today I'm looking for some advice from folks who have laid out event programs. 

In this case, the client (a local nonprofit) has a famous keynote speaker at their event, and have solicited donations from local businesses. Each donation over a certain level = a full page ad in the program for the event. Most of them are "Congratulations to  on your anniversary", etc. with a company logo sitting somewhere (the businesses that send in their own camera-ready artwork will just have them dropped into place). 

I'm going to be laying each ad out in a template so they look consistent; my question to the GD crowd is, "Should I lay the template out in Illustrator and bring each ad individually in to InDesign or should I create a template page for an ad in InDesign and lay each ad out in InDesign?"

Based on your experience, what are the pros and cons of each approach? Obviously it would be easier to lay each ad out in Illustrator (that's what it's there for) but I lose a certain amount of flexibility once I hit InDesign (the program will ultimately be laid out in InDesign).


Question: Is there a word for "rule by criminals"?
Answer: This is an interesting question because it depends upon your meaning:

If you mean the government is filled with people who are not adhering to the laws of that they enforce:  this would just be a corrupt government, riddled with corruption, etc. etc.

If you mean the government is filled with people who've committed crimes, but are now functioning as a standard government that is a different story.  The government would be whatever form it took.  (e.g. A republic of thieves doesn't cease to be a republic.)

Carribean Pirate crews were well known for their democratic governance.

But, several terms have been used to describe "legitimate" governments whose members' morality was questionable.  I've seen criminocracy used in the manner you're describing.  (Also, thugocracy, and others.)  For the most part, if you use the suffix -ocracy with a criminal sounding prefix, people will get your meaning.