One problem is the the new Editor, and she has been honest enough to admit it, knows little about this hobby. She took over the editorship in a difficult situation, the magazine being out of print and having three editors in a short period of time. Had she taken over directly from Paul Freshney, she would have probably found the magazine in a much better state.
The danger is that Lindsey could be vulnerable to suggestions from people with a personal and possibly limited agenda to promote. You know, the person who criticizes the lack of the only topic they are interested in, maybe offering the fill the magazine with their contributions on this topic. Then there are folks who would be tempted to "recycle" items relying on the Editors ignorance of what has gone before. Fortunately only one repeat of a previously published item has occurred, which in the confused state the editor inherited the magazine was understandable, but not by the authors failure to point this out.
With any magazine which tries to cover a subject that has many different aspects, there is bound to be issues which contain little, if any, of direct interest to you. You may even be able to question the relevance of some items, but "pushing the envelope" can be a good thing (but not, I agree, going way outside it).
Overall, I find Lindsey's editorship skills to be good, the one item of mine she has published so far was given a few "tweeks" which improved it. I have every confidence that she will heed constructive advise and not be swayed by biased, maybe even bigoted, comments to produce a balanced magazine content. I don't expect every issue to be perfect but, one or two two interesting items plus one that really helps me in this hobby is good enough.
Now to figure out what to build over the Christmas and Covid period....
Glynn Guest
P.S Tug Fanatic I didn't withdraw from the magazine but made the fatal error of assuming that a previous editor could distinguish between constructive comments and personal criticism. The current editor now has a lot of my stuff if she can find space for it.