For a member to run an announcement in this section, it must meet the following criteria:
If you wish to announce a for-fee event, and would like to have OPAS endorse it and run it in our endorsed events section, You must submit a complete description to the OPAS Board explaining why OPAS should endorse your event. Such events will show up in the main Event area as well as the Special events column on the left side of the homepage.
Contact the Chair of your Chapter or the president submit an event.
A More Detailed Guideline for Submitting Events to the OPAS site
There are two main areas where members can submit events, plus certain events qualify to run at the top of the Events Column on the left hand side of the OPAS homepage. This document explains the kinds of events you can post, where they might go and how OPAS decides if they are acceptable or not. Member-posted events should no longer be placed in either the Discussion Forum or the Blog areas.
OPAS Events
In this area OPAS’ own events are posted, plus certain other events not run by OPAS. The following are acceptable types of events.
If you feel your event is suitable for this area, open up the OPAS Events section, click the Add button and fill out the event information. This will put your event in a moderation area for the Board to review. If the benefit or suitability is not clear, a Board member will contact you for more information.
Member Events
This is where most members’ own events are posted, plus certain other events not run by members but where a member has an involvement, such as a show where a member’s art is on display.
If you feel your event is suitable for the Members’ area, use the Add button and fill out the event information. This will put your event in a moderation area for the Board to review. If the event’s suitability is not clear, a Board member will contact you for more information.
If the Board feels your event is suitable to be an OPAS Approved event, and you have not submitted it as such, we will contact you to see if you are interested.
Event Column
All events listed in the OPAS Events section automatically show up in the Events Column, below the “Featured Event” space at the top of the column. They show up as they come due. The event with the closest run date will be at the top, with events further in the future listed below, by event date.
The OPAS Events above, marked with an *, also qualify to be run in the Featured Event space at the top of the Event Column. Events in this space can run for a maximum of three months and will show up for at least two weeks in total over that time. Normally, events swap in and out of that space on a weekly rotation, in the order in which they were received.
Advertising Box
This area, at the bottom of every page, is reserved for events the Board feels are of especial value to both our members and the organization. It will be almost exclusively used for OPAS-originated events, or very special events with a strong OPAS presence.
All of these guidelines are subject to change without notice.