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Grex Writing Item 14: Newsletters
Entered by ecl on Mon Oct 14 05:58:28 UTC 1991:

Newsletters.

I have recently been elected newsletter editor for MACRO
(Michigan Amiga Computer Resource Organization).

I have done 2 disk based newsletters so far.
I now have to do a traditional paper based newsletter.
This is something I have never done before.
And I would very much appreciate any hints, tips, or suggestions anyone
might have.

Also this Item can be used for general newsletter discussions, producing
them , reading them and anything else related.

8 responses total.

#1 of 8 by danr on Mon Oct 14 11:07:04 1991:

I do several newsletter:  the ARROW ham radio club, the American
Society for Test Engineers (ASTE), and one of my own --OnTour, the
Newsletter for Bicycle Tourists.

The biggest problem I  have is getting people to submit articles for
them.  I haven't produced an ASTE newsletter for about six months, for
example, because noone has submitted anything.  You can't write the
whole thing yourself month after month.

Another problem I have is getting good clipart.  Of course, getting
computer clip art might be easier than for bicycle touring.  At any
rate, it's a good idea to mix figures and text.  Pages of plain text
is hard to read.

If you'd like to come over some time, I'll show you the newsletters
I've done.

#2 of 8 by ecl on Wed Oct 16 04:42:16 1991:

How do you handle advertizing ?

#3 of 8 by danr on Wed Oct 16 16:36:06 1991:

The only one that has any kind of advertising is the ARROW newsletter,
and that is only free-of-charge ads for members.

#4 of 8 by glenda on Thu Oct 17 21:15:21 1991:

Dan, if you have trouble finding clip art for bicycle touring, try finding it
for the Middle Ages.  I edit the newsletter for the local SCA group and use
clip art to fill in holes and on the cover.  Dover Press does have some good
books, but not enough diversity.

I agree that getting people to submit articles is the hardest part of doing a
newsletter.  I thank all the gods that I have a calender and business meeting
minutes to print every month.  If I didn't there would be a lot of months that
would have no newsletter.

#5 of 8 by ecl on Sun Oct 20 23:07:46 1991:

Where is the place to pickup dover press clip art books ?
I've seen a few around, but none that meet my needs.

#6 of 8 by danr on Sun Oct 20 23:45:39 1991:

I don't know about Dover Press books, but Borders has a big selection
of clip art books.

#7 of 8 by glenda on Mon Oct 21 13:38:56 1991:

There is an Art Supply shop in Briarwood that has a lot of the Dover Press
clip art books, as well as a lot of others.  I was recently told that Walden
Books has a particular book for my uses, so I assume that they probably have
others as well.

#8 of 8 by ecl on Mon Oct 21 17:35:07 1991:

If you are refereing to Creative World, I went to the mall to go there
a couple of months ago, and found a blank wall where their store should
have been.

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