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the May-June 2010 Shipmate Ad Space

We made the deadline for the May-June SHIPMATE, April 01, 2010, and only received positive feedback from the publisher wishing that "West Point and the other schools would do something like this, too!"

The current Photoshop PSD file

Cost of the ad was paid by the festival distributor of our film OUT of ANNAPOLIS, not paid from USNA Out funds.

Print incorporates the comments of:
Major B
Bob Green
Brian Bender
Brian Wiechowski
Greer Puckett
Heather Davies
Jeff Petrie
Joe Soto
Mike Engler
Paul Culver
Randy Henderson
Shawn James
Steve Clark Hall

Changes since Joe sent out copy early 3/25

  • Decapitalized: winds, following, seas, alumni, gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender
  • changed “path of reconnection to” to “path for reconnection with”
  • changed ”Learn more about us by visiting ...” to ”Learn more by visiting ...”

    The word “reconnection” remained a point of discussion. See USNA AA usage in Facebook reference on page 41 of January-February Shipmate.

    The background photo is a significant image taken from the opening sequence and is also use in our media press kit. The obelisk at the top of the chapel dome has been cut off to preclude this being mostly a shot at the sky.

    In print, the image will be 5" high by 7-1/8" wide. Click on the photo to see the full sized JPG file.

    Here were the original concepts before our creative membership became involved. The original proposal:

    It's been a long time (2005) since USNA Out placed our first and only ad in SHIPMATE magazine. Here's the start of a new proposal. The gened alums will need to design this. . . . Eric & Joe you are going to have a heyday with this I know.

    Right off the cuff, it's not "attention grabbing" for our target audience. Let's get as many members involved as we can and come up with a stellar ad!

    Fair winds and Following Seas 2010!

    . . .from the LGBT alumni of USNA Out.

    USNA Out provides a path for “reconnection” for the many LGBT USNA alumni who have over time been disassociated from the U. S. Naval Academy and the USNA Alumni Association because of their sexuality or gender identity.

    Learn more about us by visiting us on the web at USNAOut.org and look for our upcoming film “Out of Annapolis” profiling our members at an independent film festival near you.

    ©2010 USNA Out, a Maryland Public Benefit Corporation. USNA Out is an independent 501(c)(3) organization that does not represent the US Naval Academy Alumni Association or the US Naval Academy.