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Note:  This calendar only lists specifics for this committee.  The chair should also refer to the Calendar for Committee Chairs, Checklist for Running a Meeting and Tips for ACRL Leaders in this manual.

Midwinter Conference
Review past newsletter and discuss possible changes.

Seek input at Executive Committee meetings for items to be covered in the newsletter.

Chair attends ACRL newsletter editors meeting.

Set deadline for submissions to the chair based on deadlines set by ACRL, typically 2 weeks before ACRL deadline.

Ensure that each member is assigned committee work; let none go "taskless," including anyone absent from the meeting.

Announce at final Executive Committee meeting the deadlines for submissions for the Spring newsletter.

Appoint a committee member to serve as reporter to the Annual Conference program.  Shortly before the Annual Conference, ACRL will contact the section chair soliciting a reporter to write-up the section's program for ACRL publications.  Also, this write-up can be included in the fall section newsletter.

Annual Conference
Review past newsletter and discuss possible changes.

Seek input at Executive Committee meetings for items to be covered in the newsletter.

Chair attends ACRL newsletter editors meeting.

Set deadline for submissions to the chair based on deadlines set by ACRL, typically 2 weeks before ACRL deadline.

Ensure that each member is assigned committee work; let none go "taskless," including anyone absent from the meeting.

Announce at final Executive Committee meeting the deadlines for submissions for the Fall newsletter.


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