How to Join the Bay Area Editors' Forum

Step 1. If you are new to BAEF or if your membership has lapsed, please first complete our online membership application. This will create a "personal page" for you in our Database of Editors. If you are renewing, go straight to Step 2.

Step 2. Mail a check for $40 for annual membership to:

Bay Area Editors' Forum
PMB 120
1474 University Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94702

With your check, please include a separate sheet of paper with your name, phone number, and e-mail address, and state whether this is a new application or renewal. We need this information as a temporary backup to the online membership application you submitted in Step 1. Your check is your receipt. We do not accept other forms of payment.

Step 3. When your BAEF membership has been processed, we will send you an e-mail confirmation with your member ID and password. You can then easily customize your personal page, update your information immediately, or whenever needed, and always have the option to display your page on the BAEF site or not. Note: membership can take up to 30 days to process because we are staffed solely by volunteers.

Member Benefits

• Monthly forums on a wide range of topics relevant to editing and publishing; the electronic Bulletin published nine times a year with BAEF news and notes summarizing what speakers presented at the monthly forums, and other news of interest to editors and writers.
  
  
• Job announcements targeted specifically to our membership emailed to you as we receive them.
  
  
• An optional listing in our online Database of Editors where employers and contractors search for the editorial assistance they need. Each member has a personal page, with access via a password-secure server, to display the contact information you choose and up to 600 words describing your editorial services. You also have the option to upload one graphic to your personal page. Alternatively, you may prefer to keep your membership information private and unpublished.
  
  Whether you choose to display your listing on our site or not, you are solely responsible for updating your contact information and professional profile. Be sure to keep your email address updated!
  
  
• The Forum's Electronic Discussion List—an online hub where members network, discuss topics of interest, and post questions related to editing and contracting.

How to Be Listed in Our Web Site Database of Editors

If you are already a member, log in to your personal page (using your Member ID and password). Check the appropriate boxes for those items you want displayed on your personal page. If you are a new member, we will send you an e-mail within 30 days of joining with details on how to log in to your personal page and customize your listing.

Remember to update your contact information whenever it changes—especially your e-mail address. You are solely responsible for keeping your contact info updated.

Have You Forgotten Your Password?

If you have forgotten your password, click here and follow instructions to retrieve it.

How to Join the Forum's Electronic Discussion List

Take part in lively discussions with other members about topics of interest in our industry and post your questions. It's the perfect vehicle to network and receive helpful advice from colleagues. This list is the channel for communication with other members outside the monthly bulletin and forums.

When you are a member, joining the electronic discussion list is easy. Register at http://www.groups.yahoo.com then sign up for our list at http://www.groups.yahoo.com/community/editorsforum

E-mail addresses to reach the discussion list:

• Subscribe: editorsforum-subscribe@groups.yahoo.com
  
• Unsubscribe: editorsforum-unsubscribe@groups.yahoo.com
  
• List owner: editorsforum-owner@groups.yahoo.com
  
• If you experience difficulty signing onto or off of the electronic discussion list, contact list moderator Lee Sahlaney.