(approved by the Board on 3/21/24)
The editor creates a 16-page newsletter printed in black and white four times each year. Issues are currently sent to the printing service during the last week in January, April, July and October. The editor may use any suitable software program for newsletter creation. The editor is encouraged to ask multiple volunteer proofreaders to review each issue before it is printed.
The newsletter is sent in electronic format to a printing service for printing and mailing. The editor asks the Membership Coordinator to send a file containing recipient names and addresses to the printing service. The printing service is currently Minuteman Press in Portland, Oregon.
The newsletter is sent by USPS to all members, except those who have opted out of receiving a paper copy. Copies are also sent to the UUA, to the UUMA, and to the Andover Harvard Library for the archives. The editor sends an electronic copy of the newsletter to the UURMaPA webmaster, who posts it on the website. UURMaPA members are notified by email that the newsletter has been posted on the website.
At the discretion of the editor, a longer color version of the newsletter may be created and posted on the UURMaPA website. The longer electronic version allows for content with more depth to better support the goals of the UURMaPA Board, as well as allowing for greater creative expression by members. Typical content includes, but is not limited to, business of the Board, a periodic list of recently retired ministers and partners, updates concerning the UUA retirement plan, and obituaries as provided by the clergy obituary editor and the partner obituary editor.
The editor may develop an informal network of advisors to generate content ideas or to review the ideas. The editor will encourage the Board to weigh in on the suitability of potentially controversial content in advance of publication.
The editor will prepare detailed notes for the successor editor.
Draft prepared by Ann Schranz, March 14, 2023
Revised at the Board meeting, February 15, 2024, and modified by Ann Schranz February 20, 2024
Most Recent (21st C.) Editors:
George Buchanan, Summer 2024 –
Anne Schranz, Summer 2022 – Summer 2024
Jaco ten Hove, Summer 2018 – Spring 2022
Nancee Campbell, Summer 2017 – Spring 2018
Judy Welles, Summer 2013 – Spring 2017
Eleanor Richardson, Spring 2013
Chuck Campbell, Fall – Winter 2012 – 13
Chris Lilly Backus, 2008 – Fall 2012
Eleanor Richardson, 2004 – 08
Ed Lane, 2000 – 2004