I am pleased that you are interested in applying for monthly membership for your newspaper with the Minnesota Newspaper Association.
The procedure to apply for membership is:
• Write a letter to the Board of Directors, giving details about your paper (when you started, circulation, trade area, etc.), as well as filling out the application form.
• Send a copy of the letter, along with three recent issues of your paper to each Board member.
• Send a copy of the letter and a rate card, as well as three issues, to Lisa Hills at MNA, 12 South Sixth Street, Suite 1120, Minneapolis, MN 55402.
Dues for 2007 are based on your column inch advertising rate at 125 inches.
Dues for a monthly paper are a minimum of $200, a maximum of $335.
Bi-weeklies are at a minimum of $300, maximum $810.
Semi-monthlies are at a minimum of $200, maximum of $750.
You may contact Lenora Steman, MNA accountant, for the amount of your dues.
Your dues include sending four copies of every issue of your paper to our office which we use for advertising tearsheets and for the clipping service.
The Board meets during the year in May, June, October, and December at which time they will consider your application.
Best regards,
Lisa Hills
Executive Director


