The Editorial
By Scot Rhoads
Pagans of Limited Means
Though this title may seem to rule out very few Pagans, it refers only to those who have written to us asking for free subscription. So far these have all been convicts. While I would like to provide NMR to everyone for free, our means are limited and I have been unwilling to get into this at any scale. It seems a shame, though, so I am approaching our readers with a proposal:
Anyone who would like to provide someone with a free subscription can send us a donation (please state what it is for!). For every $8 we receive, we will give a year's subscription to someone who has requested one. It will be a first come, first served basis, except that those who send in a full $8 can name a person they would like to receive the subscription. For now, we will not limit this offer to prisoners, but since this is wide open to abuse we'll have to see how it goes.
BBS & APA
Yes! The BBS is up and running for real!
The conferences are functional and there are some files available to down-load. Please call! We need to get some activity to get things rolling. We also have plans for adding more files and some interesting Doors games (and removing many bugs!), but that will have to wait till I'm done with this issue. I hope those of you with modems will give us a call at:
(619) 466-5403
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My personal interest in BBS's is the easy exchange of information. That is the inspiration of this magazine, but it is much easier to achieve on a BBS. I talked about this way back in volume 2, number 2 of our magazine. Since then, I have learned about an interesting compromise between the impersonality of a magazine and the expense of a BBS. It's the Amateur Press Association, or APA."
An APA is a magazine (of sorts) written by its subscribers. Each member prints copies of a zine, numbering a few more than the total APA membership. The zine consists of comments to members about the last issue and their own articles or ramblings or art or news-clips or whatever. They mail these copies to an editor who collates all the different zines (unedited) into books and mails them back out. Each member ends up with one copy of their own piece stapled together with a copy of each other member's zine. There are also details like mailing fees and minimum contributions, etc.
The effect is like a very slow BBS. There is an open exchange of ideas and anyone can jump in to add to a conversation. It can be a blast.
There is one Pagan APA I know (yes, I'm a member). If you would like to see a copy and perhaps become a member yourself, send a buck or two for postage to: PAPA, Rita Prince Winston, 548-3 S. Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291.
There is also an annual directory of APA's called the New Moon Directory. I expect copies are still available for $3.75 Eric Watts, 346 Carpenter Dr. #51, Atlanta, GA 30328-5030. The contact for the Tarot APA is probably in there, which is the only other remotely metaphysical APA I've heard about so far.
Heinous Gaffe
I have to apologize for a grievous editing mistake in the last issue. For no good reason (though I did have a reason) I changed virtual money to accounting money in Antero Alli's The New Virtual Economy. While this better satisfied the economist in me, it compromised the author's intent and I shouldn't have made that change.
The burden of many responsibilities often results in a ponderous list of errata. My thanks to all those who bear with me and who understand that I am conscientiously working as hard as I can to fulfill my tasks.
Blessed Be | 
