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reported in the last Newsletter, this in the year when we re-print
the NPSS Brochure and the leaflets. Since the last report this job
has consumed almost all my spare time with the seeking of suitable
pictures, quotes from members and changes and updates to the text.
Often, including of edits from the committee and the proofing the
brochure and leaflets was done against a tight deadline to meet
schedule for the first conference delivery. My grateful thanks go
to the members of my committee and others who contributed to the
process. I think that the team did a great job and certainly a very
much better one than I could do on my own!
This time I wanted to have a different look to the brochure and
leaflets and I have relied on an outside design and production company
to do this. This company also is working on the IEEE Annual Report
this year. At the time of writing, the material is through the final
printer’s proof and is being printed so that by the time you
read this the first conference attendees and the Chicago Chapter
will have seen the result.
In addition, the topics were changed to concentrate more on member
activities and then just have one section on administration of our
very considerable business. This reduced some repetition between
conferences and the old technical committee section, the latter
now omitted.
Next will be new banners for the membership booth and the conferences.
The current banners have done excellent service and will be kept
for use at meetings in addition to the new ones.
We also ship copies of older issues of the journals to the conferences
so that attendees can see them and take one if interested –
better given out this way than have excess copies pulped.
This year we have four of our conferences held in one place spaced
over two weeks and this greatly simplifies the work of shipping
and receiving! This is even more simplified because these meetings
are a short drive from my office where the materials are stored.
Please give me feedback on the new materials – while we can
not make changes after almost 2,000 lb. of printing, we can carry
comments forward to the next production in 2009.
Please go to our web pages and review them with the question in
your mind that if you were a member of the public, what information
would be useful there? Of course, I am extremely interested in receiving
proposed new pages to add - especially the content for them! In
addition, what other promotional materials would be helpful and
what else could we do to promote the activities of the NPSS?
We are always looking for volunteers to help, and so please do not
hesitate to contact me if you are interested!
Peter Clout, Chair of the NPSS Communications Committee, can
be reached at Vista Control Systems, Inc., 176 Central Park Square,
Los Alamos, NM 97544-4031; Phone: +1 505 662 2484; Fax: +1 505 662
3956; E-mail: clout@vista-control.com.
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