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John (Jeff) Scroggin, AEP, J.D., LL.M., Editor
Email: JJS@scrogginlaw.com
Phone: 770-640-1101Welcome to the First Edition of the
National Association of Estate Planners and Councils Journal
of Estate & Tax Planning. The Journal is a unique
project of the NAEPC designed to provide additional benefit and
value to the individual members of Estate Planning Councils
around the United States. With over 28,000 members in the NAEPC,
the Journal will be the broadest circulation estate planning
publication in the country.
Our goal is to use the Journal to provide the members of
Estate Planning Councils around the country with quality
articles that increase their understanding of estate and tax
planning. Our goals include:
- Providing Valuable Information to the Four Disciplines of
Estate Planning;
- Serving as a Portal by which Materials that have appeared
in other Discipline's forums (e.g., publications, meetings,
reports) are available to All our Members;
- Adding Value to NAEPC Membership;
- Serving as a Research Source (as material accumulates) for
Members; and
- Serving as an "Outside the Box" Resource of ideas.
The Journal will be totally an internet publication, which
gives us incredible flexibility in the material we can provide
to our members. For example, the size of the article does not
matter. While many paper publications require articles of a
certain size, we do not care how long or how short the article
may be.
Unlike most other publications we don't care about carrying
reprints because many of our members have never seen the
materials in other disciplines. For example, a speech outline
from an AICPA meeting can be valuable to an attorney.
We are not limited by pictures, charts, PowerPoint usage or
other paper limits - if it is digital, we can use it! Unlike
commercial publications, we are fundamentally focused on
educating our members, not selling a product.
We intend to publish semi-annually until January of 2008,
when we will move to a quarterly publication. Over time, we
intend to publish as materials come available.
Do you have an article you would like to publish? Have you
seen an article, study, presentation outline, PowerPoint program
or other material which you believe would be of interest to
other members of the estate planning profession? Submit a copy
to me and we will consider publishing it. Publication in the
Journal offers exposure to over 28,000 estate planners. |
