Guidelines of the Singles Network Newsletter, January
13/10
ELIGIBILITY
1.1 An event is judged to be eligible/ineligible to be
listed in the newsletter using the following criteria:
a.
the event must be held in Canada within a 100km radius of Ottawa, or group
transportation to the event must be available.
b. the
event must expect to attract mostly single persons. An event will meet this
criterion if:
- the organization
holding the event is a member of the Singles Network OR
- the word "single(s)" appears in the name of the event or
the name of the organization holding the event OR
- one of the organizers of the event is well known to the
Singles Network and they can convince us that the event attracts mostly single
persons OR
- a member of the Singles
Network vouches for the event.
c. the main function of the
event must be to socialize with members of the opposite sex.
Seeing as
the above criteria are subject to interpretation, the final decision on whether
or not to list an event is the Single Network's.
1.2 Note the following:
Due to a proliferation of requests for promotion of counselling seminars
regarding singles issues, and our inability to determine the credibility of the
organizers, combined with the high cost of such seminars, we are implementing
the following policy. We will no longer promote any seminars, educational
workshops or events of a similar nature regardless of subject matter. We feel
this decision is in the best interests of our
subscribers.
CALENDAR
2.1 Calendar entries shall have the
following format:
- day, date, organization name + event name, time, location
name, location address, city/region, province, age range, contact
information.
i.e.
- Wed., Nov. 11, Singles Network Cocktails/Dinner,
7:00pm, Crowne Plaza Hotel, 101 Lyon St., Ottawa, ON, 40+,
reserve singles.network@sympatico.ca
Notes:
a. The following fields are mandatory: day, date, organization + event
name, contact information.
b. The organization name
may be a person's name.
c. Contact information consists of
a telephone number and/or an email address and/or a website, plus a preceding
word such as "reserve"or "info." All telephone numbers must have an area
code.
d. Contact information may not currently
contain a name (subject to review).
e. Dates and times in
the calendar will be in English and common English format. The rest of the entry
may be in French.
f. We reserve the right to add
other information in the case of an exceptional event, such as "cancelled!",
"note change of location", "open on the holidays" etc.
2.2. A calendar
entry must fit on one line of text on my computer, full screen, 1024x768 pixels,
96 DPI, Arial 10 point or in other words about 150 characters/30
words.
2.3. Every calendar entry must have a corresponding paragraph in
the lower portion of the newsletter. Note that multiple calendar entries may
refer to the same paragraph.
2.4 No weekly calendar entry may refer to an
event more than 10 days in the future or after Wednesday of the following
week.
2.5. No calendar entry may refer to an event more than 17 days in
the future or after the Wednesday two weeks in the future with the following two
exceptions:
a. the event requires out of town
accommodations. In this case, the event will be removed from the calendar
early.
b. the event has a registration deadline more than
9 days preceding the event. In this case, the event will be removed from the
newsletter after the deadline has passed.
2.6 Guidelines for calendar
entries for events requiring out of town accommodations.
a. events requiring out of town accommodations for 3 nights or less may be
listed up to 2 months in advance, but no less than 10 days in
advance.
b. events requiring out of town accommodations
for 4 nights or more may be listed up to 4 months in advance, but no less than
17 days in advance.
PARAGRAPHS
3.1 No one organization or individual may have more
that one paragraph in the lower portion of the newsletter. The special
Christmas/New Year's events section is not included in this
guideline.
3.2 A paragraph must contain contact information consisting of
one or more telephone numbers and/or one or more email addresses and/or a
website address. All telephone numbers must have an area code.
3.3 A
paragraph must fit on five lines of text on my computer, full screen, 1024x768
pixels, 96 DPI, Arial 10 point or in other words about 125 words.
3.4 A
paragraph may be in English and/or in French, however if it has both languages
it must still comply with guideline 3.3
3.5 There are two types of
paragraphs at the bottom of the newsletter. Some are permanent and are always
there regardless of whether or not there is an entry in the calendar referring
to them, some are transient and only appear if there is a corresponding event in
the calendar. The difference is the first type gives a general description of
the organization and optionally general information about events but does not
contain any information about a specific event, the second type refers to a
specific event by date and gives details. The second type of paragraph is
reserved for organizers who never have two or more events in the calendar at the
same time.
FAVOURITISM
4.1 Members of the Singles Network are given consideration
over other groups, not-for-profit groups are given consideration over for-profit
groups. This is reflected in the order of the paragraphs in the lower portion of
the newsletter and in the calendar when two events occur at the same time. Order
of the paragraphs in the lower portion of the newsletter is determined first by
category (member organizations, other events/organizations, for-profit singles
organizations) then by date/time and then alphabetically if the paragraphs have
no date/time.
4.2 The Singles Network (our parent organization) is given
special consideration over all other organizations.
BILINGUALISM
5.1 Email to the Singles Network Newsletter editor may be
in English or French, however, email from the editor will only be in English.
Spoken communication with the editor must be in English.
DEADLINE
6.1 Submissions must be received before Sunday
at 1:00pm to guarantee consideration for inclusion in that day's
newsletter.
6.2 The newsletter is released whenever possible every Sunday
after 1:00pm.
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