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Hi All - I'd like to ask for input regarding guild newsletters. I will be taking over my club's bi-monthly newsletter and was wondering what you find most helpful or what you would like in a newsletter or if there is anything your guild newsletter has that I may want to add to ours. Any and all suggestions would be appreciated.
If you PM your email address I'll send you a copy of our newsletter.
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Karen
Happen to have my Guild's bi-monthly latest newsletter right here. It includes basic info like President's column; listing of board members, their postions, home and email addys; calendar list of upcoming meetings, workshops, sew ins, etc. for several months; Library Section, reviews and new books recently addedd. We also have a This 'n That section where different groups or members tell about their activities and projects. As co-chair of our Guild's Project Pillowcases I often submit an article about how many pillowcases we've made and distributed and to what hospitals or charties and include some feedback we're received from the kids who received the pillowcases. Sometimes members tell about a new quilt shop or quilt show they have been too. Latest newsletter includes lots of info about our upcoming quilt show, special show challenges, take in and give back dates, etc. I think I still have a copy of our latest newsletter on my computer and could email it to you if you PM. May in Jersey
Last edited by May in Jersey; 04-07-2012 at 04:32 AM.
You might want to surf around ... I've found a lot of Guild Newsletters are posted on their site.
Some I've been impressed ... some I went *gasp* and said, why bother?
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Thank you for this suggestion! Why didn't I think of that :-)Originally Posted by QuiltE
I am probably in the minority, but I don't like to see a lot of filler in the guild's newsletter. I want to see just things that are directly related to the guild's activities or to local quilting events. Some guilds try to "fatten up" the newsletter and make it more "interesting" by adding recipes, puzzles, etc. I guess some people may enjoy these things, but for me it just makes it harder to find the information I need.
I agree! Totally! It is obvious that there are as many different "types" of newsletters as there are guilds.....but IMHO a newsletter should be just that - news of the guild for the past month, week or whatever is the guild's timeline. It should include a list of board members, officers and chairs for functions. Also, the Treasurer's report and the minutes of the last meeting, upcoming events and any pertinent information from various chairs. I have seen newsletters with pages of recipes, pages of links to online sites that someone thought was info to share, but I don't think that needs to be included. All but 10 members of my guild receive their newsletter via email, the others are mailed out. That is my 2 cents worth....
It might be an idea to survey your membership ... and get a better handle of what their likes/dislikes/suggestions are!
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If I hadn't already witnessed the problem they had when the current editor wanted to give a title to the newsletter, I would canvass the members. However, half the membership wasn't interested and the other half couldn't agree on anything, so it was dropped. I hesitate to open that can of worms again :-)
My guild has a website where our newsletters are posted. It has lots of different information and is available to everyone. This way only a few hard [paper] copies of the newsletter are mailed out. The website had been relatively easy to maintain too.
www.paga.net
Though if you do a website remember to renew it as needed. We didn't and had to change out website.
ali
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ali
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