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S I X T E E N T H A N N U A L C O N V E N T I ON 27
A l b e r t a Farmer: Published every Thursday, takes news of the wnole
Province.
A l b e r t a F a rm J o u r n a l : Published every Wednesday, news north of Calgary.
Lethbridge H e r a l d : News appears every Saturday, covers country from
Calgary south.
In return for a total revenue of $ 47.50 per month the newspapers expect
me to prepare news copy for each week, one and a half to three columns.
They expect this copy to > ba in on a set time, just as the copy from any
other member on their staffs. The newspapers realize the commercial valu#
of our news as subscription getters or they would not run it. They, too, are
receiving a bargain in the buying of it, for they get it at approximately half
the price of their regular space rates.
The preparing of this copy is equal to the w r i t i n g of two full length
novels a year, if it only appeared in one paper. Of course it means hours
of work filing, writing it in triplicate form and editing it. It means, if one
keeps in touch with the work constantly, the attending of the District Conferences,
Annual Convention and Board Meetings.
F r o m the monthly revenue of $ 47.50 I buy all the paper, envelopes, carbon
paper, stamps and provide the typewriter with all its attendant expenses—
so it's net remuneration at the most is about $ 40.00 per month.
In addition to the regular work I also furnish the odd article for the
F a r m and Ranch Review and the Canadian Press; also our national news
media. It entails a huge correspondence, an average of five letters per week
anyway. I wrote 35 letters to get out the special page.
Your Troubles
D u r i n g the year I have received several complaints. One was a resolut
i o n to the effect that this Constituency would like the Branch Reports published
as sent in. This would be impossible, as 98% of them begin with " The
meeting opened with ' O Canada,' the creed, after which followed the reading
of the minutes." The newspapers wouldn't take them.
Another complaint was: " Why do you not publish our news when we
send it to you f a i t h f u l l y ? " In these cases I look back over the files ( and
I have them now for four years), clip out the news items and send them
back to the complaining Branches. One W . I., in answer to " two year's clippings,"
replied: " We do not take the papers in which you publish these
reports."
Another complaint is misprints. Here let me urge again upon Secretaries
to follow the do's and don'ts in preparing your copy. Names are so
hard to get; also explain your activities clearly and logically. I often wonder
that I don't have more complaints, because ours is a big business with over
.250 Branches reporting.
My Troubles
My . biggest trouble is to get the space for all the copy that I turn in.
; From the publicity angle the Institutes flourish. I use every known way to
cut copy in order that I can publish the main points of interest of all the
Branches. Especially at Constituency Conference time do I get behind with
the Branch reports; also at District Conference time, and of course I lose a
Object Description
| Rating | |
| Title | 1930 - Annual Convention Report |
| Subject | Convention;Report; AWI |
| Description | Report of the Sixteenth Annual Convention held May 20-23, 1930 |
| Language | en |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Type | text |
| Source | Alberta Women's Institutes |
| Identifier | awi0811099 |
| Date | 1930 |
| Collection | Alberta Women's Institutes - Collective Memory |
| Repository | AU Digital Library |
| Copyright | For Private Study and Research Use Only |
Description
| Title | Page 25 |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | AWI Collection |
| Collection | Alberta Women's Institutes - Collective Memory |
| Repository | AU Digital Library |
| Copyright | For Private Study and Research Use Only |
| Transcript | S I X T E E N T H A N N U A L C O N V E N T I ON 27 A l b e r t a Farmer: Published every Thursday, takes news of the wnole Province. A l b e r t a F a rm J o u r n a l : Published every Wednesday, news north of Calgary. Lethbridge H e r a l d : News appears every Saturday, covers country from Calgary south. In return for a total revenue of $ 47.50 per month the newspapers expect me to prepare news copy for each week, one and a half to three columns. They expect this copy to > ba in on a set time, just as the copy from any other member on their staffs. The newspapers realize the commercial valu# of our news as subscription getters or they would not run it. They, too, are receiving a bargain in the buying of it, for they get it at approximately half the price of their regular space rates. The preparing of this copy is equal to the w r i t i n g of two full length novels a year, if it only appeared in one paper. Of course it means hours of work filing, writing it in triplicate form and editing it. It means, if one keeps in touch with the work constantly, the attending of the District Conferences, Annual Convention and Board Meetings. F r o m the monthly revenue of $ 47.50 I buy all the paper, envelopes, carbon paper, stamps and provide the typewriter with all its attendant expenses— so it's net remuneration at the most is about $ 40.00 per month. In addition to the regular work I also furnish the odd article for the F a r m and Ranch Review and the Canadian Press; also our national news media. It entails a huge correspondence, an average of five letters per week anyway. I wrote 35 letters to get out the special page. Your Troubles D u r i n g the year I have received several complaints. One was a resolut i o n to the effect that this Constituency would like the Branch Reports published as sent in. This would be impossible, as 98% of them begin with " The meeting opened with ' O Canada,' the creed, after which followed the reading of the minutes." The newspapers wouldn't take them. Another complaint was: " Why do you not publish our news when we send it to you f a i t h f u l l y ? " In these cases I look back over the files ( and I have them now for four years), clip out the news items and send them back to the complaining Branches. One W . I., in answer to " two year's clippings," replied: " We do not take the papers in which you publish these reports." Another complaint is misprints. Here let me urge again upon Secretaries to follow the do's and don'ts in preparing your copy. Names are so hard to get; also explain your activities clearly and logically. I often wonder that I don't have more complaints, because ours is a big business with over .250 Branches reporting. My Troubles My . biggest trouble is to get the space for all the copy that I turn in. ; From the publicity angle the Institutes flourish. I use every known way to cut copy in order that I can publish the main points of interest of all the Branches. Especially at Constituency Conference time do I get behind with the Branch reports; also at District Conference time, and of course I lose a |
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