Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 21:52:51 -0800 (PST) To: csac-updates@csac.org Avalanche Center Update Auction Enters the final week New Newsletter/e-zine to Debut in December New Quiz/Checklist - Are you ready for winter? Auction Our third annual fundraising auction is now in its final week, with bidding on items closing at various times throughout the day Dec 5. After an initial flurry of activity the american Thanksgiving holiday always distracts everyone. The final week is usually the most active, and new items have been added recently as well. So check it out! We are now offering "grab-bags" on short-term bidding of 2 days or so. These are somewhat random collections of small items which are useful for yourself or for stocking stuffers. The front auction page has also been reorganized to list items by rough categories, with links to the bidding. This is one of our major fundraising activities for the season and your participation will help us continue our avalanche safety and education programs. New Newsletter/E-zine to Debut One of our new projects for this year will be to issue an electronic "magazine" periodically. Our goal for this season is three issues, mid-December, mid-February and mid-April. This will be issued in Adobe pdf format with an emphasis on general interest and applied articles. Our "editorial board" is small and still emerging but we are making a strong effort to maintain an international flavor to this new endeavor. We will have more on this in the next update, at which point we hope to have materials for the December issue and to be in the "production" stage of preparing the final version. One thing that has not been decided yet is the title. Suggestions are welcome, and if we use yours we'll send you a free CSAC shirt. ("Avalanche Review" is in use for the newsletter of the american professionals association and "Avalanche News" is used for an occassional newsletter of the Canadian Association. Don't suggest these!) Are you Ready for Winter? Our latest "quiz" is really more of a checklist, but it is a good ten-question review to check out before you head into the backcountry this season. Follow the "Quiz Yourself" link at the top of the Education Center page, or check on the home page where we will be adding a link this evening. Best wishes to all for a safe winter! -- *********************************************************** Cyberspace Snow and Avalanche Center (CSAC) 131 NW 4th St Suite 397, Corvallis OR 97330 #343 - 3495 Cambie St, Vancouver BC V5Z 4R3 (877) 457-0913 (530) 509-7840 Fax http://www.csac.org snow@csac.org ***********************************************************