Deadlines!

Newsletters are due on the 15th of the month. Past experience shows that unless you meet the following deadlines, you will not be able to produce the newsletter on time -- so PLEASE CONFORM TO THE DEADLINE!

1. 5th of the month -- Send out a list of proposed articles to the publications team.
   
2. 10th of the month -- Send out a first draft to the publications team for review.
   
3. 15th of the month -- Finalize, upload and release!

Finding content

Content sources

1. AID Forums (in particular, the Publications forum )
2. Updates from the main AID website
3. Ask projects team about recent site visit reports (write to projects@aidindia.org)
4. Ask projects team for list of recently approved projects
5. Ask your friendly neighborhood Publications coord if he has any articles. :-)
6. Send an email on the chapter-coordination list asking for articles

Editing your content

Please read the Editing guidelines and conform to them.

Preparing the pdf newsletter

Dishaa template | TMIA template

1. Download the appropriate template file, which is in Word format.
   
2. For TMIA -- You'll need to prepare a 2-page pdf file AND the same content on the webpage as text articles. See the latest TMIA, and you'll see what I mean.
3. For Dishaa -- you'll need to prepare a 4-page pdf file AND upload this same content on the webpage as text articles. See for example, the latest Dishaa and you'll see what I mean.
   
4. If you want, you can have condensed versions in the pdf file, and longer versions in the webpage. It's up to you.

Preparing the online html content

1. To create the newsletter online, you will need to login to the website.
   
2. Go to the article on uploading newsletters and follow the instructions.
   
3. The publications coord should already have created a category on the website, e.g. "November 2006 TMIA Articles" -- you need to put individual articles in this section, and the table of contents in the section "This Month in AID". If you are preparing a Dishaa, you will put the table of contents in the "Dishaa" section (duh).
   

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Guidelines compiled on February 20, 2007 by S.P.Arun