Janet,

Publishing is the easiest part. Next BIG cost item is postage. There are 
several ways to get the cheapest rates. First use your non-profit status 
(501 (c) 3) presort by ZIP - five digit and three digit for reduced 
postage rates.

The USPS has a service called "Click2Mail" that prints and mails your 
documents. As an example I had a four page flyer sent to 183 members 
first-class mail for $103 total. Since it was time sensitive we used 
first-class mailing. If we had used our non-profit status, postage would 
have about $20 less and the total would have been $83 and would have 
taken over a week to go thru the PO handling.

Since I'm local to you, you can contact me at 610-670-6829 for 
additional input.

Ron Morris - Librarian Emeritus
Toy Train Reference Library
Strasburg PA

Janet Anderson wrote:
> I volunteer at a small, start up museum and we want to do a newsletter to our 
> members (about 350).   Going to an outside printer will be expensive, so I am 
> trying to convince our President to do it in house.
>
> What is a good, easy software desktop publishing system to use?
>
> How long does it typically take to put together a 2 page newsletter?
>
> Any hints/helpful information about producing newsletters would be greatly 
> appreciated.
>
> Janet Anderson
> American Museum of Veterinary Medicine
> Birdsboro, PA
>   

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