IPMS-Seattle Newsletter, Editorial Policy

Our newsletter is prepared with the goal of providing information that educates, informs, and helps expand the skills of our membership about our hobby: plastic scale modeling (including resin, vacu-form, and 3-D printed scale models). All content related to the hobby are welcome.

Examples are: Plastic Model kit reviews, plastic modeling tool and paint reviews, plastic model build techniques, tips, and tricks, plastic model build articles, original model subject research and reference, Model Show reports (text and visual), model subject museum tours (text and visual), Airshow, Car Race, or other model subject shows and activities (text and visual), plastic model industry news, Seattle IPMS Chapter news.

We strive to provide content that encourages interest in plastic scale modeling and that fosters enjoyment and enrichment of the hobby. To present content that is focused, useful, and interesting to the wide range of our audience. The newsletter should significantly aid in the learning and informing of the scale modeling hobby in an earnest and honest voice. We welcome content that can be used to present new and interesting information about scale modeling, that enhances the experiences of our membership.

The Newsletter Editor is responsible for soliciting materials to be published, determining features of the publication, setting and enforcing deadlines, making a final determination about what will be published in an issue, coordinating frequency of publications, and overseeing all operations of the publication. This position retains full authority over editorial content to protect the interests of our organization. They work as part of a team that sets guidelines and expectations for authors, and reviewers. The Newsletter Editor serves at the pleasure of the Seattle IPMS E-Board, and is a wholly voluntary position. The Newsletter Editor reserves the right to adjust grammar, spelling, and matters of consistency in submitted content. Questions about editorial decisions or editorial policies should be directed to the Chapter President and the Newsletter Editor via e-mail.