Eclipse Magazine - Produced by NABVETS Winter 2014 | Page 6

Creating positive lifestyles for Veterans and unity through awareness NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR BL ACK VETER ANS, INC. MAGAZINE Articles Each article that is submitted should: We Want to Share YOUR STORY in an Upcoming Edition! The primary focus of the Eclipse is reinforcing the unity of our members, chapters and commands and providing a platform for sharing ideas, information and communication throughout the NABVETS organization. Each Edition the Eclipse shares information about Regional, State, and Chapter Commands, as well as events and programs within the NABVETS organization. Contact us today to have your Command, event, program or special NABVETS member featured in an upcoming edition! Mail Submissions to: P.O. Box 987 Converse, TX 78109 Email Submissions to: [email protected] Call: Office: (210) 662 – 4744 • Cover the 4 W’s-“Who, What, When and Where” questions. • Include the person submitting the article’s name and contact information, including phone number and email address if they have one. • If it is in relation to a chapter or command, it should have the chapter number, Commander’s name and their contact information if it is different than the person submitting the article. • Include at least one photo/image that meets the guidelines listed below. Prints: Images We welcome regular prints (such as photos printed at any photo processing service). • PLEASE DO NOT SCAN PRINTS WITH AN OFFICE OR HOME SCANNER. If you would like to send a copy instead of the original, please take it to any photo processing center and have the copies printed. • Prints should be mailed to the submission address below. Digital Images: We also welcome digital images taken with a digital camera. • Please be aware that a digital image can look crisp, clear and bright on your viewer or computer screen, but appear grainy, blurry and dark when they are processed by the printer due to higher resolution requirements. • To avoid problems with the images becoming blurry, pixilated or dark when they go through the professional printing process, the following guidelines should be followed: • Digital cameras of 5 mega pixels or more work best. • Digital images may be either transferred via email or via a disk through regular mail. • Do not embed or insert the images into the document containing the article or any other document type. We cannot use them if they are embedded/inserted into a document as the format of the image is changed by the program that creates the document. • Please email digital images to [email protected], or send processed images to Eclipse Magazine, P.O. Box 987, Converse TX 78109.