[sac-board] Re: SACnews

Ah, Missed that point. I ran a straw poll of the comps a few year's back to
let them know & encourage electronic delivery. Quite a few took that up.
Several did not, the most common reason given was that they display then
issue at their meetings for their members to peruse. I presume they didn't
want to incur the time & cost of printing it themselves. 

Maybe it's time again to poll the comps.

Clear Skies

Rick Tejera

Editor SACnews

Saguaro Astronomy Club

Phoenix, Arizona

www.saguaroastro.org

saguaroastro@xxxxxxx 


-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 16:53
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Subject: [sac-board] Re: SACnews

My comment wasn't regarding mailed newsletters to members. I was 
specifically referring to the complimentary copies.

Peter

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick Tejera" <saguaroastro@xxxxxxx>
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Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 4:37 PM
Subject: [sac-board] Re: SACnews


Peter,

There are still several members who don't have email or a slow connection.
And there are those who for whatever reason prefer to have a printed copy
mailed.

Clear Skies

Rick Tejera

Editor SACnews

Saguaro Astronomy Club

Phoenix, Arizona

www.saguaroastro.org

saguaroastro@xxxxxxx

-----Original Message-----
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On Behalf Of SAC Webmaster
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 16:34
To: SAC Board
Subject: [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

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