[ntnm] Re: newspapers by email if it wasn't broke why fix it
- From: Rod <rod.carne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "ntnm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <ntnm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 27 May 2014 17:20:46 +0100
Fundraising for a charity the size of N?TNM is extremely difficult as the big
boys with all their muscle apeal for more to corporate donors. NTNM having
developed into a big animal obviously had a problem feeding itself. Small and
medium sized charities have felt the pinch since the credit crunch! Rod
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> On 27 May 2014, at 15:07, "Huw Evans" <huw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> It would be reasonable to pay more but there is no information about the
> shortfall or what sort of increase would be realistic. It is clear that our
> present subscription has no relationship with the actual cost of the service
> we received. Tnauk presumably had assets, lottery funding possibly,
> corporate donors..goodness knows
>
> We could do with much more information and input from Tnauk trustees but I
> is certainly worth thinking about, especially if RNIB accept that
> integration of the two services is not providing an acceptable solution.
>
> Huw.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "goshawk on horseback"
> <goshawk_on_horseback@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <ntnm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2014 1:04 PM
> Subject: [ntnm] Re: newspapers by email if it wasn't broke why fix it
>
>
>> at the time, especially given that everyone is trying to put extra demands
>> on the amount we get, probably not many, and I have to say that I would
>> have
>> been one of those raising a stink about yet another increasing expense.
>> but if I had had any idea of the diabolical system we would get lumbered
>> with at the time, then whilst I wouldn't have exactly been happy about it,
>> it would definitely have been worth it, to keep a good system that
>> actually
>> worked properly.
>>
>> Simon
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Derek Hornby"
>> <derek.hornby_uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <ntnm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2014 9:57 AM
>> Subject: [ntnm] Re: newspapers by email if it wasn't broke why fix it
>>
>>
>> Good points Kevin,
>>
>> I wonder how many people would have been willing to pay a higher
>> Subscription, if that was the only way to keep what we had.
>>
>> Derek
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ntnm-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ntnm-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf
>> Of Kevin Greenan
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2014 8:38 AM
>> To: ntnm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [ntnm] Re: newspapers by email if it wasn't broke why fix it
>>
>> Hello Folks,
>> I have been a long time subscriber to the TNAUK Service, and have enjoyed
>> reading both the e text and download service. As a recent subscriber to
>> this
>>
>> list, I have been reading all the posts with interest, and as a result,
>> have
>>
>> a suggestion which I feel would have solved the whole issue.
>>
>> If it is the case that RNIB took over TNAUK because of funding issues,
>> would
>>
>> it not have been more propitious to subsidise the service, thus allowing
>> us
>> to keep what worked very well, and also have avoided the unnecessary and
>> enforced redundancies from Heathfield?
>>
>> Kevin Greenan.
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: Derek Hornby
>> Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2014 11:19 PM
>> To: ntnm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [ntnm] Re: newspapers by email if it wasnt broke why fix it
>>
>> And why do they say:
>>
>>
>> "Our tests to date have been successful"
>>
>> This is not really true.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ntnm-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ntnm-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf
>> Of Badger
>> Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2014 10:50 PM
>> To: ntnm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [ntnm] Re: newspapers by email if it wasnt broke why fix it
>>
>> I only joined in January, and I found the service to be fantastic. Now
>> it's
>> convoluted, slow and annoying. A lot of the titles have 3 or 4 links when
>> you go in to them, pick the one you actually want, then you have to pick
>> format and the way they are now layed out is terrible.
>>
>> Also a lot of the magazines I was so excited to find I could read, such as
>> top gear, have vanished.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ntnm-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ntnm-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf
>> Of goshawk on horseback
>> Sent: 24 May 2014 21:14
>> To: ntnm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [ntnm] Re: newspapers by email if it wasnt broke why fix it
>>
>> exactly! it seems like RNIB thought they could do better, so tried to do
>> things there own way, rather than sticking with a perfectly good system,
>> and
>>
>> made a total hash of it!
>>
>> Simon
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "stephen evans from lineone.net via
>> dolphin guide 8"
>> <stephenevans4@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <ntnm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2014 4:59 PM
>> Subject: [ntnm] newspapers by email if it wasnt broke why fix it
>>
>>
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