Upcoming Change In Newsletter Distribution

Hello all,


Starting with the next jam notification e-mail, the newsletter will not be contained within.


We're not going Cold Turkey here, I will still be sending a jam date reminder, along with a link to the blog.


I would hope that people still find my newsletters entertaining enough to continue reading on the blog site (I know I do). However, we're finding that more and more things are going onto the blog that people never know about.


We'd like you to get in the habit of checking in occasionally.


There are other reasons for this as well. 


Co-hosts Bill and A J want to be able to leave comments and know that people will see them in a timely fashion.


To this end, we've added a "Recent Comments" section on the sidebar - hopefully, making it more enticing for all to comment to the group, knowing that their comments won't languish in obscurity.


There is also now a General Discussion Board where comments can go, and remain easily accessible to all at a later date - find it under "Links".


Most importantly, for the near future, it won't be necessary to have a Google account to leave comments. Comments will still be moderated, with a word verification for spam reduction, and all must be signed (first name only please, no URL - under "Name / URL" in the "Comment As' pull=down menu).


Additionally, there is also now a (sometimes) working "Search The Blog" function, so you can find out who said or sung what - and when.


Also, an expanded "Links" page and a "Jam Calendar" (updated for all of 2010!) are available on the Bluegrass & Beyond NYC Web Site - with links from the Blog.


I will still e-mail occasionally with time-sensitive items about special events, etc. - but I would like most everything else to happen on the Blog and Web Sites. 


We're also going to be doing some photography and recording during some jams in the new year - not too fancy, but enough to give people who come to the Web Site an idea of what goes on every second Monday at Paddy's.






Dave Comins
www.bluegrassandbeyondnyc.com