Newsletter Contest

User Group Information (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 (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 autahor & group credit,

  issue & date) or APCUG PUSH articles

- Review / recap of past meeting

Layout & Presentation (5 points each)

- Look & layout is consistent from issue-to-issue

- Layout indicates attention to white space & page balance

- Effective use of graphics and / or photos

- Consistent use of typeface (headings, subheadings, captions, articles)

- Newsletter is visually appealing and easy to read

- Has Table of Contents

Interesting newsletter (subjective)

- (5 pts) Really great newsletter; has things that interest me – 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