Re: MCM - Digest V1 #342

[MichaelAngelaH@aol.com]

In a message dated 7/9/00 5:12:47 AM Central Daylight Time, 
owner-aga-mcm-digest@thekrib.com writes:

<< I suggest we tell Dave Gomberg that, from now on, if he expects to get paid
 by AGA for running any announcements, he should get the OK from Mary,
 first.  Mary, at her discretion, can make the decision to take it up with
 the Management Committee.  >>


Hello, everyone.  I have been reading all of the postings, but not responding 
as there didn't seem a need.  Most everything has seemed to be pretty much 
informational.

As to the PAM "issue", I think it should be Mary's decision. Period.  She is 
the Editor, and SHE is the one who will have to do the begging to come up 
with "fill" to run an ad plus 3 more pages.  And SHE is the one doing all of 
the work.  If she can fit it in, great.  If not, well then maybe she can get 
it in the next TAG.  After all, from what I've seen of the reciprocal 
"agreement", there has been no mention of consecutive issues (I may have 
missed that).  I think the editorial content (including ads) of TAG is the 
editor's purview.  The last time I looked, TAG was not supported by 
advertisers.  In other words, they do not dictate how we publish TAG.  I have 
no problem with running ads for PAM, in fact, I think it would be a 
disservice to our membership to NOT let them know about PAM.  

 This goes both ways.  I think Dave owes it to his readers to keep them 
informed about what is going on in the planted aquarium hobby.  And that 
means letting them know about the AGA and what they are up to.  This is a 
service to his readers, and as we are (or will soon be) a non-profit entity, 
he should run ads for the AGA "gratis".
This isn't so much as a "this for that" ad exchange, but as a service that 
any concerned publication would perform for their readers.  That's why people 
buy it.  For information...

'nuff said...

It's 90 degrees at 11:30 pm and I'm off to feed the fish.

Mike