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Frequency and size

As a matter of trivia, the table below shows the number of pages produced for every month. Since I don't have a complete set, blank spaces denote incomplete copies where I don't have a complete issue.

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OVLR Newsletter: Pages per issue
JanFebMarAprMayJuneJulyAugSeptOctNovDecTotal Editor
198422222212 Mike McDermott
1985244244222224 Mike McDermott
198624222222222327 Mike McDermott
198723222222219 Neil Brewer
198822222222218 Neil Brewer
1989442424242281048 Mike McDermott
19901262612141264461094 Mike McDermott
19918868148464148492 Dave Meadows
19924864106484106680 Dixon Kenner
199386666664442462 Dixon Kenner
19946888812141212121414126 Dixon Kenner
1995121212121616201616161612176 Dixon Kenner
1996161616121212161616161214174 Dixon Kenner
1997161616121616161212121212168 Dixon Kenner
1998211212222816161616202420220 Dixon Kenner
1999201620202416282024242424260 Dixon Kenner
2000242428252424322824242424305 Dixon Kenner
20011212222424 Dixon Kenner
200216161620161616161616196 Shannon Lee Manion/Alastair Sinclair
2003 Shannon Lee Manion
2004 Shannon Lee Manion
2005 Shannon Lee Manion

The first issue of the newsletter dates from June 1984. However, there were several previous issues of the newsletter sent out before a name for the club was chosen.

Fees

As with anything, dues have changed over time. The following is shows when changes occurred

  • When OVLR was formed in 1984, membership was $5 per year. That increased to $10 in 1986, $12 in 1988, $15 in 1991, $20 in 1993 and to $25 in July of 1997.
  • July 1999 membership rose to $30 per year for Canadians, US$25 for Americans and overseas, and $5 for associate members.

In the same time, the cost of postage for the newsletter has gone from 17 cents to 74 cents for a domestic copy. In April 2000, Canada Post decided that we should be using 9x12 envelopes and paying ninty-two cents for domestic postage, a dollar thirty for the USA and two-twentyfive for overseas members. Inflation, being inflation, this rose again on January 1st, 2001 by a few cents.

The familiar letterhead used on the newsletter, later extended to other club items, was created by Neil Brewer and first used in March, 1985. Copies of this letterhead were regularly used in the newsletter until May 1995 when a computerized rendering from Spencer Norcross was introduced along with the habit of changing the rightmost Land Rover to a different configuration as part of a contest

Starting in March, 1985 the newsletter was printed on yellowed paper, and comprised a varying number of 8.5" x 11" pages stapled together. In March, 1994 the format changed to one of using 11" x 17" paper, folded.

Editors:

There have been five editors of the OVLR newsletter.

  • Mike McDermott was the editor for the first three years.
  • Neil Brewer followed Mike and edited the newsletter for 1987 and 1988. Mike McDermott returned to edit the newsletter from 1989 to 1992 after Neil moved to British Columbia.
  • David Meadows took over editing for 1993. Dixon Kenner has been the editor of the newsletter from January 1994 through to December 2001.
  • Spencer Norcross took over all production and layout for the newsletter in February, 1996 through May 2001.
    With the growth of the newsletter over the years, several other people have been involved on an almost monthly basis regular basis: David Meadows, Murray Jackson, Fred Joyce, Andrew Finlayson, and Bruce Ricker all are there to help get this on its' way to the membership.
  • In December 2001 an editorial board lead by Shannon Lee Mannion took over responsibility for the newsletter.

 

   
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