11th Annual
Southwest Computer User Group Conference
San Diego, California
August 6 – 8, 2004
NEWSLETTER CONTEST
Sponsored by Adobe Systems
If your User Group is attending the conference, it is eligible to enter the Newsletter and/or Home Page contests. To participate in the Newsletter Contest, please send 3 copies each of 3 issues of your publication, published since June 2003, by July 6, 2004 to: Conference Co-chair, 18727 Nadal Street, Canyon Country, CA 91351. Please include your user group name, editor’s name & E-mail address.
CRITERIA FOR NEWSLETTER CONTEST
User Group Information
- User Group officers’ names, phone numbers and/or e-mail addresses
- User Group mailing address, referral phone number & group e-mail address & web page address
- User Group meeting location, time & directions
- Newsletter article submission guidelines & editor contact
- Member help resources
- Membership application/renewal form & list of benefits
Original Editorial Content
- Software/hardware reviews by members
- Coverage of group events
- Commentary
Content from Other Sources
- Articles from other user group newsletters (giving author & group credit, issue & date)
- Information from vendor publications
- Current bug fix & update information
- Referral or other news information sources
Layout & Presentation
- Is newsletter well-designed?
- Is there good use of white space?
- Is there consistent use of typeface? (Headings, subheadings, captions, articles)
- Good use of graphics & photographs
- Easy to read; look & layout consistent from issue-to-issue