Institute of Professional Editors Limited

A draft agenda has been circulated to councillors.

Please note that the format of our meeting will be different for this night only.

Joint meeting with the Professional Historians Association (SA) SA Writers' Centre 

Our next meeting is Thursday 18 November at which we will hold a joint meeting with the Professional Historians Association (SA). The Association promotes the research, recording, writing and presentation of history by qualified historians: most members have at least one tertiary qualification in history and are accredited under national standards determined by the Australian Council of Professional Historians Associations. (For further information please see the association's website:http://www.historians.org.au/phasa/index.html)

Members are invited to meet at the SA Writers' Centre and join the Association members and our members for:

6pm-6.30pm: a talk by Barbara Wiesner, Director of the SA Writers' Centre, about the activities of the centre.  Barbara Wiesner has spoken to society members before but if you missed this talk please come along while she speaks to the Association members.

6.30pm-7.30pm: supper

7.30pm: joint meeting begins. A panel of Association members and a panel of Society of Editors members will discuss with each other the nexus between editing and history.Please RSVP by Monday 17 November, advising if you will be there for the talk and supper, or for the meeting only, to <eds@editors-sa.org.au>.    

Wednesday 2 December 6:30 pm for 7:00 end-of-year dinner For further details see Society of Editors Victoria website http://www.socedvic.org/index.html 

Wednesday 12 November 6:30 pm for 7:00 dinner
For further details see Society of Editors Victoria website http://www.socedvic.org/index.html

At the workshop assessors will mark their assigned papers in consultation with the other assessors, to ensure that exam responses are assessed consistently and fairly.

For further details check the Editors WA website.

Check WA website for details

Candidates for the accreditation examination must pay exam fees in full to the exam secretariat by 5 pm on October 3.

Location: Immanuel College, Morphett Road, Novar Gardens. Further details avilable to registered candidates.

The location of the exam will be notified to registered candidates by the Exam Coordinator.

The  location of each state exam will be provided to registered candidates by the Exam Coordinator.

N.B Queensland exam begins at 1 pm.

You can apply by logging on to the website of the Exam Secretariat at http://www.sapro.com.au/iped/register.htm.

Members are warmly invited to join our committees for the next year. There are currently two committees: one that plans our regular meetings, workshops, and the business of the society; and a second that is planning next year's conference. We need more members to join us as this coming year will be our busiest ever, and also our most exciting.

We plan as part of our AGM to have a short presentation of the highlights of the National Editors Conference to be held by our Society in Adelaide next year, to give members a sense of what is in store.

Honorary Life Member inauguration

Karen Disney will be inaugurated as our new Honorary Life Member after many years of service to the society. She was one of our founding members, is a past president, and has a continuous record of serving on the committee. Kathie Stove, a past president, will be speaking.

Members are invited to join the committee for dinner at Café Michael 2, 204 Rundle Street East, at 6 pm.

Please RSVP for dinner by Monday 22 September to: Society of Editors (SA)

Dinner meeting at Lanai Bar, Duke of Edinburgh Room, CQ Functions.

113 Queen Street, near Little Collins Street.

• Book with Christina Ratcliffe - email preferred - at quillpower@bigpond.com or phone 0400 655 884. (Ask Christina for public transport map if you need one.)
• Please book as early as you can, but definitely before 5 p.m. on Monday 8 September. This is our first function at this new venue, and we need to know as early as possible how many people are attending.
• State if you are a Soc Eds member, or a member of VWC, ASTC, AusSI, or APA, or a non-member student.
• Cost: $25 members, $20 students, $30 non-members. (Cash or cheque to be paid on the night; no credit card facilities available.)
• Please state if you are a vegetarian.
• If you need to cancel, please contact Christina as soon as possible.

IPEd is not a membership organisation, in the sense of having individual members.

It is a company with seven Members (shareholders), which are the societies of editors of Canberra, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia.

Individual editors are encouraged to join their local state or territory society of editors in order to keep in touch with IPEd activities.

I'm doing the exam. Are you?

‘You can't set up shop as an accountant just because you like numbers, so why should you be able to set up as an editor just because you like reading? Accreditation is important because it sets a minimum standard of what it means when someone says "I'm an accredited editor"; it shows that we take our profession seriously, which is the first step in convincing others to do the same.'

Emma Pearmain, President, Society of Editors WA, editor for 8 years

 Register at www.sapro.com.au/iped/register.htm.

Guidelines and Q&A at www.iped-editors.org/content/accreditation-program

I'm doing the exam. Are you?

‘This move towards accreditation fits very well with my personal belief that editors need to be able offer clients objective proof that they can do the work required of them. I am registering for the October exam and hope very much to be able to add AE to my Grad Dip Editing and other qualifications when I tender for editing work.'

Rosemary Luke, Past President, Society of Editors, South Australia and editor for 15 years

Register at www.sapro.com.au/iped/register.htm.

Guidelines and Q&A at www.iped-editors.org/content/accreditation-program

I'm doing the exam. Are you?

‘I intend to sit the exam because I believe that only an accreditation system set up by and for professional editors will deliver the recognition and rewards that we deserve.'

Virginia Wilton, Canberra, Chair, IPEd Council; Director, WHH Publishing and very experienced editor

 Register at www.sapro.com.au/iped/register.htm.

Guidelines and Q&A at www.iped-editors.org/content/accreditation-program

I'm doing the exam. Are you?

‘I'm doing the exam because passing it will give me confidence in my abilities and credibility with potential clients. I think putting it off is not going to make me better prepared; we use the time we have and it's not going to get any easier. If I am realistic about my skills then I will pass. At my age I am keen to build up my editing credibility and this is the best way.'

Jamie Miller, Tasmania, editor since 2006

 Register at www.sapro.com.au/iped/register.htm.

Guidelines and Q&A at www.iped-editors.org/content/accreditation-program

I'm doing the exam. Are you?

‘I hate exams but I'm sitting for this one on principle. Unless we do this there will be no way to differentiate competent editors and those who aren't. It is the only way for the profession get the recognition it deserves.'

Carla Morris, Western Australia, editor since 2004

Register at www.sapro.com.au/iped/register.htm.

Guidelines and Q&A at www.iped-editors.org/content/accreditation-program

I'm doing the exam. Are you?

I am planning to do do the exam because I am curious to see how I will go. I don't need the accreditation for my work but I am self-taught and a specialist literary editor. So I want to see how I fit with the whole range of editing and test myself in areas that I never attempt in my work. I like a challenge and I view this as a learning experience. For young people I think this exam and accreditation are essential.

Edith Speers, Tasmania, with 12 years of professional editing experience

Register at www.sapro.com.au/iped/register.htm.

Guidelines and Q&A at www.iped-editors.org/content/accreditation-program

For further details see the WA Society site.

See Editors WA website for full details.

Each state and territory society of editors has a register of freelance editors. You can access these registers by going to the appropriate website, using the tabs at the top right of this site.

If you want your thesis edited, you should also read the Guidelines on editing research theses.

Details on Tasmanian Society website.