Re: Newsletter cost containment

["Paul Winchester" <bravo454@hotmail.com>]

Here's a thought I have had so I am just going to put it out to see what 
everyone thinks.

Many clubs are senidng out newsletters as pdf's by email, now I know the 
charter says we are to mail a notice each month but what if some members 
prefer email over US mail. Would it be possible to offer the members a 
choice? I personally dont like paper, I recieve too much now, and would 
choose to read the newsletter as a pdf. When there is something I need to 
see on paper, like a form, I print it out.

I had no idea the the newsletter was consuming such a large portion of each 
members dues, not to mention the freebie newsletters.

Paul


> From: June Olberding <jdolb1@comcast.net>
> Reply-To: gsas-board@thekrib.com
> To: <gsas-board@thekrib.com>
> Subject: Newsletter cost containment
> Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 11:02:25 -0700
>
> Subsequent to the board discussion on newsletter cost containment, I looked
> at the data base. We send out newsletters to 15 people whose membership has
> been expired for more than 6 months and another three whose membership
> expired for 4 and 5 months.
> Rick, you questioned if someone should hit the "purge" button". Doing so
> could save the club as much as $200 a year. If it is to be done, please let
> me know by Tuesday so I can reduce the number of  copies to be printed.
> I will add "Please email me if you wish to participate in nl exchange
> program" notes in all those nonreciprocating  exchange ones we send out and
> see what we get.
> If we reduce the number of nl sent out by 25, which is about what it would
> be if we purge those long expired membership mailings and the exchanges 
> that
> drop out, it could save the club $200-$400 a year depending on number of nl
> published in any year.
> June
>
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