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The Newsletter Team creates a weekly newsletter for the fleet, with quick reference information about what's happening. Team members can reference the information below on how to create a newsletter.  
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The '''Newsletter Team''' creates a weekly newsletter for the fleet, with quick reference information about what's happening. Team members can reference the information below on how to create a newsletter.


==Timing==
==Timing==
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Each newsletter should contain the following:  
Each newsletter should contain the following:  


# This week's Community News headlines, with links to each article.
# Fleet events
# Upcoming chat dates
#* These should be listed with the events happening soonest at the top
# Status of the Top Sims Contest (i.e.- vote ending/beginning, etc.)
## Poll of the Week
# Writing Challenge remaining time for each round
## Caption Competition
# Upcoming special events
## Next Fleetwide Chat
## Featured Bio Contest
## Top Sims Contest: remaining time for each round, etc.  
## Writing Challenge: remaining time for each round, last winner, etc.
## Upcoming special events
# Community News
#* This is an index of the past week's articles with the titles and links to each. Most recent first.
# Full text articles
#* Full text of each article with the title and date. Most recent first.
#* List taken from: http://feeds.feedburner.com/ufopsb118
#* Copy list from the location and "Keep Text Only" - remove +0000
#* Copy News Titles
#* From that page open titles into new windows and make short links for the Newsletter
#* Copy full articles instead of shortened ones (add links for those in articles)


==Example==
===Example===
Happy Friday, fellow Trekkers!
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ufop-announce/message/241


EVENTS
==Short links==
* Top Sims Contest: accepting submissions for Round 5, and voting on Rounds 2-4 sims. Be sure to vote on your favorite sims, to help them get to the next round of semi-finals! http://go.starbase118.net/top_sims
* http://goo.gl/HDNpV - mainpage
* Writing Challenge: this round's theme is "The Storm". Get your entry in by Saturday, April 22nd. http://go.starbase118.net/writing_challenges
* http://goo.gl/l9s1g - Forum
* Chats: mark your calendars -- next chat is on scheduled for Sunday, 8th April. http://go.starbase118.net/chat
* http://goo.gl/W0HCW - Top Sim Contest Forum
 
* http://goo.gl/xK90Q - Writing Challenge Forum
PAST WEEK'S NEWS
* http://goo.gl/nbYtF - Poll of the Week Forum
# Strange Species: Eyas Wulfatine, a Pythron http://bit.ly/GIBWLN
* http://goo.gl/KYDnF - Next Chat Topic
# Writers Block? Knock Down the Barriers: http://bit.ly/FRevz1
* http://goo.gl/VWvYl - Writing Challenge Hall of Fame
# Two more donations! http://bit.ly/xYSBSJ
* http://goo.gl/AozoS - Memory Book
# New Academy Graduates http://bit.ly/xl5HMW
* http://goo.gl/od134 - Featured BIO Contest
# Poll of the Week: From the Depths 3 - J.G. Hertzler http://bit.ly/FPAGQK
* http://goo.gl/4V5yy - Featured BIO Contest wiki page
# Species Close-up: Ullian http://bit.ly/AjTFKp
* http://goo.gl/ecTU8 - Ships Forum
# February Plot Summary: USS Tiger-A http://bit.ly/FPijep
* http://goo.gl/ytLXy - Publicity Team Y!Group
# Donation thanks to Capts. Jaxx & Nicholotti http://bit.ly/y9SY0R
* http://goo.gl/N798p - Publicity Team wiki
# The Proof is in the Captain: a profile of Toni Turner http://bit.ly/xFzo5M
* http://goo.gl/SBip0 - Publicity Team Forum
* http://goo.gl/Wh9ln - News Team Y!Group


==Snippets==
* Follow the crew on the USS Apollo Yahoo Group (http://goo.gl/9GgXC)!
* Follow the crew on the Avandar Google Group (http://goo.gl/oNrYN)!
* Follow the crew on the USS Discovery-C Yahoo Group (http://goo.gl/N2vcv)!
* Follow the crew on the USS Drake Yahoo Group (http://goo.gl/IiJV8)!
* Follow the crew on the Duronis II Embassy Yahoo Group (http://goo.gl/51o3O)!
* Follow the crew on the Starbase 118 Ops Yahoo Group (http://goo.gl/2MFD6)! 
* Follow the crew on the USS Mercury Yahoo Group (http://goo.gl/OVx0n)!
* Follow the crew on the USS Tiger-A Yahoo Group (http://goo.gl/5kko3)!
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Latest revision as of 03:29, 20 November 2014

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The Newsletter Team creates a weekly newsletter for the fleet, with quick reference information about what's happening. Team members can reference the information below on how to create a newsletter.

Timing

Newsletters should be sent out once a week on Friday, whenever possible.

Content and Sources

Each newsletter should contain the following:

  1. Fleet events
    • These should be listed with the events happening soonest at the top
    1. Poll of the Week
    2. Caption Competition
    3. Next Fleetwide Chat
    4. Featured Bio Contest
    5. Top Sims Contest: remaining time for each round, etc.
    6. Writing Challenge: remaining time for each round, last winner, etc.
    7. Upcoming special events
  2. Community News
    • This is an index of the past week's articles with the titles and links to each. Most recent first.
  3. Full text articles
    • Full text of each article with the title and date. Most recent first.
    • List taken from: http://feeds.feedburner.com/ufopsb118
    • Copy list from the location and "Keep Text Only" - remove +0000
    • Copy News Titles
    • From that page open titles into new windows and make short links for the Newsletter
    • Copy full articles instead of shortened ones (add links for those in articles)

Example

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ufop-announce/message/241

Short links

Snippets


Edit this Nav Leadership Roster
Teams StarBase 118 Academy: Training Team
UFOP: SB118 Group Elements: Publicity Team · Newsies Team · Newsletter Team · Calendar Team · Wiki Administrators · Chat Team · Poll of the Week Team · The (Image) Collective · Department of Veterans Affairs · Federation News Service Team · Community History Team · Advanced Starship Design Bureau · Department of Temporal Records
Contests & Challenges: Halloween Avatar Contest · Writing Challenge
Retired: Timeline Project · The Reporter · SB118 Development Team · Species Development Team · Web Development Team · Graphics Contest · Top Sims Contest · Featured Bio Contest · Podcasts Team
Committees Awards Committee · SOTFA Committee
Squadrons Gaming Squadron · Wiki Operations · Writing Improvement Squadron · Memory Book
Guilds Characters Guild · Readers Guild · Lambda Alliance · Species Guild · Soong Society
Fleet Councils Executive Council · Captains Council
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