The Little World

Well, I’ve always wanted to have one…

This last weekend our hobby club held its annual general meeting. Most of the officials and a considerable number of the members were present – the treasurer had not decamped with the funds, and there was a barbecue lunch. What was not to like?

Our constitution has a section that tells us who the committee and officials are and the position of newsletter editor was vacant. I am good at being vacant myself ( what…? ) and asked to be nominated for the position. Well, it was more like begging and pleading. Sobbing and blubbering. Offering bribes and uttering threats. I watch the news from Canberra and can see how it’s done…

It worked. I was appointed the Chief Culprit. I have already selected a Henchman with as good a sense of humour and as bad a sense of responsibility as myself and we are drawing up plans to appal the membership on a monthly basis. The readers of this internet column will be given a chance to suffer as well when the first issue is ready – it’ll come out on a PDF file and can be emailed throughout the world.

Whether it will increase membership in the club is yet to be seen, but I have been doing some research into other newsletters from other clubs in Australia and new Zealand and there is quite a high standard to aim for. There are good modellers out there everywhere and it is a pleasure to see what they build and what they write. Paper publications at our newsagent’s shops are all very well – we all like to read some of them – but they only tell part of the story.

The heading image shows some of the other fine publications that have issued from this editorial office before. We’ve locked the doors so they cannot come back in.

Note: There are no plans yet to produce YouTube videos or TikTok dancing. Our voices and our legs are not of a commercial standard.

Tomorrow, back to the Beaufort Mk I.