[sac-board] SACnews

I just had the April issue of SACnews printed this afternoon and it will go out 
in tomorrow's mail. Using the latest database from Charlie, we print a total of 
33 copies each month. Of the total, 22 are complimantary and 11 are mailed to 
paying members.
The postage costs for the member's newsletters: $4.51 monthly; $54.12 annually.

The postage costs for the complimentary copies: $9.02 monthly; $108.24 annually.

The printing costs are donated, but represent an expense of about $20 annually 
per copy.
This translates to an expense of $220 annually for members and $440 annually 
for the complimentary issues.

Add in the postage and it's about $275 annually for the member's newsletters 
and $550 for the comps. Assuming we have a membership totaling 100, this 
represents roughly 9% and 19% of our annual income respectively - more than a 
quarter of the budget.

My question here is why we print and mail any complimentary copies. Wouldn't 
emailing the link to the current issue be sufficient? I can think of better 
uses for this money.

Any comments?

Peter

Other related posts: