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I don't normally have time to post to this forum. The job of newsletter editor and attempting the job of webmaster sort of limits your time to catch up on other things. Which brings me to my problem (please forgive me if this is not the correct place to post this)... I forgot to send in the application for the newsletter editor contest. Is this a terrible thing which will cause me great reprimands and horrendous embarrassment? If I send in my contest application now, is it too late? Is there some way us editors can submit a "blanket" contest form to cover all future years? Then when we don't choose to participate in the contest, we can just not submit our newsletters to the judging staff. I do hope the judges that be will allow me to recover from this oversight. Thanks in advance for any advice on this... June

Once again I am scrambling this year to find the Editor's contest form to send in so that our club can be entered in the newsletter contest. This is just an idea, but what about having this form available online so that we could just fill in the blanks and e-mail it to Jeanne? [color:"brown"]

Thanks to Peter, we now have something concrete in the way of names and addresses to send our newsletters for judging. However, I too have the same questions as posted above regarding the AACA President and the two Smiths (they have seperate PO Boxes, so maybe they don't read each others mail???). I will be printing out my newsletter next week. 'Am doing extra duty right now regarding the newsletter cutoff of members in our region who haven't paid their dues, restructuring the advertisers... among other end of year newsletter issues. 'Would like to seek closure on the "official" newsletter judge contact information. Thanks in advance, June

As a follow-up to the idea of an "editor's get together" during the Philadelphia experience... how about Thursday night, 7pm in the 3rd floor lobby (or alternate 2nd floor lobby), while the Director's reception is going on? The Director's reception is mostly a "pass through"... it's not something you need to spend the entire night doing. The Editors Get Together would/could allow the editors some "face time" with one another. I know we all spend a great deal of time and talents on our newsletters. Just being with others with the same issues/hurdles, could be such a "shot in the arm" to most of us. Anyone have any further thoughts out there? June

Is everyone here going to experience Philadelphia this February? If so, can we as editors have a "get together" or some sort of meeting place before the formal Editor's Seminar? It could be fun. I would like to do some info swapping.

This is the first time I've posted to this forum and am seeking advice. I have a number of contributors to our monthly newsletter, The Antique Expression (Houston, TX), and am having a hard time organizing all the input I receive "on the fly". I'm not that organized in life anyway, and everyone seems to throw all sorts of noteworthy items for the newsletter at me via e-mail (which is easy to organize), at club meetings and at social functions. I've tried having a folder, but then I lose that and I end up with several folders. So far, I've messed up once (that I know of) and have been *accused* of messing up a couple of times, but look at my username... how could that be? Anyway, I sure could use some tips on how y'all organize your contributors' articles of interest for the newsletter. Thanks in advance, June June Peterson-Crane

June Peterson, editor<BR>perfect1@industryinet.com<BR>Gulf Coast Region, Houston, Texas<BR>Antique Expression