Ink Cahoots

Ink Cahoots is the AAPA's annual cooperative publication. The effort required for a member to produce a single page is fairly modest, but when those pages are bound together they result in an impressive booklet. Pages can be written on any topic, but the most popular ones relate to some aspect of amateur journalism. Original material is encouraged — if you reprint something, you run the risk of someone else submitting a duplicate.

Any AAPA member can produce a page for Ink Cahoots. Pages must be 4½ by 6 inches. Because the pages are bound using staples, please leave at least ½ inch margin on the side to be bound. Copies need to be mailed in time to reach the coordinator, Dave Tribby, by the end of August.

Please be sure your page is cut to the correct size. Even a small overhang is noticeable. Dave will be happy to trim your page, if necessary. Contact him for details.

In order to allow for easier stapling, participants are encouraged to use book-weight paper rather than heavy card stock.

Send a full count of pages so there will be no incomplete copies. The count is slightly larger than what is required for the bundle in order to allow for collating errors and to provide extras for samples.

Since the first issue came together in 1973, over 160 individuals and couples have produced pages. The average number of participants per year is about 20.

Because the project receives no funds from AAPA's treasury, Dave appreciates monetary donations to defray costs, such as staples and the postage for mailing the box of completed issues to the mailer.

Templates

If you would like some help getting started on an Ink Cahootspage, here are two templates that can be used in Microsoft Word or other word processing programs that read Word's document (.doc) file format:

• The first template produces a line width of 3 inches
• The second uses tighter margins and a line width of 3½ inches for those who need more room for their text

More Questions?

For further information about Ink Cahoots, or for a sample copy, contact Dave at website@AAPAinfo.org