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Welcome to our web site! It explains how to contact us, and includes a register of freelance editors in Canberra, a checklist of what editors do, some recent issues of our newsletter, a 'notice board' with details of our meetings, training courses and other happenings, and more. Canberra Society of Editors is a professional association incorporated in the ACT. Are you looking for an editor? The Society has published, since 1993, a printed register of Freelance editors in Canberra, distributed free of charge on request. The 8th edition was published in mid-2006 and sent to several hundred actual or potential employers of editors. If you would like one, please contact the secretary. The web version of this register is being updated continuously, so that it remains bang up to date. Click on the Freelance editors button to go to it. The checklist button will lead you to a list of editorial tasks offered by our members, that may help you in specifying the job that you want done. The Australian Standards for Editing Practice are also available on this website. The Canberra Society of Editors website can feature advertisements for situations vacant and situations wanted, both freelance and in-house, and has achieved good response rates. Contact Peter Judge if this opportunity is of possible interest to you. Are you an editor? The Canberra Society of Editors aims to: • promote contact between editors • encourage the exchange of ideas • maintain editorial standards • promote the use of editorial services • cooperate with other societies of editors and related bodies. Members enjoy: • monthly meetings • entertaining and informative speakers • training workshops • a monthly newsletter • a widely read register of freelance editors in Canberra. Join us to make friends in the profession and learn more about the industry in which you work. We meet at 6 pm on the last Wednesday of each month, from February to October, generally in the Friends Lounge, National Library of Australia, Parkes. See the Notice Board for details of the next meeting. There are no meetings in November and the society takes a break in December and January. Do you want to be an editor? You can find some notes on 'How do I become an editor' by clicking here. Training opportunities There are usually training seminars in the offing. Check out the Notice Board! Institute of Professional Editors, IPEd Formerly the Council of Australian Societies of Editors, CASE For up-to-date news of the IPEd please look in our Notice Board or in the recent newsletters. IPEd/CASE now has a website at <www.iped-editors.org>. The site was created with the support of all the state and territory societies of editors, following discussions at the national conference of editors in July 2003. It will be updated from time to time with news of IPEd activities in areas such as accreditation, standards, and promotion of the editing profession. IPEd/CASE published a report on proposals for the accreditation of editors and is working towards the introduction of such a scheme. IPEd/CASE also published its Australian Standards for Editing Practice, and a web version of these can be found by clicking here. Any questions? Contact the president, Ted Briggs or web minder Peter Judge. The society's ABN: 77 022 481 553 Mailing address: Canberra Society of Editors PO Box 3222 Manuka ACT 2603, Australia  This page has been visited times since 8 November 2001, (you can add about 5000 to that since the site was launched on 24 June 1998) Web site designed and maintained by Peter Judge Last modified 27/12/07