With key staff leaving the project and an increasing lack of communication and updates from the editor it was becoming obvious what was coming. Last night Rich posted that he was bowing out as editor for Safezone Magazine and that unless there are serious offers to keep the project afloat the magazine will cease to exist:
While the past twelve months have been both rewarding and challenging for Safezone Magazine, I feel unable – mainly due to personal circumstances and other interests, to continue to run SZM with the dedication and zest it deserves. In short, I am bowing out. Rest assured that all outstanding orders will be fulfilled and debts honoured.
However, rather than let a viable project die I am inviting offers from interested parties who may consider taking on SZM. If you feel you have the necessary dedication to produce and manage your own magazine, please write to me at the address in the Contact section postal letters only by Friday 8th April 2005 with your proposal.
If I have not recieved what I consider to be a sensible, viable plan by this date I will close down SZM permanently. All subscribers will have their cash refunded after we cross this point.
I would rather shut down Safezone Magazine and lose money than see it run by money men.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone involved in the project, from those who have helped produce the magazine to you, our readers. I have made some good friends and had a fantastic time.
I would like to thank Paul Eden and Alex King in particular for their devotion to the project. It is a little known fact that if it weren’t for Alex there never would have been a first issue.
Many thanks, Rich Tornambe, (Editor, Safezone Magazine)
Love it or hate it, it’ll be a shame to see the end of Safezone Magazine after getting to where it has. Magazines that provide material to the masses and help advertise the sport all help to publicise Airsoft and give it the public face that the industry needs.
In other news the World Championships that Safezone were going to host look to have been passed over to Impact Magazine:
Impact in association with Stirling services will be hosting the first world championships this year. The event will be held in November (date TBA), entry fee’s are 50 per team – please min 4 players max 8. Contact matt@stirlingservices.com for a booking form.
I’m lead to believe that there were a number of exhibition spaces sold at the event, can the retailers that had booked a table please contact (paul@airsoftimpact.com).
The prizes are to be confirmed however it will be a mixture of cash and gear along with trophies, spot prizes and giveaways
cheers,
Paul, (Impact Magazine)
