Design and Distribution Resources: The CO is responsible for developing, formatting and distributing their own content. If you require technical assistance for design or distribution, please see the list of available vendors.
Best Practice Guidelines for Communications: COs are strongly encouraged to follow best practices when emailing members. Following best practice guidelines will increase email open rates and help to avoid legal pitfalls.
List Delivery and Formatting: Please allow two weeks for delivery of the list to the email address provided under Contact information. The list will be provided in standard ASCII, comma-delimited text format (first row contains column/field names). The list will contain USPS mailing address, phone number and email address, to the extent they exist in the AAPA database. Individuals who have chosen not to have their information shared will not be included on the list. State lists are generated based on individual's primary address on record.
The list will be encrypted and delivered with instructions to download free software to access and open the enclosed data. The software is PC compatible only and cannot be used on an Apple product. If you are using a work computer, you may need to secure administrator rights to install the software.
Each list request may include up to:
- Four (4) states (you may include your own state as one of the four, if desired); or
- Four (4) specialties (you may include your own organization's specialty as one of the four, if desired); or
- Five (5) federal service chapters
CONTACT INFORMATION