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A Turning Point.
Nigel Dawe became assistant editor in 1993 and, assisted
by his wife Verona, helped to enlarge the newsletter by the use of
pertinent photographs and articles, and the newsletter soon
developed and grew. Nigel's efforts changed the emphasis of the
publication and moved it away from a single news sheet towards the
idea of a proper professional magazine that would involve the whole
membership. By the time George retired from work in 1996 and moved to East
Anglia to be near his family, the newsletter had grown to some 28 pages
per edition and was being published on a more regular basis, it now
deserved its "magazine" title.
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The current editor, Nigel Dawe, took over all aspects
of its production in 1996, determined to move the magazine onward and
upward by increasing its pages and content and standardising on a
presentational format recognised by all. It also reflected the expansion of
group projects and the diverse interest's of the expanded membership. With
this in mind the title was changed to the much more logical RMARGazine, this
being the magazine of RMARG and using the initial letters of our title
The
Ridgeway
Military
& Aviation Research Group
(RMARG)
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Initially the newsletter was produced using "paste-up"
techniques but later using photos professionally converted to
"half-tones", then all processed to film prior to being sent to our
printer. This old fashioned method had to suddenly change and the editor
had to park up his trusty word processor whilst the editorial department
was loaned a PC, courtesy member Colin Shewry, at which point the editor
tumbled headlong into the 21st century and embarked on a precipitously
steep learning curve, but still managed to produce the next edition of
RMARGazine on time.
The loaned computer has now been returned and a new one
obtained, professional programmes acquired along with a quality scanner
and the magazine is now produced completely electronically twice a year,
Spring and Autumn, up to the point of film to print. For the past couple
of editions the editorial department has been able to produce members
articles from floppy disc, including photographs, and has now embarked,
initially against the editors better judgement, into the world of the
"Internet" and "E-Mails". No excuse now for not producing the best club
magazine, so long as the membership (or anybody else) sends us the
material to put in it.
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