Summer Holidays and Editing

Every year now for the past 20 (yes .. I can count exactly because that was the year of my first daughter’s birth) we’ve been coming as a family to Mara Lake .. one of the Schuswap Lakes located near Sicamoose, British Columbia, Canada.  We can always count on hot weather (+35), sunshine, warm breezes, and the lake. 

This year, aside from enjoying my family … the highlight for me …. I also get to enjoy the adventure of editing 20 chapters which comprise the new Canadian Fundraising Textbook.  I have the honour and adventure, of serving as the Editor for this first-ever textook in Canada, an anthology of outstanding Canadian authors.  They include: Ken Wyman, Dianne Lister, Pearl Veenema, Peter McKinley, Nick Jaffer, Steven Thomas, Hala Bissada, Harvey McKinnon, Tony Myers, Nicholas Offord, Lorna Somers, Richard Walker, Mike Johnston, Leslie Weir, Luce Moreau, Andrea Mcmanus, Terry Mercer, Tania Brandstrom, Pat Hardy, and yours truly.  This is an incredible journey for me professionally, and Ihave to admit to feeling a bit ‘historical’ as we as a collective work to produce Canada’s first comprehensive textbook on the the body of fundraising knowledge.  An adventure.  A legacy.  A milestone.  A thrill.  Stay tuned to the blog here as I keep you updated on the journey.

So far, the authors have each had to submit their initial chapters (it’s a bit like herding cats .. some meet their deadlines …others don’t).  The writing is excellent so far, and I’m enjoying reading adding my comments from a context, content, and logic-flow perspective. 

Kudos to Civil Sector Press (Jim Hilborn’s group out of Toronto) for stepping forward as the Publisher for this milestone piece. 

That’s it for tonight.  Think of me slaving away by the lake .. pen in one hand and a beer in the other.