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For those who wish to contribute (and
we hope that all readers will do that) to this online paper, the following
explains how to do that.
There will be no editor. Each writer will be responsible
for writing, editing, formatting, spell-checking, and submitting his or her own article
in an email to the publisher.
The publisher will merely copy it from your email and upload it to this
web-site. There will be no further
editing or review. We would prefer that the email contain the article and
that you not use attachments.
The publisher only expects to maintain this web-site.
Everything else is done by you, our reader/writers.
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Much of the publishing is automated, therefore each email
should follow this procedure and
be submitted in this format:
Send your article, letter, story, etc. to: mpwinsma@cybermatsa.com.mx
Subject: SMApaper (so that we know WHY you
sent the email to our email address)
Please suggest which web-site page you think it belongs on (use the below list - our current
web-pages)
Write your article or story thusly (this will be
the entire unedited portion that will be copied and pasted, as is, into our web-site):
 | Write the Title of your story or article or letter |
| Write your name as author (as in "by Mary Smith") |
| Write your article (no length restrictions are now
contemplated) |
We currently have separate web-site pages (departments) as
follows, all of which pertain to matters effecting expatriate life here in San
Miguel:
| letters to this web-site (as compared to longer articles for the below
listed pages) letters |
| listings of local events (as far enough into
the future as you think appropriate) events |
| breaking news - write us if something has just happened breaking
news |
| current controversy - presenting both sides of any
current SMA controversy current controversy |
| something for our community bulletin board
(tag sales, people needing new jobs, arrivals and departures of people,
restaurant openings, etc. - see the page for more info) |
| charitable and other non-profit organizations (articles about
these organizations and what they are currently
doing) non-profit organizations |
| volunteer stuff (including positions available at non-profit organizations) volunteers |
| deaths in our community (listing of deaths as well as obituaries
and eulogies) deaths |
| eulogies and obituaries for those who have died in the
recent past obituaries and eulogies |
| tips for living in SMA, including fm2-fm3
employees computers
medical-health shopping
odds-ends
in-general |
| travel (stories and hints about trips in and around Mexico) travel |
| local politics (laws forbid our publishing anything to do with Mexican
politics, and space limitations require us to forbid articles on politics of
other countries) politics |
| anti-gossip (an opportunity to re-but public malicious gossip about oneself or one's
friends) anti-gossip |
| periodic columns from local individuals on local matters columnists |
| interviews of local people interviews |
| profiles, of local people, written by local people personalities |
| local people's memories of prior times and people in San Miguel memories of sma |
| original fiction (these should be relatively short) fiction |
| original non-fiction (these should be relatively short) nonfiction |
| poetry (only original poetry) poetry |
| spiritual and religious articles spiritual |
| humor relating to San Miguel humor in sma |
| ideas for new surveys of
community thinking |
| competitive contests with
prizes |
If you have any doubts of what type of material belongs on
each web-page, we disclose the "objectives" of each department at the
very bottom of each web-page.
All submissions should be original as we do not
wish to infringe upon anyone's copyright privileges. If you choose to
include a short quotation, be sure to name the originator.
Please be aware that laws against defamation, slander, libel, etc., apply
directly to each writer of any published writing. If the writer is unknown
to people in this town, there may be a need to establish identity before
publishing. The publisher takes no responsibility for your writing.
And some no-no's:
| there will be NO commercial use of this online paper except for
announcements of non-profit organization events and of their needs for
volunteers. This does not apply to ads placed by our web-site host over which we have no
control, but to whom we have no obligations, either. |
| when anyone is campaigning for anything or otherwise being very uncivil, unethical,
dishonest, or otherwise writing things beyond the boundary of contemporary
taste, their writings may not be published or, if published, may be removed as
soon as this behavior is noticed. Sorry, but rather than have a
poll every time such behavior is noted, the decision of the publisher on
this particular problem will
be the final and only one.. |
Copyright information:
© SMA OnLine 2004. All rights reserved. Reproduction of
any type, republication, or redistribution of any content of any web-page, including by caching, framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of
the original credited writer. The ownership of all writings in this online paper (this
web-site) rests in the hands of the original writer. SMA OnLine has only
the right to publish it electronically on this web-site. The copyright laws of
all parties to the NAFTA codes govern this online paper. However, fair use laws are observed.
objectives ( and other notes) for all web-site pages are shown at the bottom of each
page
Objectives of this page: to encourage all to write their thoughts to
and for us, and to give them some guidance on our own needs for input
compatibility with our already established publications..And for those of you
who like more depth to their instructions, we refer you to What it takes to print YOUR article
on the behind the scenes
page. |
SMA
OnLine News Magazine a free community-run nonprofit
public service, written FOR and BY the expatriate residents, in our attempt to
meet needs not being met elsewhere 