Editor's Report
Patricia Cruickshank
Posted June 2010
Back in the spring of 2004 I phoned Jeff Forsythe after
reading a notice in the CCRA asking for a volunteer for the communication
roll and the newsletter. I agreed to take it on for one year. I had
lived in the CCRA community for quite a few years and felt I had the time
to give something back.
Alan Jones was the Editor, and had been putting the
newsletter together, very successfully, for a very long time. As the new
Communications Representative I worked with Alan to change the production
of the newsletter from a manual cut and paste process to an electronic
one. Back then the advertisements came in many shapes and formats,
articles were typed on blank pages then cut and pasted onto blank pages
with the CCRA logo on top and page numbers on the bottom. Going
electronic reduced the production time of the newsletter and improved the
over all quality, but there were lots of bumps along the way in getting it
right. Submissions could be sent by e-mail for publication instead of
dropping hard copies in mailboxes and then having them re-typed. It was
so much easier for people to contribute articles.
Now in my 7th year of pulling together the
newsletter I am finally passing the reins over to Ron Paisley. You may
have noticed some changes to the newsletter over the last three issues.
Ron is taking on the role of Editor and has put his personal touch on the
newsletter and is moving it on to the next stage.
I have had many enjoyable years volunteering with the
CCRA. I contributed to the development of the William Dempsey Scholarship
Award, participated in various CCRA social events and developed written
roles and responsibilities for executive positions to make transitioning
of new people into roles smoother. I have had the pleasure of working
with the talented webmaster, Joseph Tabri, who totally redesigned the CCRA
website. The current website has received a number of complements from
external organizations thanks to Joseph’s skills.
I initially made that phone call to Jeff seven years
ago because I felt that the Centennial Community was a great place to live
and raise a family and it is the people who live here and volunteer that
make it work. I am very grateful to the community for the years I have
enjoyed here and glad that I could make a small contribution through my
volunteer hours.
If like me, you think Centennial is a special place to
live, I encourage you to pick up the phone and volunteer a few hours of
your time with the CCRA. If you can’t commit to specific hours, put your
name on a list for special events or projects and volunteer as your time
allows.
Now that I have raised my family and spent just shy of
thirty years here, it is time to move on. It is with great sadness that
my husband (and newsletter proofer) and I leave Centennial to start the
next stage of our lives in Kingston, Ontario, but we take with us our
friendships and our memories. We wish our friends and the CCRA Community
well.
Editor CCRA
Patricia Cruickshank
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