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Editor's
Embellishments
by Gary Spoales, Bank of America
VASFAA Voice Editor
Welcome to the third issue of
2003/04. This Spring issue coincides with the beginning of
the Spring season and all that it brings. As you review this
issue, there are a few important highlights, most importantly
our members being elected to leadership positions in SASFAA.
Zita Barree and Guy Gibbs will certainly represent you well at
the next level. VASFAA is also in the midst of an election
activity which will culminated in the casting of ballots at
the Spring conference. Interested candidates have prepared
statements for your review. They are presented in this issue
to help you decide how to vote. Please participate in this
important process.
The VASFAA calendar is full or
activity which you will uncover as you review committee
announcements and other sections to see where your friends
relocated. The conference is coming up and there is
conference news in this issue and more to see on the website.
In addition, several committees have new information for your
reading pleasure.
The Newsletter is actively
seeking your input. I’ve been asked to chair the committee
for a third year. With that in mind, I am actively seeking
new members to join our group who are interested in reporting
on activity across the state. As an added improvement, I am
striving to find representatives in each region of VASFAA to
actively contact schools in their area about breaking events
and informational updates. If you would like to be a part of
this creative team, contact me at 301-879-8008 and volunteer.
We’ll get your feet wet for our final issue of this year as
preparation for the 2004-05 newsletter season.
We hope to see everyone at the
May conference.
As we continue a
second year under the new format, the committee would like to
provide you with concrete submission guidelines to better
serve the membership and potential contributors.
The purpose of the
newsletter is to keep the membership informed and up to date
on association supported activities, and items and/or articles
of general interest to the financial aid community. Careful
steps are being taken to meet your needs professionally while
resisting the temptation to accept articles simply to fill
space. Consequently, we have developed an editorial policy to
accomplish this task.
Article Guidelines: The
Editorial staff will review all articles submitted for
publication. Submissions should be of a professional interest
to the association and not include marketing and/or
advertising of products, services, websites or personnel.
Full articles should be no
longer than two typed pages single spaced. It is requested
that all submissions be provided in 10 pt size with Arial font
type to save our publishing editor time and energy.
AD and Picture Guidelines:
The online newsletter flows best with graphics submitted
in .jpeg or .gif format. Other options should be reviewed
with Joe Dobrota, Publishing Editor, prior to sending.
An ad should not
be larger than 6'' in width. You submit it in either Full
color or black& white according to your preference.
We are seeking Gold
Sponsors to possibly submit vertical ads
this year (to enable us to get them further up
in the page & have text wrap around the ad).
A vertical ad would be about 2'' wide x 4-5''
high. An example of the size of traditional
ads may be found at: http://www.vasfaa.org/docs/newsletters/fall2002/page1.htm.
We had one sponsor submit an animated gif. ad
which can be viewed at: (http://www.vasfaa.org/docs/newsletters/summer2003/page6.htm)
(Note: Ads are only accepted
from Sponsors at the Gold level who receive a free ad in the
issue of their choice based on availability)
Submitted by Gary Spoales,
Editor, Bank of America | 
