A newsletter for employees is one of the most difficult tasks for any communications professional.  It needs to be interesting and informative.  It needs to cover lots of issues—in very little space.  It needs to answer all the hard questions that employees would like to ask—yet still be fun.  As we launch this first issue of our electronic employee newsletter, these will be our challenges.

No editor can face these challenges alone.  While I wear the editor’s hat, Pedro Avila and Suzy Shirk are providing both technical support and invaluable opinions on format, layout, design and topics.  Each of our district department heads will be asked to submit information each month and I hope that you, our readers, will do the same.  Special thanks to Dr. Gornick for providing the support needed to launch this piece and allow us the forum to answer questions.

Please let us know what you think—about issues, about events, about what you want to read.  This is your newsletter.  An email address is being established that will allow anonymity so feel free to ask the hard questions.

Frances