{"id":2796,"date":"2013-04-02T08:39:02","date_gmt":"2013-04-02T12:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?page_id=2796"},"modified":"2013-11-24T09:02:13","modified_gmt":"2013-11-24T14:02:13","slug":"submissions-policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/submissions-policy","title":{"rendered":"Submissions Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"LAKE welcomes submissions!\r\n<H3>Submission Methods<\/H3>\r\nPlease send submissions for\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"37\" height=\"37\" border=0 src=\"\/images\/blog_owl.jpg\">\r\n<a href=\"\/blog\/about-on-the-lake-front.html\">\r\nOn the LAKE Front<\/a>\r\n<br>\r\nthe blog of\r\n<a href=\"\/\">\r\nLAKE<\/a>, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange,\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>\r\nby email to lakesubmissions@gmail.com\r\n<br>\r\nor to information@l-a-k-e.org\r\n(yes, the dashes are part of that address).\r\n<li>\r\nor as a comment on a recent LAKE blog post.\r\n<br>\r\nLAKE may choose any comment to promote to a main post.\r\n<\/ul>\r\nFeel free to comment on\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Lowndes-Area-Knowledge-Exchange-LAKE\/175727935781529?v=wall\">the LAKE facebook page,<\/a>\r\nbut we currently only promote blog comments to blog posts.\r\n<H3>Submission Format<\/H3>\r\nThis is a blog posted in HTML on the web.\r\nSubmissions should be <strong>plain text<\/strong> inline in the body of the\r\nemail message or blog comment.\r\n<p>\r\n<table style=\"float:right;width:50%;border:1px solid black;\"><tr><td style=\"padding:1em\">\r\n<H2><a name=\"whatnot\"><\/a>What Not to Submit<\/H2>\r\nOur mail stacks are as big as your mail stacks, so help us out by\r\nsending us material close to ready to post.\r\n<p>\r\n<strong>No Word<\/strong>, please, unless it is an official government document.\r\n<p>\r\n<strong>No PDF<\/strong>\r\nunless it is an official government document or a published report.\r\n<p>\r\n<H3><a name=\"convertit\"><\/a>Convert It<\/h3>\r\nIf you do send a non-text format, if at all possible also convert it\r\nto plain text and send us that, too.\r\nAlways send a summary, plus <em>what you think is interesting or important\r\nabout the document.<\/em>\r\n<\/td><\/tr><\/table>\r\n<p>\r\nYou may use HTML markup to indicate emphasis, headers, images, videos,\r\netc.\r\n<p>\r\nWe like pictures and videos.\r\nPlease put them on the web and send us links to them.\r\n<p>\r\nIf you have pictures or videos you don&#8217;t know how to get on the web,\r\nplease send us a note to\r\ninformation@l-a-k-e.org\r\nwith a request to discuss.\r\n<p>\r\nThere are no length limits on submissions, but we (and our readers)\r\ndo get bored with wordiness and repetition.\r\n<H3>Submission Content<\/H3>\r\nContent relevant to Lowndes County, Georgia or the surrounding area is preferred.\r\n<p>\r\nWe especially seek reports on government bodies and other meetings.\r\nThere are\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/local.php\">\r\nfive cities and the county government in Lowndes County,<\/a>\r\nand two school systems\r\nplus at least twenty\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/localappt.php\">\r\nappointed boards<\/a>, and of course similar organizations\r\nin the surrounding area.\r\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/03\/communities-watching-boards.html\">\r\nAll of them are of interest.<\/a>\r\nGo, take notes, take pictures, take videos, send us some!\r\n<p>\r\nOpinions are good; facts are better.\r\nThis is a blog, so every post has opinions.\r\nBut we try to back up opinions with evidence.\r\n<p>\r\nIf you have documentation, please send a link to it online,\r\nor a citation for where to find it, or a description,\r\nor the name of someone or some organization that has it,\r\nor the document itself.\r\nIf you send a non-text document, see <a href=\"#convertit\">Convert It<\/a>.\r\nWe&#8217;re all owls in this together.\r\n<H3>Editorial Policy<\/h3>\r\nLAKE reserves complete discretion to select, edit, and annotate submissions,\r\nand to delete blog or facebook comments that are spam or personal attacks,\r\nor for any other reason whatever.\r\n<p>\r\nComments on the LAKE blog or facebook page \r\nare not necessarily endorsed by LAKE,\r\neven if we promote them to be main blog posts.\r\nMost blog posts by LAKE people are not necessarily endorsed by LAKE, either.\r\nChronic readers will have noted that we don&#8217;t even agree among ourselves\r\non a number of issues and often criticize each other.\r\nRemember, the purpose of LAKE is transparency and dialog.\r\nThe only posts that are endorsed by LAKE as an organization\r\nare those few that say by someone &#8220;for LAKE&#8221;.\r\n<p>\r\nRemember LAKE&#8217;s motto:\r\n<blockquote>\r\nCitizen dialog for transparent process\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\nComments and posts on this blog are part of that process.\r\n<p>\r\nWe look forward to your comments and reports!\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LAKE welcomes submissions! 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