Make Announcements to our Network of Subscribers

Would you like to announce an event, promotion, retirement, enlistment, or award?

We are a valuable announcement resource to a broad community of professionals who believe in an important mission:  to create and maintain a fitting memorial to the people and historic events that reflects our nation's legacy of duty, honor, strength, resolve and sacrifice. 

If your announcement helps to support this mission, we invite you to send a message to our subscribers.  UMMA communicates information by the following service areas:

1. Broadside e-Newsletter
2. Event Invitations
3. Job Announcements
4. Commercial Announcements
5. Special Requests 

The following fee and distribution schedule are provided to generate the revenue necessary to maintain our communication network. To start the process, contact us at development@ussmissouri.org or call 808.455.1600 x244.

1) UMMA General Announcements & Newsletter
General email news and e-newsletters are free. These are general announcements such as recognition of accomplishments, updates of legal policies affecting the industry, or relaying decisions made by the UMMA Board of Directors as articles in our regular e-newsletter. The Broadside e-newsletter is a monthly online publication that features the volunteer of the month, a collection item, a fundraising article, upcoming event information, and links to feature information. Depending upon membership giving levels, some members have free annual announcements. See membership benefits for more information.

2) UMMA Sponsored Event Invitations
UMMA Event Invitations are sponsored and planned as annual partner initiatives, approved by the UMMA Board, and are free or discounted announcements to members and non-members. This includes education events, workshops, seminars, and trainings. Non-sponsored UMMA events are considered commercial announcements and require a fee to be paid to UMMA to announce the events to subscribed members.

3) Job Announcements
UMMA charges both members and non-members to announce job or career position opportunities to the vast subscribership. The fees are discounted for current members as of the distribution date of the email announcement. Different fees apply for members ($50) versus non-members ($100). To receive member discounted fees, the UMMA member must provide a membership number and turn in sign the service order (sample below) and is responsible to help UMMA receive payment within 30 days. Unless expedited, each commercial announcement is part of the same email "postcard" which is sent once per week on a routine basis.

4) Commercial Announcements
Both UMMA members and non-members are required to pay a fee for the commercial marketing of any events or announcements that are not sponsored by UMMA. Different fees apply for members ($50) versus non-members ($100). To receive member discounted fees, the UMMA member must provide a membership number and turn in sign the service order (sample below) and is responsible to help UMMA receive payment within 30 days.

5) Special Requests
Communication that does not fall within the categories above is forwarded to the Vice President of Development who determines the fee pricing, urgency, and distribution date with the requestor.

6) Expedite & Alteration Services
For those submissions that need to be distributed immediately as separate announcements or require alteration assistance, UMMA charges members ($200) and non-members ($250) service fee. Examples of alteration services ($35/hr) include but are not limited to submissions that may need to be changed into an acceptable format, size, graphic or margin revisions, or necessary spelling and grammar changes before distribution. UMMA will notify the sender if the distribution request date is different from the regular schedule or if communication materials do not meet the communication format.

Announcement Format

Announcements are sent in electronic HTML "postcards". We request that the content be designed with the following in mind: ready-to-send content in a Microsoft Word, HTML, or PDF format. The final broadcast email must be smaller that 500KB. Please provide 300 dpi resolution or higher for images (less than 500KB). UMMA will notify the sender if communication materials need additional preparation, and to confirm any service fees.

Announcement Schedule

Announcements are sent one day each week unless there are no announcements to send.  Users made unsubscribe from announcements and still receive the free e-newsletter subscription.  To expedite distribution, please see information above.

To start the process, contact us at development@ussmissouri.org or call 808.455.1600 x244