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Newsletter production time-line

It takes time to produce a newsletter. Here is a guide to planning the job:

Task Time allowed Start time before publication
Gather articles from contributors 4 weeks 10 weeks
Make editorial decisions 1 week 6 weeks
Copy editing on web 1 week 5 weeks
Typesetting 1 week 4 weeks
Final proofreading 1 week 3 weeks
Proofing and printing 2 weeks 2 weeks

In addition it will probably take a week for copies to reach all recipients after publication.