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 **Contact: Peter Christian - 9476 1312 or 017 822651.**
-What members are saying about the magazine...
+=====What members are saying about the magazine...=====
 Dear Peter,
 I read your recent article about updating in the SBW magazine with interest and I would like to make the following comments:
 . Is there merit in changing the present format of the magazine?
 The format was updated a couple of years ago when the magazine was typed on computer. I think the use of columns as at present is a reasonable presentation. What change would be envisaged?
-Suggestions for the cover.
-The present cover symbolises SBW to me. It has historic significance (dating from 1932) and is symbolic of the past and present, i e. trees, a bush track etc. It is a familiar design which I like.
+. Suggestions for the cover.
+The present cover symbolises SBW to me. It has historic significance (dating from 1932) and is symbolic of the past and present, i.e. trees, a bush track etc. It is a familiar design which I like.
 . A wrap around cover sounds a practical idea.
 . Improve the standard of the paper.
-If the club can afford it, ,better quality would improve the appearance of the publication.
+If the club can afford it, better quality would improve the appearance of the publication.
 . I would like to see a mock-up of any changes proposed before a final decision is made.
 Thank you for your suggestion to reconsider the magazine. I assume the matter will be discussed at a future meeting of the Club?
-Naneye Alderson. Eastwood.
-COVER OLD BUT NOT SACRED
+**Nancye Alderson. Eastwood.**
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+**COVER OLD BUT NOT SACRED**
 It is a truism of publishing that the front cover of any magazine or newsletter has a big impact on whether people bother to write for it, read it - or even open it. I suspect that quite a few busy members, who don't pay for it separately, don't read the SBW magazine.
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 My suggestion is that if the old cover must be retained it be reduced in size and included inside, with a historical explanation. The front cover, in this age of cheap desk top printing technology, could show for each issue a different member's photo or line drawing - and the club can produce a very high standard of both. This would distinguish one issue from the another and inspire members and others to read the magazine and take a livelier interest in the club.
-Elwyn Morris. Kirribilli.
-More letters next page
+**Elwyn Morris. Kirribilli.**
+//More letters next page//
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 I refer to Patrick James' letter to the Editor, July issue re the bulletin cover.
 I agree that the drawing used on the cover is an enjoyable example of the very early Lloyd Rees era and involves clever use of contrast in tones. However, a picture like this is occupying most of an A4 size sheet and needs to be viewed, from at least one metre away because when it is viewed at ordinary reading distance, as is the case with a magazine, it becomes very heavy and overpowering.
 Secondly, on page 1 of the bulletin at the head of column one we have what is usually referred to as a masthead consisting of a flannel flower and the words "The Sydney Bushwalker".
-As you know, Peter Miller is reviewing the style and format of the bulletin and it might be possible that we go to the more modem A5 format which is half the sizeof the present A4 format and gives a professional result when run through a desk top publishing program.
+As you know, Peter Miller is reviewing the style and format of the bulletin and it might be possible that we go to the more modem A5 format which is half the size of the present A4 format and gives a professional result when run through a desk top publishing program.
 I would like to submit the following options for consideration:
 . Reduce the size of the picture and enclose it in two box surrounds to give a framing effect. [See this month's cover. Ed.]
 . Reduce the picture even further to get the same effect on an A5 format.
 . Use another picture from time to time using the above techniques.
 . Move the masthead from page 1 to the front cover with appropriate size adjustment.
-Frank Woodgate. Charlestown.
+**Frank Woodgate. Charlestown.**
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+//Letters to the Editor continued.//
-Letters to the Editor continued.
 Dear Peter,
 Yes it is time to update.
-For, discussion purposes is the back cover from the June 1996 National Parks Journal. It is a magnificent forest scene. It has excellent composition not far removed from the present SBW scene, great contrast, great definition and real life colour. It is an evocative picture. It is expensive glossy but worth every cent. It is the standard of presentation we could and should have on the cover of our publication.
+For discussion purposes is the back cover from the June 1996 National Parks Journal. It is a magnificent forest scene. It has excellent composition not far removed from the present SBW scene, great contrast, great definition and real life colour. It is an evocative picture. It is expensive glossy but worth every cent. It is the standard of presentation we could and should have on the cover of our publication.
-With the words THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER in traditional size, type and colour printed onto a dark panel at the bottom of the scene exactly as current (forming a link with the past) and with absolutely nothing else. I would be happy for that type of scene and quality of presentation to be our front cover and yes, if feasible, let's make it a folder. On the rear page include any necessary text along with the club emblem..
+With the words **The Sydney Bushwalker** in traditional size, type and colour printed onto a dark panel at the bottom of the scene exactly as current (forming a link with the past) and with absolutely nothing else. I would be happy for that type of scene and quality of presentation to be our front cover and yes, if feasible, let's make it a folder. On the rear page include any necessary text along with the club emblem..
-The cost should not be a consideration. For many, including many elderly SBW members, when THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER arrives it may be the main contact they have with the club. It should evoke memories of bushwalks through similar pristine bushland...
-Geoff Grace Hunters Hill
-Due to space considerations I have cut this letter short It went on to discuss the type of picture on the cover and the possible sources such as a picture by Henry Gold or our own members - Editor.
+The cost should not be a consideration. For many, including many elderly SBW members, when **The Sydney Bushwalker** arrives it may be the main contact they have with the club. It should evoke memories of bushwalks through similar pristine bushland...
-There have always been differences of opinion about the cover of our magazine. In The Sydney Bushwalkers: The First Sixty Years (1987) I wrote: "The cover, as now, remained exactly as it first appeared in December 1937 (an Alan Rigby drawing). Some said we were loyal, others nostalgia- bound, others ultra-conservative, others sticking to a good thing. That cover, now 50 years old, must surely be a record for an Australian publication".
-I disagree with Patrick James (July issue) because I believe that the magazine should be 'modem, contemporary and state of the art' (his words) BOTH outside and inside. The present cover has served us well but that does not mean we have to live with it for the rest of our days. Let's have a vibrant new cover each month, something to look forward to. I visualise a quality photograph illustrating some aspect of our recreation. Is such a concept beyond the expertise and budget of this club? Surely not! I recognise the appeal of Alan's drawing for many members but after 45 years membership the magazine, from my point of view, may as well be wrapped in brown paper, so repetitive has the cover become.
+**Geoff Grace. Hunters Hill.**
-Frank Rigby Canberra.
+//Due to space considerations I have cut this letter short It went on to discuss the type of picture on the cover and the possible sources such as a picture by Henry Gold or our own members - Editor.//
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+There have always been differences of opinion about the cover of our magazine. In **The Sydney Bushwalkers: The First Sixty Years (1987)** I wrote: "The cover, as now, remained exactly as it first appeared in December 1937 (an Alan Rigby drawing). Some said we were loyal, others nostalgia-bound, others ultra-conservative, others sticking to a good thing. That cover, now 50 years old, must surely be a record for an Australian publication".
+I disagree with Patrick James (July issue) because I believe that the magazine should be 'modern, contemporary and state of the art' (his words) **both** outside and inside. The present cover has served us well but that does not mean we have to live with it for the rest of our days. Let's have a vibrant new cover each month, something to look forward to. I visualise a quality photograph illustrating some aspect of our recreation. Is such a concept beyond the expertise and budget of this club? Surely not! I recognise the appeal of Alan's drawing for many members but after 45 years membership the magazine, from my point of view, may as well be wrapped in brown paper, so repetitive has the cover become.
+**Frank Rigby. Canberra.**
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 I would like to see a more professional look to the magazine, while retaining the historic cover in some form. I would like my view on this made known to the club.
-Ainslie Morris South Durras
+**Ainslie Morris. South Durras.**
+=====70th Anniversary Celebrations=====
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