Board Elections
TWNA Communication Awards
Additional Comm Award Judges Needed
HDAW Update
TWNA.ORG Resource Area
2007 Industry Awards Banquet Tickets
Board Nominations & Online Voting
There are five board positions -- Press Directorships for Midwest,
Northeast, Southeast and West, as well as the Agency PR Directorship.
The Press Director terms will run from 1/1/07 to 12/31/08. As
a reminder, the Agency PR Directorship will have a one-time
abbreviated term, from 1/1/07 to 12/31/07, to facilitate the
realignment of our Press and Associate elections.
If you are interested
in running for one of these positions, please submit a short
bio/campaign statement to Tom
Kelley by no later than October 16. Balloting will be done
via the Internet. Members who are eligible to vote will be sent
information on how to do so in mid-October.
TWNA Communications Awards
If you have not done so already please go to the TWNA web site
and download the application
for the 2006 TWNA Communications Awards.
The awards are open
to both the press and marketing/public relations sides of the
trucking industry. Writing, graphics, broadcast, websites and
internal communications are just a few of the categories included
in the awards program.
Everything from feature
articles, to press kits, to marketing brochures, to magazine
redesigns, are included in the scope of the program. Advertising
is the only area of communications that is not included.
Publishers are encouraged to submit entries on behalf of their
staff and freelance writers, photographers, and graphic artists.
Freelancers can submit their own work if not submitted by the
publisher.
The award program
is being administered by Walter Haessner, founder of the International
Automotive Media Awards. The entries will be peer-judged against
a standard scale. The fee for each entry is $65.00 US. Entries
must be received by Dec. 8, 2006.
Entries may be submitted
in English, French or Spanish. Material may be entered that
has been published and has a cover or air date between Nov.
1, 2005 and Oct. 31, 2006. Example: A November 2006 cover date
is not eligible this year, even if the "on sale" date
was Oct. 31st or earlier.
Additional Comm Award Judges Needed!
By Walter Haessner - TWNA Comm Award Administrator
Will you help? Most of you are qualified, but many are intimidated
by the idea of judging others' work. This is a peer-judged program;
your participation is needed.
What is required?
You will be sent several entries in your particular area of
expertise/ experience, together with judging forms to fill in
for each entry, and "Judges Notes" to assist you through
the process. You will have at least four weeks in which to judge.
Judges are needed
in all areas of truck media: magazine, book, television, video,
PR, graphic design, photography, web and radio. If you can judge
in another language, particularly French, German, or Spanish,
please indicate. To volunteer, send a note to iama0@earthlink.net
via e-mail
HDAW Update
The sponsors of Heavy Duty Aftermarket Week (HDAW) still are
interested in having TWNA participate in the meeting which will
be in Las Vegas in January.
Tim Kraus, executive
director Heavy Duty Manufacturers Association, one of HDAW's
sponsors, will discuss options for TWNA's participation at that
meeting.
One idea is to have
a "Meet The Press" type cocktail reception where TWNA
member organizations could have their media kits and sample
copies of their magazines available and get a chance to meet
HDAW exhibitors.
TWNA.ORG Resource Area
As many of you may already know, the TWNA website has an extensive
resource section with guidelines, surveys, tips and tricks to
help make our members' jobs just a bit easier. At the recent
GATS meeting, we renewed the practice of conducting media seminars
to further our goal of improving communications within the industry.
During the meeting, we discussed the need to update and expand
the resource portion of the website, including the posting of
the seminar presentations online.
If any TWNA member
has, or would like to create, a "communications/media how-to"
item that might be appropriate for the resource area, please
submit it to TWNA webmaster Tom
Kelley before the end of the year.
Resource items can
be as simple as a short essay on the importance of RSVP'ing
for a press event, or as complex as how to set up a Podcast,
and can be written from either a press perspective, or a media
relations perspective.
TWNA Industry Awards Banquet Tickets
Those wishing to attend TWNA's Fourth Annual Industry Awards
Banquet (3/22/07 @ Mid-America) can begin reserving tickets
now. The price for tickets is $60.00, or $450.00 per table (8
seats). Press attendees who purchase tickets will receive a
complimentary renewal/new-membership at the individual press
member level. To reserve your seats, contact TWNA at admin@twna.org
via e-mail.
The
2006 TWNA Communication Awards entry
form is now available online. Download the form and start
preparing your entries today!
