Hi Matt

Not sure I see the point of exercising your copyright here. Prior to publishing it the author owns it and can send it to as many places that they want. Now it seems to me that you want to catch people when they are paying attention and capture their imagination for your particular class and race. People are paying attention during and shortly after the event. A hard copy publication that is a few months out.. well old news... is often no news. Does the philosophy, " hey.. its ours we want first dibs on publishing it", serve a valid goal. For instance, is the HOtline a separate subscription item or is it part of the membership dues? (I thought it came with dues) I would think that you would be better off publishing your stories on the web site ASAPractical to leverage interest and later on assembling the permanent record.

BTW, Much of what appears in catsailor was posted electronically well before hand.. I still want the magazine and I still read articles that I have seen before.

Just my two cents!
Take Care
Mark