[stylist] Chapter Newsletters

[helene ryles]

congratulations on getting this  job. i wish you the best of luck.

i would advice you to keep your articles varied. it is a good idea to
interview people especially other blind people  for this newspread of
yours.
sorry don't have more advice but i wish you luck anyway from helene

On 06/09/2010, Jewel S. <herekittykat2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> My local chapter's president has given the newsletter over into my
> hands. She will still be Editor-in-Chief, but it is my job to either
> outsource reports to toher members or write the reports myself. For
> example, I'll be writing an article for the newsletter giving a brief
> history of White Cane Safety Month, but will be asking our Vice
> President to write the report on last month's Member Drive, since I
> was not present. After I write and/or collect the written articles, I
> send it to the presient/editor-in-chief for review and she passes it
> on for e-mail distribution and printing in large print or Braille for
> those who don't have computers.
>
> So the first point of this e-mail was to share with you all the
> priveledge I have been given in being assigned as editor and
> coordinator of the newsletter. I'm really excited about it. She had me
> do one newsletter as a Guest Editor, because she was super busy with
> legislative work and homeschooling her daughter, and obviously she was
> impressed with my work, since she has permanently assigned me to it!
>
> The second reason I have written on this topic is to ask advice on
> writing a newsletter. Are there any guidelines out there for me to
> consider? What sorts of things should I put in the newsletter to spice
> it up? This month I can put the brief history fo White Cane Safety
> Month in there, and that'll be a nice addition to the otherwise
> report-only newsletter, but I'd like to be able to add this bit of
> spice each month. The Editor-in-Chief has asked that I not put
> detailed reports on legislative issues, as there is a seperate mailing
> list for that information, so writing articles about local legal
> issues is out. The newsletter is for all members from all sorts of
> backgrounds, so I feel it would be inappropriate to write about
> something specific to a sub-grup, such as students or the newly
> blinded. I have done a Member Profile in the past on a member who,
> though a well-educated doctor with a lot to say, was very quiet in
> meetings. I did an interview with him and wrote the report off of my
> notes. The member rprofile was a great success, and I hope to do
> another on another member, but it requires that I interview the
> person, and people aren't always available for interview in time for
> it to be put in the newsletter.
>
> Does anyone have some suggestions about simple but effective additions
> to the newsletter to make it more interesting to the members of our
> chapter?
> --
> Thank you guys for being here to ask! I love this list!
>
> ~Jewel
> Check out my blog about accessibility for the blind!
> Treasure Chest for the Blind: http://blindtreasurechest.blogspot.com
>
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