2007 APCUG Newsletter Contest
If you have a great newsletter, let’s show the world; it’s time for the APCUG
Annual Newsletter competition! September 1, 2007 is the date for you to start
submitting your newsletters for this competitive event. The procrastinators will
have until October 15, 2007 -- the deadline to get their entries in. Newsletters
will be judged in 3 different categories:
Small - under 100 members
Medium - 101 – 299 members
Large - 300+ members
Submit 3 of your newsletters in .pdf format to newsletters2007@apcug.net; if
your newsletters are on the web, you can submit the URL for each. If they are
password protected, please provide a password for access or hard copies. Mail
your hard copies to:
2007 APCUG Newsletter Contest
c/o Melvin Weekley
1951 47th Street #61
San Diego, CA 92102
Newsletter submittals must be received by e-mail or snail mail on or before
October 15, 2007.
The newsletter judging criteria is as follows:
User Group Information
(0 - 5 points each)
- Officers' name, position & contact info
- Website address
- Meeting location, address, time, directions
- Date, time, subject of next scheduled meeting
- Calendar / List of Events (board meetings, SIG meetings, general meeting)
- Promotes the UG, lists UG benefits, contains info on how to join the group
- Info on submitting an article / review, editor's deadline
Editorial Content
(0 - 5 points each)
- Newsletter is informative & useful
- Information is timely
- Articles or information contributed by officers or members
- Articles that can appeal to different levels of computer users
- Articles from other user group newsletters (giving author & group credit,
issue & date) or APCUG PUSH articles
- Review / recap of past meeting
Layout & Presentation
(0 - 5 points each)
- Look & layout is consistent from issue-to-issue
- Layout indicates attention to white space & page balance
- Has a Table of Contents
- Effective use of graphics and / or photos
- Consistent use of typeface (headings, subheadings, captions, articles)
- Newsletter is visually appealing and easy to read
Interesting newsletter
- (5 pts) Really great newsletter; topics of interest – I’d like to receive it
each month
- (4 pts) Interesting newsletter – I could read another issue or recommend it
to others
- (3 pts) Well done; I could see others finding this newsletter useful
- (2 pts) Good, but probably don’t need to read another issue
- (1 pt) Good for purpose
The results of the competition will be announced at the APCUG’s Annual
Convention, January 3 – 6, 2008 in Las Vegas; you do not need to be present to
win. After the conference, the results will be posted on http://www.apcug.net/
and sent out via NOOZ and Reports. All winners will receive a Certificate of
Participation; 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners will receive plaques as well as
the appropriate 2007 contest logos for the web and newsletters to use on the
group’s newsletter or website.
Don’t miss this great opportunity to get some recognition for your group.