masthead banner “Newsletter of The 1805 Club North American Contingent” and were only distributed to North American members, and officers and members of council. KA4 (June 2002) was the first “club edition” and contained an introduction in the first “Chairman’s Dispatch” by then Chairman Colin White. Assistant Editor P. Dalton first appeared on the credit line on page one in issue KA5 (October 2002) although they had been involved before then. KA6 (February 2003) contained the first use of colour when a two colour blue background was added to the masthead. KA10 was notable in that it contained the first colour photos including a wonderful portrait of immediate past Chairman Colin White receiving a crystal ship’s decanter from incoming Chairman Peter Warwick. KA11 saw another benchmark when the full colour 1805 Club crest was incorporated into the masthead. ‘P&P’ were involved in all these developments, instigating some, and helping raise the standard of excellence for our small publication. Importantly, in addition to their keen technical and professional abilities, they were personable, collegial, easy to work with and ‘unflappable’ under fire (in fact, the very antithesis of the stereotypical curmudgeonly editor). And so it went, with our goal of making each new issue better than the issue before. Over time, as the membership and activities of the club grew, the KA kept pace in length and complexity. What also grew was our admiration, appreciation and affection for our editorial partners. In 2008 Paul and Pen expressed a desire to withdraw from the increasingly time-consuming involvement with the Kedge Anchor to spend more time with family and meet other commitments. They formally set their retirement date for Spring, 2010 and their tenure concluded with the publication of their last KA (KA27) in April of this year. The 1805 Club (and especially your US editors ) owe a huge debt to Paul and Penny for their incomparable and consummate service as co-editors over these past years; and Dana and I owe them for their support and friendship during the same period. Their departure will leave a huge void that we and new UK editor (and 1805 Club Vice-President) Ken Flemming will strive to fill. They will be missed. Let’s raise our cups in tribute… RBM Despite an editor’s pulpit, it’s not often that I feel the need to rise from a desk overflowing with correspondence, stacks of papers, books, and unfinished projects to address the readership. Editors are best ‘neither seen nor heard,’ but the recent departure of “P&P, hereabouts aka The Dalton gang” considerably diminishes my normal reticence. A ‘TOAST’ TO A SUCCESSFUL COLLABORATION The Oxford English Dictionary adds no refinements when it defines “collaboration” as: “the action of working with someone to produce something. Unfortunately, the mere act of working together is not always successful; nor is the product it produces. Many have written about the formulas, rules and guidelines to establish a successful collaboration (communication, shared vision, honesty, mutual respect, etc.); but, human nature being what it is, it is easier to write about it than actually engage in it. P. Dalton (the original, collective ‘nom de querre’ for Paul and Penny Dalton) began duties as assistant editor in June 2002 (commencing with issue KA4—the first “club issue”) when she/he/they accepted the post as UK editors. Initially, their responsibility was focused on the printing and distribution of the Kedge Anchor to the membership everywhere but in North America and the Caribbean. In the first few issues we resolved problems and exchanged notes, suggestions and editions. It became clear that Paul and Pen were not only adept at this “newsletter stuff,” but they had keen eyes, a professional approach and a bag full of tools and tricks that in some ways exceeded my own. Paul was the adviser/consultant/ photographer. Pen was the techie, a photoshop guru, comfortable with the myriad details of each issue. They were quickly promoted to full-fledged co-editors with additional responsibilities for content and the technical side of pre-production. During the nine years they shared the helm with Dana and I, they were instrumental in helping to create twenty-four (24) issues of The Kedge Anchor. Simple statistics, while interesting, only start to convey the amount of effort they put in as “working editors.” Those twenty-four issues contained: 538 pages of text and graphics including 190 colour photographs; 330 black and white photographs, illustrations and drawings, and “271 book notes.” When you consider that for each issue they were: (1) taking, preparing and processing most of the photographs; (2) writing articles, other text, and the occasional “book note;” (3) re-formatting and re-setting the US 8-1/2” x 11” master into the A4 UK format, (4) performing additional proofreading; (5) dealing with the vagaries of printers and printing, and (6) stuffing the issue into envelopes, labeling them and getting them mailed; then you can begin to appreciate the true measure of their accomplishments. It aint’t easy. In reviewing a few of the benchmarks you will note that KA issues #1-3 (May to February 2001) all appear bearing the From the Editor’s Desk A favourite photo. An “editorial” summit with our counterparts. Dana and I with Paul and Pen at the Trafalgar Dinner at Newhouse on Saturday, 18 October 2008. Photo by Richard Endsor
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