Firebird Club Newsletter...

[WMCC Gary]

I would suggest a list of club staff on the left hand border of the front page.

Dates of club meetings and meeting location.


So currently with out my suggestions we have above:

- Shows with club representation in attendance
- Show Schedule for 2008
- Member Listing
- News on the website, tshirts, and decals
- Featured car / member?
- "For Sale" or "Parts Wanted". (We can pull this information from off the Firebird Club Forum "For Sale" or "Parts Wanted" section if the website will have one)
- "Featured Article" Or a "Tech Article"?
- Firebird trivia
- Stats and facts - examples: how many pace car models there have been, production numbers by year, etc.
- Good sources / websites for parts (This would be a great place for sponsors)
- "event coordinator" contact info for Club Sponsored events.

Is this agreeable. Do we have any additional suggestion for what the newsletter needs or any comments on why we should not have one of these topics.

Just How long you plan of this newsletter being? Heres a few of ours.
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wmcc-07Sep.pdf
wmcc-07Oct-lower.pdf
wmcc-07-dec.pdf
wmcc-08Jan-small.pdf

[CHMLEON]

Just How long you plan of this newsletter being? Heres a few of ours.
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I am not 100% sure at this time.

I do not want the newsletter to overburden the reader, but yet I want to make it worth reading too.

I think I am going to look at some of the categories that the WMCC newsletter is spit into and a few off-roading newsletters I get and just start writing ideas to draft on paper to get me started.

Thanks for the for the peak into what the WMCC newsletter looks like Gary. I defenatly like that format better than other newsletters I have seen.

I think I will look into getting a copy of publisher. I'll probably use the trial version I downloaded for the first edition so that I can save up. Microsoft has a way of making you feel sore in the backside after buying one of there products.

[phoenix_rising]

Dave, please locate a copy of the program you will need to create and arrange our newsletters. Let me know what it will cost and I will see if I can use club funds to pay for it.

[SoulTerror]

Microsoft Word shouldn't be to bad to use for it. I'm downloading Office 07 Ultimate for $60. Anyone can get it, that is in school cause you have to use your school email address.

[Derek]

Microsoft Word shouldn't be to bad to use for it. I'm downloading Office 07 Ultimate for $60. Anyone can get it, that is in school cause you have to use your school email address.

free through academic alliance at gvsu if i recall

[WMCC Gary]

I am not 100% sure at this time.

I do not want the newsletter to overburden the reader, but yet I want to make it worth reading too.

I think I am going to look at some of the categories that the WMCC newsletter is spit into and a few off-roading newsletters I get and just start writing ideas to draft on paper to get me started.

Thanks for the for the peak into what the WMCC newsletter looks like Gary. I defenatly like that format better than other newsletters I have seen.

I think I will look into getting a copy of publisher. I'll probably use the trial version I downloaded for the first edition so that I can save up. Microsoft has a way of making you feel sore in the backside after buying one of there products.

Publisher runs about $170. Thre trial version can be used for a long time. cause for some strange reason my computer always thinks its Aug 30th 2007 every time I open up the Trial version.

[WMCC Gary]

Looks like I need to find me somebody with a Student ID to buy me a copy.

[SoulTerror]

Ya getting a almost $700 program for $60 is deff sweet!

[CHMLEON]

Dave, please locate a copy of the program you will need to create and arrange our newsletters. Let me know what it will cost and I will see if I can use club funds to pay for it.

If I do decide to use and purchase Publisher I don't mind paying for it. My little brother has been wanting publisher for his school project for a while. I would not make the Club pay for something my family will be using personally too.

I may even check if Sun Microsystems OpenOffice has a program I can use. I just rebuilt my computer last week so I don't have all my old software installed yet.

[phoenix_rising]

If I do decide to use and purchase Publisher I don't mind paying for it. My little brother has been wanting publisher for his school project for a while. I would not make the Club pay for something my family will be using personally too.

I may even check if Sun Microsystems OpenOffice has a program I can use. I just rebuilt my computer last week so I don't have all my old software installed yet.

Understood. Just don't want you incurring unescessary costs if you do not need to.

[CHMLEON]

I am almost done with the first edition of The Firebird Flier.

I still have some pending questions that I need to get the answers to before I can release the newsletter. I am hopping to have it avalable by tomorrow evening.

[CHMLEON]

The April/May edition of the newsletter has been E-mailed out.

Mailed Hard Copies, for those that requested them will be going out Friday.

The April/May newsletter will be available on the mifirebird.com site early next week.

[SoulTerror]

Got mine! Great job as usual David.