Thread Name: This Year In Dogeared: End Of Year Summary Report

From: Scot Kamins <kamins@removed>
Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 14:34:41 -0800

It's been a heck of a year at Dogeared.

We've had lots of changes.

* This was the first year that Dogeared converted to a hybrid site with both Public and Member's Only areas. (Previously we were all Public).

* We have a total of 86 members. Most, but not all, are members of this ListServ. (And not all members of this ListServ are members of Dogeared -- I don't know why.) We've been adding two new members a month for the last four months. Thanks to all for your financial contributions: You've kept us on the Internet!

* Here are a list of additions to Dogeared over the past year:

Updates to existing features including:
90 dust jackets
10 FAQ entries (including all the ones in the eBay section)
12 entries to the Toledano Updates & Corrections page
60 tables of contents
140 dust jacket blurbs
22 items to the Buckrams Extant page
17 Book Notes

Brand new feature including:
Biographies Project
Brochures Page
Contents Project
Genres Project
Liberal Arts curricula Project
Major authors in anthologies list
Metacontent Project
Minor authors list
Site map
Updates & Additions log

Miscellaneous stuff including:
The Adopt-An-Author program
Two or three small articles
Addition of assorted graphics here and there
Updates throughout the system to both content and "look & feel"

DOGEARED HONOR ROLE Without the editorial contributions of its members, Dogeared would be nothing. During the past year twenty-eight members made editorial contributions to dogeared in the form of DJs, blurbs, ToCs, or information added to book notes. These members included:

Bill DiBenedetto
Neal P. Fenty
Joe Hill
Clare Imholtz
John Ireland
Lori Lampe
Buck Lawrence
Toby G Levy
Ed Lukanuski
Barry Miller
Terry Morris
Rob Perrilleon
Jack Pickens
Ed Postal
Bob Riedel
Mark Suchanek
Scott Tilley
Henry Toledano
Trevor White
Sharon Biederman
Amy Comeau
John Krygier
Barry Neavill
Benj L. Clark
Ron Holl
John Peterson
Bob Snare
John Wolansky

(If I've forgotten anyone, please forgive the oversight and let me know about it!)

Special thanks this year go to the last five members mentioned--
Clark, Holl, Peterson, Snare, and Wolansky--for their constant
editorial contributions. Great work, guys!!! I can't thank you enough.


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