P3D Re: Whither Stereoscopy?

[WHMoll@xxxxxxx]

As perhaps the only former Stereoscopy Editor (after Gordon) on this list, I 
feel compelled to throw in a few comments.

Getting a suitable issue out was a major task, even ignoring the production 
and mailing aspects.  The difficulty was producing a 32p. magazine which was 
more than just a collection of reprints of the country magazines.

About 1/2 of the articles that I published in my one year [1+  calendar years 
since I was always behind :-(  ], were reprints of especially good articles 
from limited distribution or non-English magazines.  I had the invaluable 
assistance of the French and Sidney stereo societies and Paul Milligan to get 
out the material.  Without Paul, the issues would have never been produced.  
About 1/4 of the pages were Society news and applications.  The other 1/4th 
was original contributions (with Paul's help once again).  Many required 
heavy editing because of style or length, but had useful and interesting 
content.

This was all before general availability of access to the Internet, which 
really changes lots of things for publications, as discusssed recently on 
this list.

At the time, I was working 5 days out of town and also editing a monthly 
bicycle magazine.  I resigned from both editing jobs to maintain/regain my 
sanity.  With a reduction in my other workloads I would probably volunteer 
again, despite the efforts required.  I met a lot of 3D people from around 
the world and learned a lot, which is what the ISU is all about.

Bill Moll