Re: Foreign Memberships

["Karen Randall" <krandall@world.std.com>]

No, I don't think so.  I only need to find out what the most economical,
reasonably efficient way to ship a group of magazines from the U.S. to a
specific destination.  We might even have to set our rates for that
desitnation based on the specific cost. (for instance, I'm pretty sure that
western Europe is less expensive to ship to than Australia)

The person who accepts the shipment in the foregn country will need to
distribute them there... that's why it would make more sense for a regional
group, like the aquarium group in Bangalore.  They get together regularly
anyway, so they could just pick up their copies at the meeting site.

Karen
----- Original Message -----
From: "S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com>
To: <aga-member@thekrib.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 9:26 PM
Subject: Re: Foreign Memberships


> So we need some research into (the equivalents of) periodical rates in,
> say, a half dozen countries -- just for a start.  If no one else steps
> up -- I'll see what I can find out.  But not this weekend--I have to
> install a dryer (hooray -- no more cathunk cathunk cathunk. . . . )
>
> Scott H.
> --- Karen Randall <krandall@world.std.com> wrote:
> > Scott wrote:
> > > In the states, there are bulk rates available if the mail is sorted
> > > adequately.  Perhaps such savings can be exploited in other postal
> > > systems, too.
> >
> > We used to send TAG out bulk rate, and it was painfully slow and
> > unreliable.
> > Then we started sending it 1st class, which is more reliable, faster,
> > but
> > obviously much more expensive.  Dave G. is walking me through
> > learning about
> > "periodical rate", which will give us much better service than bulk,
> > at a
> > cost even lower than bulk.  But I don't know how much, if any, it
> > helps us
> > outside the country.  That's something I still need to find out.
> >
> > > Also, are we talking about "club rates?"
> >
> > If we do this, it won't effect membership rates at all, nor will it
> > change
> > the cost for people in North America/Mexico. (let's face it, our dues
> > are
> > dirt cheap for N.A. members)  Those people already pay MUCH less than
> > our
> > members in other parts of the world, simply because it costs that
> > much more
> > for us to send them their magazines.  I was just trying to think of
> > another
> > way that we could attract more foreign participation by finding a
> > less
> > expensive way of getting the magazines to them.
> >
> > Karen
> >
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