy and had to be typed. Ad copy was a hand drawn sketch or occasionally (from companies with a national presence) an "ad mat" that could be scanned. Very little came to us via email.  My six year old grand-daughter is always fascinated by how little connection to the bigger world Nana and Grumpy had as kids. I was her age when our family got our first television, with all of one channel and a GREAT test pattern for large parts of the 24-hour day. Interestingly, though, yesterday we watched some of those same cartoons that I saw as a kid . . .  thanks to YouTube. Tom & Jerry and Sylvester & Tweety were both big hits. She laughed . . . and then went back a bit to rewatch the funniest section again. Not only was that impossible when I saw them, I also watched them in black and white, a concept completely foreign to her. She is amazed that there was no Dora, no Treehouse and no Barbie.  Progress has lots of good in it, but not all change is positive. "The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little." ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt.   801

		As our fearless leader, Debbie’s work is never done. After jumping into the publishing business with both feet and no publishing experience she has done the impossible, found a way to work with all of us unique personalities, including her husband, and produce 4 extraordinary magazines. You can hear her infectious laughter throughout the office and after meeting her just once you feel like you have known her forever. When she is not working (which is rarely), Debbie loves to read and garden. In the winter she loves to read about gardening. You can find out anything about Debbie, her husband Mike, two grown daughters and grand-daughter by reading her Musings found on this website and in our publications. Contact Debbie at: Debbie@ossekeag.ca
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