Program Guide Meeting Jan. 17

Thursday, January 17 Meeting

Attending: Tom, Graham
Skypeing: Marc, Jen, Aaron

Aaron Reports:
Most of the Regional Stuff is in.
New York, Edmonton, Halifax still outstanding.
Everything else is in and is being copy edited.
First batch of content will be in.
Trophy section has been assigned to Graham
Teams and Rosters-Ray will update on Friday, January 18.
Art work in coming shortly.
Andrew Marriot is working on photos of teams from last year.
Jen will contact Andrew directly to facilitate this more efficiently.
Enough back and forth contact is occurring, there seems to be no need for concern at this time.
All editorial content must be in by February 13th to match ad deadline for organization.

Jen Reports:
Roster Page Layouts are set
Jeff Lamire is doing some small sketches and may be interested in doing sketches on the schedule page (the centerfold of the guide).
Is there additional interest in sketches or illustrations for the corners of the pages.
Emails can be sent out to anyone interested in contributing sketches, art work, pictures that are guide-appropriate and can be reduced to a small size.
Jen will put together an email and Tom will send it out to Team Captains for them to solicit their team members.
Roster information is almost complete on the exclaimhockey.ca website

Tom Reports:
Steve Stanley confirmed with Tom that the files sent to Metroland will be compatible.
He will convert files to PDF to help facilitate this.
Advertising & Sponsors Report
Brent Oliver in Edmonton will take on much of this challenge.
Diana Olsen and Jeff Waye in Montreal will assist.
Patches on the Front Jersey could be offered at a cost to advertisers for additional exposure.
Ninja Tune ad has been sold already.
Tom is optimistic about the direction of advertisements.
20 pages allotted for advertising as agreed at last meeting.
Deadline for ads is February 13th.
Paying Ad sponsors are the priority
Contributors who are to be recognized with ad space are reserved to ½ a page.
(Ex: If 7 Contributors are being recognized, 7 logos appear on the ½ page.)


Harmonizing with the Tournament

If Teams have all their stuff in and have paid, the layout department can begin.
At this time - Chart Attack, Humiliation, Black Hearts, Morningstars - Have everything in.
As teams get everything in to Tom and Ray, the green light will be given to allow the layout work to begin.
Tom will set this up by way of a closed email list.
Proofreading is underway - 3 Proofreaders are working through the first package now.

Next Meeting

6:30 - Thursday, January 31st. (Tom’s Place and Skype)

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