ALMA News: Newsletter charter, editorial and advertising information

ALMA News will be emailed 4x per year according to the schedule below. In addition there will be show bulletins to communicate additional information about symposia as and when appropriate.

Issue 1: March
Issue 2: June
Issue 3: Sept
Issue 4: Dec

Editorial Policy
Member News: All members are encouraged to submit news of a commercial nature for inclusion in the member news section. Submission is not a guarantee of publication. Email your news releases to management@almainternational.org.

Technical Articles: Anyone (member or non-member) is invited to submit material of a detailed technical or business nature that they believe will be of interest to our members. We advise you to contact the editor to obtain an agreement in principal before spending large amounts of time writing an article. Such technical articles should not be overly commercial.

The editor reserves the right to edit any contribution for length, style or to remove overt product references to the newsletter without notifying the author. Whether or not something is published, the exact words published, and when it is published is at the sole discretion of the editor. In many cases, only a portion of the story will be published in the newsletter with a link to the full version on the ALMA website.

Compensation: ALMA News does not pay either cash or payment-in-kind for any contribution to its newsletter.  Editorial contributions are judged only on their editorial merit, and all advertising is paid for.

Advertising Policy

Full members may advertise at the members rate. Individual members and non members may advertise at the non-members rate. Where there is limited space, members will be given priority over non-members, and in order of receipt of their applications for advertising space.
Credit card details must be supplied at the time of booking an advertisement – orders will not be accepted without a credit card. Credit cards will be charged on distribution.

Advertising rates::
Members: $75 per 2” wide column inch (144 pixels wide x 72 pixels per inch depth)
Non-members: $100 per 2” wide column inch (144 pixels wide x 72 pixels per inch depth)

Advertisement to be supplied as a 72 dpi jpeg in the purchased size. Fill out the advertising booking form to reserve your space.

Editorial/Advertising Conflict
Editorial is decided on its merits and space availability. Purchasing advertising space is not a guarantee of editorial inclusion.

2007 Editorial Schedule

March
Symposia News:  Winter Symposium review, announcement of next years show
New ALMA job board
Updated Standards on Web Site – Components Standards
Member News

June
Symposia News: Exhibitor Info for China and Winter Symposia; preliminary info about both
Call for Papers – Winter Symposium
Spotlight on: Loudspeaker Components
Technical Article - Dynamically programmable Analog Signal Processing
New members welcome
Member News

Sept
Spotlight on: Test & Measurement

Technical Article: TBD

New members welcome
AES New York - round up of members attending

Member News
China Symposium final schedule and update
Winter symposium Update

Dec:
Symposia News:  China Symposium review, Final schedule info for Winter Symposium
Spotlight on: Consultants AND manufacturing equipment
Technical article: TBD

Member news and new members introduction will be featured in every issue.

Send me your news for "Spotlight" features and member news, and please call me if you have an idea for a technical article.