How to submit your annual report

Choose one way to give the town your chapter:

• Write my report here: the form is your editor. You answer the standard chapter questions (mission, accomplishments, challenges, goals and notes), with simple formatting and optional charts or photos.
• Upload a completed report: best when you already have a finished PDF or Word file. You still confirm your organization and contact details. The report body comes from your file only; the town adds standard book framing around your chapter without redesigning the inside of your PDF.

Steps 1, 4 and 5 are the same either way. Steps 2 and 3 depend on your choice: if you write it here, they are About your organization and Your chapter; if you upload, they are Upload your report and Confirm your details.

You choose one source for the narrative: the editor or your uploaded file. Once you start typing or pick report files, the other path locks. Switching paths clears the other path's work. Use Switch submission method on the form to change your mind.

• Say whether you report for a department, a board or a committee, and use its official name (as on your agendas, website or letterhead).
• Give your name, your title or role, and your email. The email is only for a follow-up question from staff; it’s not a mailing list. A phone number is optional.
• A representative photo for your chapter opener is optional but recommended: one JPEG, PNG, WebP, or GIF image up to 20MB.
• The portal assigns the current intake year automatically when you submit.

Click in each box and type, or paste from Word if you drafted there first. Bold and lists are fine when they help. You can add figures with captions.

• Choose your finished report: a PDF or Word (.docx) file, or a plain-text TXT or MD file. Multi-page PDFs are fine. This file is your chapter, so there are no chapter boxes to fill in.
• Then choose Use file to prefill details. The form saves the file to your draft and reads it for your organization’s details. This does not send anything to staff yet.
• The book may add standard framing around your chapter; it won’t redesign the inside of your PDF.

The same details as About your organization on the writing path, already filled in wherever your file had them. Check each one and correct anything that is wrong or missing. The representative photo is asked for here.

This step is optional. Add only files that aren’t already in your chapter, such as supporting PDFs, spreadsheets or images. You can leave it empty.

Choose Continue to review to see your whole chapter on one screen: your answers or your file, your photo and any extra files. Nothing is sent to staff until you tap Confirm and submit on that page. If something needs changing, use Edit there to go back to the form.