PAM "adoption"

[Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>]

OK.. so based on some e-mail I have received from Dave today (and talking
with Kathy at dinner), I think that perhaps we should distance the AGA as
much as possible from PAM now.  Dave is about to do something (sending an
average of 6 copies of back issues as fulfillment to his remaining 300
subscribers) that will not only piss off his entire membership, but could
possibly bring on a lawsuit against him, and he seems unconcerned about
it.

He is awaiting an "answer" from the AGA on whether it wants to adopt PAM.
Discussion is officially open on this issue now.  If someone would like to
make a motion, by all means, go for it.

To recap the issue from my notes from Saturday:

  * Dave has offered to give PAM to Karen, or the AGA.

  * PAM assets include 330 subscribers, its 15 advertisers, a backlog of
    articles, and a stockpile of back issues

  * PAM liabilities include 1900 promised copies to the 330 subscribers,
    and loans to Karen, Neil, and Dave himself.

  * There are four jobs in Dave's world: 
        "Cowboy" - get articles and photographs
        "Copy/Tech Editing" - "you can pay someone to do this"
        "Design" - Layout and such
        "Production" - Getting to the printers, mailing, etc

  * Dave would like to continue as "cowboy" but not as anything else.

  * Dave wants to continue to pay authors.  He currently pays them double
    what the magazines pay, but does not pay anyone else for producing PAM.
    (Actually, I think he pays Karen, Neil and himself for tech ed and
    production, but as loans.)

  * Costs: Printing $3500/issue for 1500 copies.  $200 gets you an
             additional 1000 copies.
           Authors paid $3500/issue
           Copy + tech edit $400
           Production $20x80
           Mailing 40 cents/issue  (80 cents foreign)
           Office Supplies $200
           Ads offset approx $4000 of this?

  * Any of the above may be total BS, subject to change at any moment.
        
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Erik Olson
erik at thekrib dot com

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