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To request membership, send an email to this address:

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and include the following information:

• your name,
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• how you heard about us,
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Important (effective January 2006): If you do not live in the metro D.C. area, please include an article with your request that we can post on this website.  (Please tell us if you'd like it posted in the public section, anonymously, or in the restricted section).  Guidelines for submitting an article are here: http://www.washingtonspeechwriters.com/blog/_archives/2005/4/16/568474.html

[This is a volunteer-run site, and you should hear back within a week, but it sometimes takes longer.]

Whether or not you become a member, we invite you to "Get Notified when new articles are posted to this site"

Am I Already a Member?

If you have ever received a Roundtable email from Jan Cook, you are already a member.

You should proceed to: "Get Notified when new articles are posted."

 

 

You can be notified by email when new articles are added to this site. 

This service is available for both members and the general public.

We recommend you print this page now, since you will be directed away from these instructions during the sign-up process.

Before you start, please be aware:

Creating a notification account does not make you a member of the Roundtable and does not provide access to the Members only sections. For that, please see:  Request Membership

These instructions were revised on 4/24/05.

To be notified when new articles are posted, follow these steps:

1.  Create an account:

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Fill out the form. Take note of what you enter in the first field - "username." (You may be asked for this later).  For "Display Name: ___" Please use your full name.  Click "Sign Up." Close this browser window.

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Click on the link to confirm your subscription.

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You can skip this step and click the yellow "LOGOUT" button on the top right.  Close this blogware window.

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Enter your login information on the top right (username and password). Click "Log In." 

Note: If you have logged in successfully, in the right column you will see (in red) "You are logged-in, (username)." A "Logout" button will appear below it. 

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On the right column, you will now see new  instructions that say "If this is your first successful log-in . . ." 

Click on the link provided.  This takes you to a page where you'll set your notification preferences. (This is a required step).

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