[stylist] Chapter Newsletters

Tue Sep 7 14:58:37 UTC 2010

you're welcome Jewel.
jc

At 11:20 PM 9/6/2010, you wrote:
>Thank you for the wonderful ideas! I am hoping to give the newsletter
>a new spin. Because our chapter president is so busy with legislative
>issues and chapter issues, she never had the time to do extras for the
>newsletter. Then she made a call for assistance with it, and I and the
>Vice President both volunteered. He often writes community concern
>articles, as he is a minister, and his additions to the newsletter are
>wonderful. I was asked to do member profiles and interviews of people
>in our city, then I was Guest Editor, and now I have been given this
>position, which I am so very proud of.
>
>I love the idea of "Name That member." That will be fun. And recipe of
>the month  sounds good...not just food recipes, perhaps, but also
>recipes for making crafts, Braille drawings, and homemade products
>like soap and lotion...I have some wonderful recipes for these things,
>as do some other members and people around the city.
>
>Again, thank you for the ideas. I'm sure this newsletter will grow
>into a great read!
>
>On 9/6/10, James H. "Jim" Canaday M.A. N6YR <n6yr at sunflower.com> wrote:
> > Hi Jewel,
> > my first advice is to  make sure your newsletter isn't just like
> > everybody else's!
> > our chapter doesn't have a newsletter.  we have an e-mail listserv.
> > but to make your newsletter different here are some ideas:
> > try to make your newsletter local by getting some local history of
> > blind people in your community, history of people with disabilities,
> > or history of perhaps how the government dealt with blind/disabled
> > people there.
> > member profile is a great idea.
> > sometimes in a newsletter you can do a different twist on member
> > profile: you can do "name that member" where  you might give some
> > little-known information, interests or history of a member and see
> > who names your member first.
> > again to make your newsletter local, get a story in each issue about
> > a blind person's experience walking somewhere, working somewhere,
> > eating somewhere, recreating somewhere, etc.  it would be a kind of a
> > review from blindness perspective.
> > you  also can include in your newsletter recipes, or jokes,
> > especially of local flavor.
> > if a blind person visits your community, have a talk with him or her
> > and put that in your newsletter.
> >
> > hope these ideas help.
> > jc
> >
> > At 05:48 PM 9/6/2010, you 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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>~Jewel
>Check out my blog about accessibility for the blind!
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