Re: [AGA-mcm] TAG archive CD/DVD

["S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com>]

If this has to come up for a vote, let's not put a fixed 
price in the motion -- let's retain some flexibility
without needing to revote.

sh

--- Karen Randall <krandall@rdrcpa.biz> wrote:

> I can't think of anything to change!
> 
> Karen
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Erik Olson" <erik@thekrib.com>
> To: <aga-mcm@thekrib.com>
> Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2005 10:35 AM
> Subject: [AGA-mcm] TAG archive CD/DVD
> 
> 
> > On Sun, 16 Jan 2005, Phil Edwards wrote:
> >
> >> Ah, I missed the point!  I didn't know it was a CD
> until AFTER I posted 
> >> that. It's going to have all the articles on the CD,
> isn't it?
> >>
> >> My beanie's not up to speed yet.  I'll catch up to
> formation soon....:)
> >
> > No worries -- it's been quite a while since the AGA
> talked of this 
> > archive.  In fact, I beleive that was around the time I
> was calling you on 
> > a cellphone in the middle of the 2002 banquet so your
> local party would 
> > know the aquascaping contest was now open.  So it
> probably would have been 
> > worthwhile to recap the proposal to start.  Here's the
> "latest", 
> > incorporating yesterday's talk:
> >
> >  1. This is a CD-ROM containing
> >  a. the "prehistorical" issues Vol 1-3, never available
> as back issues
> >  b. all of Neil's and Mary's issues, now out-of-print
> >  c. my one-shot issue, even though it's still for sale
> (just 'cause
> >     it closes out the black-n-white era)
> >  d. the out-of-print PAM's? [New Idea]
> >  d. Indexes and cross-references for ALL issues of TAG
> and PAM as
> >     of date of release
> >
> >  2. Technical details on the pages themselves: 100 dpi
> resamples of each 
> > page, saved as reasonably-high quality jpegs, with HTML
> pages surrounding 
> > them for navigation.  The pages are NOT turned back
> into text, and thus 
> > not searchable.  We're relying on the indexes for this.
> >
> >  3. For issues not included in the archive (i.e.,
> everything available for 
> > purchase!), have something on its contents page that
> says "this back-issue 
> > is available for purchase" with a back-link to the
> website. [New Idea]
> >
> >  4. Also release DVD-ROM version that also contains 300
> dpi printable PDFs 
> > (but again, based on JPEG images, not on original
> text). [New Idea]
> >
> >  5. The AGA Website already contains (today!) a
> significantly scaled-down 
> > version of the archive
> (www.aquatic-gardeners.org/TAGIndex):
> >
> >  a. It's integrated into the main website and
> incorporates its
> >     style sheets, etc
> >  b. No actual articles hosted on the website, just
> indexes,
> >     covers, and tables of contents
> >  c. Website version will be modified to have the TOC's
> report
> >     "This issue is available as part of our back issue
> CD-ROM"
> >     or "This issue is available for individual
> purchase" with
> >     appropriate linkes [New Idea]
> >
> >  6. Pricing: I propose $25 for the DVD-ROM and $20 for
> the CD-ROM,
> >     with a $5 hike for non-members or people out of the
> country.  CD's
> >     and DVD's are very cheap to ship.  Domestically,
> it's about a
> >     buck-o-five (actually buck-o-six, but they didn't
> write a song about
> >     that in Team America).  Foreign is $2.50-3.50, and
> I have to go down
> >     to the Post Office.  But I kinda like the idea of
> giving the foreign
> >     nonmembers a break and not penalizing them twice.
> >
> >  7. Why it's not going to happen today, and might not
> happen for another 
> > 6-12 months:
> >
> >  a. Need to rescan TAG v.4-10 as originals lost in a
> hard drive
> >     crash in 2000 before backup.  Cheryl just mailed me
> a nicer
> >     set that has the real covers for the first year and
> doesn't
> >     have my home address pasted on the back.
> >
> >  b. Program mods to implement the new ideas, and split
> out the
> >     author index alphabetically.  Also need icon for
> subject index.
> >
> >  c. baby #2 is due March 1st.
> >
> > So I guess I'd like to see feedback on the modified
> proposal so it can be 
> > brought to a vote & maybe finished in the next month. 
> But if it's a year 
> > from now, at least it's official.
> >
> >   - Erik
> >
> > -- 
> > Erik Olson
> > erik at thekrib dot com
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