[sac-board] Re: SACnews
- From: "Rick Tejera" <saguaroastro@xxxxxxx>
- To: <sac-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:37:13 -0700
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
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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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