Re: [GSAS-board] NWA Archive has been updated!

[Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>]

On Sun, 8 Jul 2007, Paul Wallace wrote:

> Eric:
>
> The archive online is fantastic.  It solves my #1 complaint about the 
> non paper newsletter in that the link expires quickly so I only get 1 
> pass or so to read.
>
> As a member of the board, I propose the following:
>
> * I would like to pay the hosting charges for GSAS and the archive from 
> the general budget as you are already very generous with your time and 
> effort.  (We have some money that used to go to printing costs.)

That's an interesting option, having the whole blasted thing online.  I 
hadn't even thought of doing that.  I just put it there for the board to 
take a peek at.

I think the idea with the non-paper newsletter is that you're supposed to 
copy it to your local machine.  Technically Steev isn't supposed to be 
mailing that private link out at all, but e-mailing the PDF itself.  I 
haven't made a fuss about it because these days that bandwidth isn't even 
a blip on my system's radar.

I have typically kept the links up for two months, though.  I'm surprised 
to hear you've had problems.


> * Would the board like to set access controls to encourage membership? 
> Buy the DVD, get the web address?

Given that I think we've only ever sold 2 or so of the CD's, I dunno. 
Still, though, I could see us offering the password to the online archive 
for $5 or $10, including the DVD.

Another possibility is to make the author index and cover index available 
to the public so they can see what the archive and current issues CONTAIN 
(see the AGA equivalent here at http://www.aquatic-gardeners.org/tag.html 
), but password-protect the actual content: current members can read the 
current year, and members who pay for the archive can read the older 
material?  Might not be too bad.

   - Erik

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Erik Olson
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