NEWSLETTERS!!!

[Benjamin Richards]

Are the Newsletter archives searchable in any fashion?

Unfortunately, no. A manual search is required.

At the very least, the text is searchable once the file is opened. So you can use Ctrl+F to find things, you don't have to read every word. A few years back I led an effort to add searchable text to the older scanned issues that lacked it. The embedded, computer-generated text in those scans is not 100% accurate but it should be "close enough" to find subjects of interest.

[Graham Buxton]

Ed, are the Newsletter archives searchable in any fashion, or does one have to look at each issue one by one to find something?

One could download all the newsletters to their local system, then perform searches locally.

[John McNamara]

One could download all the newsletters to their local system, then perform searches locally.

Some of the newsletters are just scans.

[Ed Lecuyer]

Some of the newsletters are just scans.

ALL of the Newsletters have been OCR'd (optical character recognition) so that they can be searched and even copied/pasted from. As Ben noted, he helped get that project done and it has been extremely valuable for a variety of reasons.

[Ed Lecuyer]

November / December Newsletter is posted at: https://wwfry.org/newsletters/ (4-digit code required as password.)

It's a special 16-page issue highlighting the WW&F most important assets.

[Ed Lecuyer]

January / February Newsletter is posted at: https://wwfry.org/newsletters/ (4-digit code required as password.)

[Ed Lecuyer]

March / April 2025 Newsletter is posted at: https://wwfry.org/newsletters/ (4-digit code required as password.)

[Ed Lecuyer]

May / June 2025 Newsletter is posted at: https://wwfry.org/newsletters/ (4-digit code required as password.)

[Ed Lecuyer]

July / Aug 2025 Newsletter is posted at: https://wwfry.org/newsletters/ (4-digit code required as password.)
The PDF will be emailed to all members sometime this evening (hopefully.)

[Ed Lecuyer]

The Sept/ Oct 2025 Newsletter is posted at: https://wwfry.org/newsletters/ (4-digit code required as password.)
The PDF will be emailed to all members sometime next week (as I am travelling right now.)
Also, the cover image for the newsletter will be added to the Newsletters page at that time.

[Ed Lecuyer]

Note that the Sept/Oct. Newsletter was emailed to all known WW&F Member email addresses on 9/12/2025.
It has been reported that it may have been detected as spam. Please check your Spam folder if you did not receive the Newsletter (and please report it as "Not Spam").