VI. The Editorial Office of Social Problems Forum: The SSSP Newsletter

The Newsletter Editor is recommended by the Editorial and Publications Committee and appointed by the Board
of Directors for a three-year term. The Editor can be reappointed to subsequent terms. The Editor is a nonvoting,
ex-officio member of the Board of Directors and the Editorial and Publications Committee.
In addition to the duties of preparing the Newsletter, the Editor supplies the Budget, Finance, and Audit
Committee (through the Administrative Office) with a copy of the budget needs projected for the preparation of a
camera ready copy of three newsletter manuscripts each calendar year.

The primary purpose of the Newsletter is to inform members of the various activities of the Society. The items
listed below should appear in the Newsletter. The remainder of the Newsletter reflects the initiative of the Editor
in soliciting articles and reviews and in publishing announcements of activities judged interesting to members.
Members of the Society can contribute articles, announcements, and book reviews.

The Newsletter includes the following items:
• The Call for Papers for the Annual Meeting announcement.
• The Call for Nominations for the various awards made by the Society such as the: C. Wright Mills
Award, Division-sponsored Awards, Joseph B. Gittler Award, Lee Founders Award, Racial/Ethnic
Minority Graduate Scholarship, and the Thomas C. Hood Social Action Award.
• The Call for Applications for support from the Erwin O. Smigel Award, Lee Scholar Support
Fund, and the Lee Student Support Fund.
• Statement of candidate qualifications and candidate statements of all persons running for elective office.
• Election results when tabulated.
• The official minutes of the Board of Directors Meetings and of the Annual Business Meeting, the annual
audit, and the approved SSSP budget.
• Other announcements of Society activities or activities of its divisions.
• A column from the Executive Officer.

The Newsletter Editor provides the Administrative Office with a camera-ready copy and a pdf file of the
newsletter. The Administrative Office has contracted with a printer to produce the issue and prepare the issue for
bulk mailing (or first class mailing in the case of foreign members.) The Newsletter is printed and distributed to
all current members who requested a paper copy as well as all members from the previous year who have not
paid their current dues (until the Annual Meeting) within three weeks of received the camera-ready copy. An
electronic link is sent to members who requested one. Members must receive the fall issue no later than mid-
November, the winter issue no later than March 1, and the summer issue no later than July 1. The newsletter is
also placed on the Society’s web site.