Is it worth it to make a new attempt at a Soakerdom-wide newsletter? I know they have all failed miserably in the past, except maybe ANN, which I don't know too much about.

If we made a new newsletter, it would be from an impartial position covering all of the community. It would have a NY Times-like format with important things going on as the headlines, exactly like a real newspaper. This would be a great opportunity to put new sites in the spotlight, get important messages around soakerdom [like reset your SSC password], keep people up to date on the happenings of the major companies, and keep up interest in the soaking community.

I think a Soakerdom-wide neswletter would be a great idea. It needs to be well thought however, and should be written and composed by five or six people one or two from each forum. I think this would be help to expand and strengthen the community.

I was thinking of using a real newspaper format. The frontpage headlines would read, for example: "iSoaker to update Galleries" , "Wild Boys releases new site" , "SSCentral switches hosts" , and etc. There would be a few sections, like:

A section for Hasbro/BBT related news
A section for Tech news
A section for soaker reviews [new reviews each issue]
A section for articles [Opinions]
A section for speculation and previews on new sites

Of course there would be at least 2 editors and an array of "reporters." We need to find people that are interested in helping out, and a name for this newsletter.

I volunteer to write some stuff for it! Lol, could we putr an article for my new site? I've got an article on my site for a homemade powerpack, we could put that in.

I really want this newsletter to become a reality, so don't let the idea die while I'm on my trip! Soak on! B)

Lol, the idea isn't dead, just not talked about as much, so start talking people!

This could have been the dullest summer in years. I think this winter will actually see more activity across soakerdom than there is now. So maybe then there will be more attention paid to the newsletter? The first issue will be early next year, so there's no rush. B)

wow, I was thinking it would be like every month...

It probably will be monthly, but it won't start until next Winter or Spring. There's no staff for it yet, and nothing written! It will take a while for the newsletter to come together.

Ok, that also gives time for Wild boys and I to work on our site.

That's good, by then I might be able to help. I'm learning HTML in school, and might be able to get another site up.

Go for it. We need more soaker sites. (not being sarcastic) If we had more sites, it would attract more people to the community, which would in turn make their own sites, and attract more people. lol It's the water cycle.

After learning HTML, I would recommend reading up on XHTML, CSS, and PHP, but at the very least CSS. By having the style of your site contained in one file, it can save you sooo much time if you make a sitewide change in layout or appearance.

Good point...In fact I think I'll do that on SSN.