Re: GWAPA Proposal -- AGA2K4 -- 1-4-2004 (fwd)

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

--- Karen Randall <krandall@rdrcpa.biz> wrote:
> 
> I think that's why Cheryl mentioned it after Christmas,
> when we saw the
> draft.


Got it.


> 
> I don't understand what you're saying there.  

Me neither. What I was trying to say was that they were
planning on some cost avoidance by hopping on TAG and what
we decide in that regard might require them to rework the
budget. Which is fine. It's so early compared to other
years -- there's time to work this tuff out.

>> 
> Right, but that's my point TAG 17-3 (which should go out
> mid-August, while
> many people are away on vacation) goes out too early to
> be "well into
> convention season", IMO.  My experience with years of
> organized hobby stuff
> is that people tend not to start planning their fall
> until Labor Day.  If
> they feel differently, it's up to them.

If, they're on vacation in August won't they see the TAG in
Sept when they get back? -- which is good timing? I dunno.
If the timing's no good then they they have to pump the
budget to cover a separate mailing. 

 >  We just don't want them surprised if
> they under-estimate
> because they've forgotten an important piece.

It's not that they haven't thought about it -- they're jsut
trying to cut cost corners.

>  If we
> remind them and they
> decide against something, I guess they have to try and
> make it work out some
> other way.
> 
> > I'm sure the mailer company, whoever it is will stuff
> for a
> > price.
> 
> I agree.
> 
> > I doubt that a page or two will add anything to
> > postage--USPS measures in ounces don't they? I don't
> think
> > they assumed AGA would eat extra postage but that there
> > wouldn't be any extra postage.
> 
> That I'm not sure about.  It depends where you are in
> ounces.  If the
> package is already close to the next level up, a page or
> two can definitely
> tip it over into the next price range.  And because we're
> (probably)
> switching printers, we won't know for sure what the
> weight of the magazine
> and new envelope as they stand now will weigh until after
> we send the first
> one out.


A "Last Straw" Argument. Haven't seen one of those since
the Phil Dept at UCSB. They're killers. So . . . . this
could be covered by contingency amount inthe budget but I
don't think they have enough contingency in general. So
maybe they should add it in and if they can aovid it (room
for one more straw) then it's a budget underrunthat
everybody likes.

s-till h-umble

=====
S. Hieber

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