What happened to good old fashioned advertising and word of mouth? Sorry I'm anti social media. Sent from my iPhone 5S > On Jun 13, 2014, at 3:22 PM, Dick Newell <dnewell73@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > YES > > >> On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 2:05 PM, Alex Vrenios <axv@xxxxxxx> wrote: >> No. >> >> I think $12/month is excessive. >> >> Alex >> >> >>> On Jun 13, 2014, at 1:46 PM, Terri <starstuff@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> Good afternoon PAS Members, >>> >>> PAS has started a SIG for Social Media. I have two wonderful PAS members >>> taking positions as >>> 1) Twitter - Alex Vrenios >>> and >>> 2) Meet Up - Howard Moneta >>> >>> For Twitter, there is no cost involved, just a little time now and then to >>> post things to Twitter and draw in more people to join in the fun. >>> >>> For Meet up, there is a fee, which I think is about $12 a month. So, we >>> need to vote if we want to use Meet UP to advertise our Public events such >>> as BMC, Mike's, the Telescope Workshops both at PVCC and Bookmans and other >>> Public events we set up. >>> >>> I wanted to call a meeting to do this, but I decided we can do it by email. >>> The active members are on this list. So, if you received this email, I'm >>> asking for your vote. Should PAS spend $12 a month to maintain a Meet Up >>> account, and advertise public events through it? >>> >>> Just a simple reply to this email of >>> >>> "Yes" you approve of spending the monies, and we can try this for a year to >>> see how it goes... >>> or >>> "NO" you don't approve. >>> >>> I will then take those votes and decide from there how we will manage the >>> fee. Someone has to put it on a credit card, I'm sure, and then get >>> reimbursed from the PAS Treasury, or someone can donate it to PAS by >>> putting it on their credit card, creating the account and having Howard >>> manage the PAS Meet Up account for PAS. >>> >>> Give me your input. And your vote. >>> I will put a deadline of next Friday June 20 to receive all votes. >>> >>> --- >>> >>> Before you vote, let's look at how this has worked for Yves. Yves >>> originally told me that PAS members (only) were invited to his events. The >>> last set of events he had, he did it through Meet UP, and what was cool >>> about that, was that there were proabably 30 to 50 in attendance, of people >>> we didnt' know, attending his event. Now you have to keep in mind that his >>> initial events involved him feeding everyone who attended. Then, he cut >>> back on the food and made it star party only, without potluck. I didn't >>> hear how those went, but PAS isn't going to provide food, unless it is >>> brought in by everyone as a potluck. But what we have to offer should be >>> enough to draw people in. Who doesn't want to Meet UP for looking through >>> telescopes? >>> >>> Then we have the question of if Mike wants the public at his public events, >>> and I mean a lot of public. 50 additional people might overflow the >>> parking. But it would be an exciting event. >>> >>> So, think this over before you make your vote, and then get that vote to me >>> by next Friday. Then, if you want to do the credit card thing, you can. Or >>> maybe you want to donate the funds to PAS, by covering the $12 a month for >>> PAS to use a Meet up account. Let me know. >>> >>> The vote is whether you approve PAS to do this monthly service, or not. But >>> if someone offers to cover the cost, 12 x 12 is $144 for the year, then the >>> vote is canceled. >>> >>> So, let me know what your vote is. >>> >>> You can reply to the email, or do a reply to me without sending out to the >>> group. >>> >>> Have a super day! >>> Terri, Event Coordinator >>> >>> I put my email in the reply field so you can just hit reply and it comes >>> back to JUST me. >>> If you do a reply all, it should go back to the group. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Good friends are like stars. You don't always >>> see them, but you always know they are there. >>> Terri Phoenix Astronomical Society Event Coordinator >>> Visit the P.A.S. Facebook Page & My Facebook Page >>> Visit my Music Page: Private Music Instructor & Music Facebook Page >