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BY JUDY TIBBS
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AcuKast, Inc. 136
American Valve 1
AUMA Actuators, Inc. 3
Babbitt Steam Specialty 5
Bernard Controls 8
Caplugs 145
Concast Metals 73
Continental Disc Corporation 85
Crane Energy Flow Solutions 67
EIM Controls 23
Emerson Process
Management-Fisher Controls 25
Farris Engineering (div. of
Curtiss-Wright Flow Control) 77
Flexitallic 26
Garlock Sealing Technologies 29
Growth Capital Partners 123
Highland Foundry Ltd. 31
Metso Automation 38
Metso Automation/Valvcon 61
Moog Flo-Tork, Inc 27
The Wm. Powell Company 138
The Wm. Powell Company 138
Remote Control, Inc. 43
Rotork Process Controls, Inc. 92
Rotork Gears 46
Scientific Linings & Coatings 139
Siemens Energy &
Automation, Inc. 48
Solon Manufacturing Co. 50
Tyco Flow Control 57
U.S. Alloys, Inc. 159
United Valve 59
Valve Repair Council 72
Valve World 64
Velan Valve 63
The Dog Days of Editorial Planning
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Mention the word “August,” and
most people think of vacations at
the beach, golfing getaways or getting the
kids ready for school. Not me. Like many
editors I know, this last full month of
summer is all about planning editorial for
the following year. With most magazine
media kits and editorial calendars due
out in late September, we editors need to
get a jump on the planning process during
the hazy, lazy days of summer.
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A Whole Lotta Help
At industry or professional events, people
will occasionally ask me, how do you figure out what to put in the magazine every
year? My quick answer is this: With a lot
of help! However, editorial planning is a
long process that involves gathering facts
and opinions by talking to people who
know more than I do, constantly reading
news about the industry, listening to comments at meetings, attending industry
trade shows, checking out websites to see
what piques everyone’s interest, and, yes,
I do rely a bit on my magical “
editorial-sense,” having spent the last five years
editing Valve Magazine.
I equate this process to being a chef
gathering ingredients and recipe ideas
from others who are either superb cooks
themselves or who just like to eat good
food! Those who contribute to the meal
are VMA members, end users, engineers,
distributors, industry consultants, other
media… just about anyone who has an
interest in what’s happening in today’s
ever-changing valve industry.
Since Valve Magazine is put out by the
Valve Manufacturers Association on
behalf of its members—U.S. and Canadian manufacturers of industrial valves,
actuators and controls, as well as suppliers to those companies—I count on members to provide ideas on issues, products
or technologies about which they would
like to write or read. I always get a lot of
ideas from industry volunteers who are
part of VMA’s Communications Committee, the magazine’s Editorial Review
HOW TO REACH THE EDITOR:
1. Post a comment to our blog and share
your thoughts with others in the valve
industry. Go to ValveMagazine.com
and respond to the post about “
Planning for 2009.”
2. Send an email to jtibbs@vma.org.
3. Call Judy at her Fredericksburg, VA
office at 540-785-8901.
4. Write a letter to… no, wait. No one
ever writes letters any more. Please
do one of the above.
Board, and now, our new Education &
Training Committee (see article on page
48).
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And Then There is You
But no one’s opinions count more than
yours, the reader. So here’s your chance
to let us know what you’d like to see in
Valve Magazine next year.
• What are the industry issues that
give you the most concern?
• About what are you curious to
learn more?
• Do you like “back to basics” articles, those designed for the more
experienced reader or both?
• What sections of the magazine do
you find most useful?
• What was your favorite article in
the past year?
• What can we do to make Valve Magazine even more useful to you?
Do you want to market your products and
services to 27,000 users, buyers, specifiers,
distributors and manufacturers in the
industrial valve industry?
If you are a U.S. or Canadian valve, actuator
or control manufacturer, or if you sell services and supplies to valve, actuator and control
manufacturers, you could be eligible to
advertise in Valve Magazine.
To find out if you qualify, please contact Sue
Partyke at 540-374-9100 or via email at
Even if you just provide an idea for
one article you’d like to read, we’ll be
most grateful. Collectively, your comments about the magazine will help us
put together an appetizing publication for
you to feast on in 2009. VM
JUDY TIBBS has been the associate publisher/editor-in-chief of Valve Magazine since 2003. She also
edited the magazine back in the late 1980s when
she was on staff at the Valve Manufacturers Association ( www.vma.org).
