WEEKLY EDITION DECEMBER 18, 2019
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Association Insight to Publish Bi-Weekly in 2020
Staff support the move to bi-weekly newsletters as well. The less frequent publishing schedule will allow
writers and contributors extra time to invest in more thorough articles and commentary. With fewer issues of
Association Insight, staff will also have more time to devote to other value-add projects for Members. In the
first quarter of 2020, these include:
• The survey on disposal in
portable sanitation
currently slated for release
in January 2020.
• A new participant guide for
the Basic Service
Technician Training Series.
• A Train-the-Trainer
curriculum.
"The PSAI is focused on
maximizing the value we provide
to Members," says Executive
Director Karleen Kos. "As the
industry consolidates and
reorganizes, we have to get more
done with the resources available
to us. Moving to a bi-weekly publishing schedule for Association Insight allows staff and volunteers to do that
without negatively affecting the benefits Members receive."
The PSAI will supplement bi-weekly newsletters with periodic emails and social media postings that will help
Members
stay up to date on important events in the portable sanitation industry.
"We also plan to stay flexible and listen to our stakeholders," adds Kos. The PSAI's annual industry survey, due
to be released in April, will seek feedback on the new publishing schedule. "If Members tell us they value a
return to the weekly publishing schedule, we will certainly take that very seriously. We exist to promote the
portable sanitation industry and help solve its problems. At present we think we can get the most 'bang for
the buck' by moving to a bi-weekly schedule. If we're wrong, we'll make further changes based on what we
hear."
Association Insight has been published weekly (51 issues a year) since May 2014. Traditionally, the last two
weeks of each year over Christmas and New Years have been handled in a single, combined issue. Thus, to
finish out 2019 there will be newsletters December 18 and December 26. The bi-weekly schedule begins
January 8.
Members and stakeholders who wish to submit material for the newsletter should consult the online
publication calendar and deadlines. For more information, contact Karleen Kos at karleenk@psai.org.
