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Online subscription The Council also ruled that subscribers to The Rotarian living in North America could take an online subscription to that magazine. We at Rotary Down Under fully expect the next Council on Legislation, in April, 2013, to extend that privilege to subscribers to all regional magazines throughout the world that have the capacity to publish an online edition. Until then, however, we are obliged to provide our subscribers with a printed copy of the magazine. Rotary Down Under has been available online for more than five years.
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Other online resources Apart from the e-edition of Rotary Down Under, Rotarians can use the Rotary Down Under website to organise District Conferences and other events, book and pay for tickets to those events, promote their business through our Rotarians Doing Business directory (see page 19). ■
You can search hundreds of Rotarians’ business details using the Rotary Down Under Rotarians Doing Business Directory, just one more way Rotary Down Under can be used as a resource for project ideas and assistance.
Getting published It is quality of words written, not the quantity.
By Assistant Governor Colin Robinson Rotary Club of St Johns, NZ Rotary Down Under New Zealand Office Every Rotary club project is a chance to gain new members and support for the success of all your club activities. By telling the story of your club and its service successes, you are, in effect, preselling your future projects by showing you are active in your community with well run, successful projects. Every time you write a good article with a quality photo they can be widely used in your club bulletin, District newsletter, Rotary Down Under magazine, your local newspaper, sponsor and beneficiary newsletters, on your club’s website, community noticeboards, in club promotional material and blogs ■
The specification for articles to Rotary Down Under is similar to most print media requirements: • No more than 300 words. Attach the text and picture files separately to the same email – do not embed a photo in an MS Word document! • Give us your two best pictures only. If we want more, we’ll ask for them. • Pictures must be at least 300 pixels per inch and in jpeg format. If you set your camera to its finest quality setting, the file size should look after itself. If in sending the image by email, your server asks if you want to reduce the file to make it easier to email, say NO! • Include a caption for the photo in the email and name all the people featured. • Make sure you include a contact for further information if required. • In Australia, send it to editorial@rotarydownunder.com.au. • In New Zealand and Pacific Islands, send to berylrobinson@rotarydownunder.co.nz ■
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