American Women's Club of Hamburg Currents Magazine January 2014

EDITORIAL M essage from the Executive Editor Dear Members, Welcome to the first issue of Currents designed specifically for a digital format! First of all, I’d like to say how completely overwhelmed I’ve been with submissions, ideas and support from all of you! This month’s issue is HUGE and includes information from many different (and even some brand new) contributors. I almost couldn’t fit everyone’s photo on the contributor page! Thank you for supporting Currents, and I hope that you’ll continue to read and contribute to our club’s beloved magazine. This digital edition comes with some big changes. We’ve incorporated color elements into the layout and included plenty of beautiful, color photos throughout. We’ve also increased the size of the text to make it easier to read on your computer screen or moblie device. You may have also noticed that there is no message from the next Content Editor in this issue. This will be the last issue that utilizes Content Editors (and what a fantastic job Pat and Jenny have done to wrap up the “era” of Content Editors for Currents... this issue has turned out beautifully). The Currents Brainstorming Meeting in November produced plenty of great ideas, and we’re going to start implementing many of them next month. To start with, Currents is going to go back to being a monthly publication! Thanks to our new, digital format, we are no longer bound by page restrictions and printer/post office timelines, so we will begin producing a shorter, more timely, digital magazine for our members each month starting in February. To accomplish all of this without Content Editors, we need volunteers willing to contribute on a regular basis to provide us with various “columns” or “sections” on specific topics. This could be you! If you enjoy writing and/or taking photos, and can contribute ½ - 1 page of content (made up of text and/or photos) on a particular topic at least 4 times per year, we’d love to have you join our staff as a Topic Editor or photographer! As of right now, we already have the following Topic Editors for Currents (and a big thank you goes to): Cat C. - Tech Editor Becky T. – Film Editor Elizabeth R. - Opera Editor Karen M. – Fashion Editor Shawn K. – Club Activities Editor Tracy M. – FAWCO Editor Ulrike H. – Fine Arts Editor We’re still interested in finding additional Topic Editors. Our Brainstorming Meeting produced a number of topics that we thought might be of interest to club members including: Membership News, Kids and Family, Markets and Fairs around Hamburg, Travel, Music, DIY/Crafts, Theater, and Food. If any of these topi

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