PROBE

The Association of
Public Relations Officers
and Bulletin Editors
of the
Society for the Preservation and
Encouragement of Barber shop Quartet
Singing in America, Inc.

• Where Does All That Bulletin News Come From?
  • Lifted from the Bulletin Editors Manual, Editor Herb Bayles
  
  
• Why A Chapter Bulletin?
  • Herb Bayles reminds us of many benefits - including keeping families informed
  
  
• My Thoughts About PROBE Contests
  • President Shank has some thoughts on why you should enter
  
  
• Are We Fulfilling Our Purpose?
  • Editor Steve Jackson questions our commitment (or perhaps just our aproach)
  
  
• Diaphragm Breathing
  • Jon Wagner, Sun City chapter, Florida offers another great craft article
  
  
• Hello PROBE!
  • Profiles of David Haase (VP-M) and Bruce Anderson (VP-PR and Immediate Past President)
  
  
• To post or not to post?
  • Bruce Anderson has more thoughts on hard copy vs. electronic bulletins
  
  
• Your dues are due
  • Secretary/Treasurer Dick Girvin provides his annual reminder (should we need it by now?)
  
  
• Help for Editors
  • John Elving, VP-BE provides some amazing sources
  
  
• Making Improvements In What We Do
  • More good stuff from John Elving
  
  
• Web pages:: How cute is too cute?
  • Webmaster Arnie Wade provides some tips for new webmasters
  
  
• Seven easy things to do for better L&R
  • Grant Carson passes on some tips from L & R judge Tom Pierce
  
  
• To Develop a Public Relations Package Plan Your Move — Move Your Plan!
  • Ray Ashcroft, Fullerton, CA, offers a trio of articles providing tips for getting newspapers to look at your submissions
  
  
• Open Forum: Online Bulletins
  • A recap of a recent online discussion about style and substance (and format)
  
  
• On-line or hard copy bulletins?
  • John Elving offers more fuel for the fire
  
  
• Online Marketing for Online Marketing for Chapters and Quartets
  • Wow! (I know that's bad form, but Dave Baker, Glendale, Arizona offers great tips for the novice at online marketing)
  
  
• XP Keyboard Shortcuts
  • Jon Wagner provides helpful tips and tricks for keyboarders
  
  
• From the E-Bag
  • Yes, we get letters
  
  
• A Barbershopper's Crossword Puzzle
  • By Rusty Williams, Associate Editor, In Tune, Sept. 2007, editor Linda Williams, Hunterdon Harmonizers
  
  
• Who’s A Bulletin Editor?
  • Thought piece by Herb Bayles, Torrance, California - and don't miss the sidebar on "What's an Editorial?"
  
  
• So, a chapter So, a chapter bulletin is good PR?
  • Robb Ollett, former Chairman Society PR-Marketing Committee speaks of the purposes and benefits of bulletins
  
  
• Back to the basics….
  • Editor Jackson writes about the need to occasionally regroup
  
  
• Opening the throat is perhaps the second most important technical issue in singing
  • More craft, courtesy of Steve Albert, Anthony Winters, John Tardy via Jon Wagner