Roxana, This is the most appropriate day to have brought this fantastic creation to light! You've brought the Pound society to life as well. I look forward to hearing the many voices you've called up (truly a nekuia, as we've been dwelling as ghosts). May the wind fill your sails! Margaret On 5/11/2014 12:32 PM, Roxana Preda 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 > >