NEWSLETTER
October 2003
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Publishing
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NEWSLETTER October 2003 |
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Grammar training suggested for Lake Tahoe meeting
PubSIG member LaRae Donnellan of Florida has suggested that we hold an advanced grammar training session at the ACE annual meeting in Lake Tahoe next summer. What a great idea! Thanks, LaRae!
The grammar training offered in Asilomar, CA, a few years ago was outstanding - very helpful and loads of fun to boot. So we'll be looking into having one at our next conference too.
*** If you have any other ideas for publishing workshops for the ACE conference, please send them in a reply to this e-mail. Thanks!
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Welcome to our new members!
We send a spirited howdy to our new SIG members, all from the North Country:
Mary Ann Reese
University of Idaho
College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
P.O. Box 442332
Moscow, ID 83844-2332
mreese@uidaho.edu
Serena Hoffman
Professor
Bloomsburg University
330 Catherine St.
Bloomsburg, PA 17815
serenahoffman@yahoo.com
And two from way up north, in Alaska:
Becky Kirchner
Senior Editorial Specialist Publications
fnbjk1@uaf.edu
Ron York
Distribution Manager
fnrdy@uaf.edu
Both can be reached at this mailing address:
University of Alaska Coop. Ext. Service
P.O. Box 756180
Fairbanks, AK 99775-6180
A red-pencil salute to Ron, Becky, Serena and Mary Ann from your more than 170 fellow PubSIG-ers!
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Web site updates
When you're preparing your entries to the ACE Critique & Award program in January, it might help you to see how the gold-winning entry forms were written up and what entries got the judges' nod for top honors in each category.
So we've posted that information for you this month on our Publishing SIG's Web site (http://www.uvm.edu/extension/acepubsig/).
Other recent additions to the site include:
* Names of all 2003 ACE award winners in the Publishing category
* Our SIG's goals for 2003-04
* Two new publications-related job descriptions
* The August and September PubSIG newsletters
Thanks to everyone who contributed, especially Meg Ashman of Vermont and Sue Keller of Alaska, who check the site each month and gather additions and corrections, and to Kim Parker of Vermont, who posted the changes to our site.
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Useful resources needed for sharing with SIG members
Have a publishing resource you'd like to recommend to other SIG members? We're asking that each Publishing SIG member forward at least one recommended resource to be added to the Professional Tools section of our Web site (http://www.uvm.edu/extension/acepubsig/).
The categories include Listservs, Style manuals or other references, Professional organizations, Recommended vendors, and Publications-related job descriptions.
*** To submit a recommended resource, take a look at each of the Professional Tools page for the resource you will submit and follow the directions at the bottom of that page.
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JAC articles wanted
Remember that the Journal of Applied Communications is seeking articles written by ACE members. The journal is a quarterly, refereed journal offering professional development for educational communicators who emphasize agriculture, the food industry, and natural resources.
Articles may be submitted for these categories:
***Articles should be sent to ACE headquarters at: ace@mail.ifas.ufl.edu
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Bonus quote about writing
When you write, try to leave out all the parts readers skip.
- Elmore Leonard
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Happy Halloween to all Publishing SIG members!
- Diane Bowen
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