This may not be the best place to post this, but I thought I would try on our forum.
One thing the flightgear project has perpetually lacked is a newsletter. We tried to get something going once or twice, but the effort always fizzled out before anything was actually published. There is so much development effort, both with the source code as well as addition of new aircraft, livreys, scenery, 3d models, etc. that we have *tons* of great and interesting material for a newsletter.
All we need is a volunteer or two to assemble a few articles on a regular basis. This can be some work, but if we did this every month, we could keep it short and sweet ... maybe 4-6 pages max ... probably with several pictures taking up some of that space. I could imagine some regular features ... perhaps highlighting some of the best aircraft and scenery that have been released or significantly updated in the last month. We could have a report on any of the multiplayer events. If cool new code features are introduced we could talk about that. We could include tutorials on complex or slightly confusing features. We could even nic stuff out of the wiki if we got desperate.
There would probably be a bit of work initially to come up with a decent newsletter layout, but I'm sure we could find suitable templates as a good starting point.
Is there anyone out there that's looking for a way to contribute to the project, but who isn't perhaps a coder or an artist ... someone who is hopefully able to commit to building some newsletter momentum? I think this would be a great way to promote FlightGear and highlight some interesting features or capabilities or fun things to try that most people might not be aware of yet.
Thanks,
Curt.