Blog Replaces ACUPA Newsletter

We're excited about our first post in the new blog, Policy Matters!

As you know, policy administrators and others spend considerable time populating the ACUPA website to enable information sharing among the association’s members. Behind the scenes in ACUPA, virtually or in person, groups from around the world meet regularly with each other to think of ways to bring you useful and timely news and tools, all while juggling their “day jobs.”

Until recently, the Newsletter Committee of ACUPA brought you a triannual publication, ACUPAexchange. Now, to address the needs of our members and maximize the efficiency of our processes, we have decided to begin publishing the ACUPA newsletter as a blog.

Policy Matters, taking the place of ACUPAexchange, will still be your member-populated periodical for articles on policy management and policy subjects, as well as a place for discussion, through comments, and for communicating other useful material. We will regularly populate the site with posts and articles that we believe will be of interest to our members.

Discussions among committee members and the ACUPA board of directors yielded a list of topics, as detailed below, and members of the committee agreed to a regular rotation, the result of which will be bi-weekly posts on the site. All ACUPA members will receive notification when there is a new post, and are encouraged to go to the site, read, and comment. If you decide you would rather not receive notifications about new posts, you can unsubscribe from the blog.

At this point, nothing is “written in stone”; we appeal to you, our members, to help us decide whether we have brought you this new feature in the most useful way. Please contact any of the committee members with your feedback, or ideas for topics that would be of interest to you.

Finally, while we know you are all busy, your submissions are encouraged and welcomed. All of ACUPA would love to see blog posts about your organization’s challenges, accomplishments, solutions, or other interesting perspectives on what we do. Send them anytime to any member of the Newsletter Committee for publication!

Policy Matters content ideas:

• Announcements about ACUPA events
• Updates from the board
• Editorial or article about a policy-related issue
• "How We Did This” – descriptions from ACUPA members on how they implemented a policy, process, etc.
• Interviews with ACUPA members on relevant issues
• Blog posts with policy-related links
• Rants from members
• Satirical/ humor posts
• Other office-related posts, such work tools, workplace ideas, office trends, accommodating different generations, workplace diversity, etc.
• Member human interest: profiles/spotlights of members
• Policy Watch: what should policy administrators be looking for (e.g., new proposed guidelines regarding sexual assault. 

Policy Matters  committee members:

• Josh Adams: ja22@cornell.edu
• Jennifer Gallagher: JGallagher@uvu.edu
• Megan Jones: webbme@msudenver.edu
• Cara O'Sullivan: Cara.OSullivan@uvu.edu
• Meg Resue: mresue@rcgc.edu
• Jessica Teets: teets@purdue.edu