Dear Roxana, I'm currently chin-deep marking final papers and exams, but I couldn't resist checking in. Nicely done! Perhaps we can have a real conversation at some point very soon -- Michael On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 3:32 PM, Roxana Preda <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Ezra Pound Society Bulletin no. 5, May 11, 2014 > > Dear friends, > > Since I took over the running of this society of ours last year, I have > been talking to you about the desirability of a website and a newsletter > for our society. > > At some point I realized that the best thing would be to launch them > together. They are ready now and the time has come to show you what I have > been working on for the past few months. > > I must confess that I?ve been rather ambitious for our society ? other > literary organisations have websites, but none, so far as I know, is > interactive, like ours. > > All the other societies have newsletters, but none so far as I know, is > multimedia. In fact, the quality of contributions I received for the first > issue have prompted me to change its status to ?little magazine?. If you > care to register on the site to read the little mag, I think you will agree > with me. It is called Make It New. > > The magazine, as well as my proposals for society projects are closed to > the wider public and open just to members. You will see that the table of > contents of the little mag is open access. But in order to actually read > it, you?ll have to register. > > At this point this website is our society home. It is a house with a lot > of empty rooms waiting for your contributions and improvements. I have > provided just the minimum content, or a few placeholders. Ideally it should > become a place where we are comfortable to return ? to adorn and enrich it > as every loving homeowner does. > > The society is now initiating another way of gaining and cultivating > membership. In the past, members were the subscribers to Paideuma, a model > common to other literary societies as well. > > While we would certainly urge Pound scholars to maintain their > subscriptions to the journal, I think that another model, with a low-cost > subscription would be an incentive for more people to become members. The > society financial goals are as ever, to have a money foundation for the > awards. Then, if there is anything left, the society could initiate and > carry out a number of projects, which are described on the website. It > could also ideally offer some help to deserving postgraduate students (a > modest subvention of conference travel costs comes to mind in that respect). > > Finally > Like anything that is new, the website might not always perform smoothly > or be the same for everyone in every circumstance. We are now testing, > experimenting. You have to make allowances for my new role as web designer/ > administrator. If you have problems or suggestions, don?t shoot, just drop > me an email or simply offer your help, it will be welcome. > > As to the magazine ? when you see the pilot issue, you will have a better > idea of what it can do for us. Justin Kishbaugh will run it as a managing > editor and Barry Ahearn and I will be in the wings to look kindly over his > shoulder. We plan to do more reviewing, especially the publications of the > last two years. If you?d rather start smaller and provide a chapter or > article summary, this is welcome too. Just get in touch. > > This is a cordial invitation to you all to become members of a changed > Ezra Pound Society ? with new presence and visibility, improved means of > communication, and a unique chance for us to work together. > > Just go to http://www.ezrapoundsociety.org > > With all my best, > Roxana > > > -- > The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in > Scotland, with registration number SC005336. >