RE: club affiliation

[Hirsch <Catenary@domain.elided>]

Brian Shorey wrote:
>>
for the record, i'm a member of both, and prefer the technical
content of the ara publication. i also enjoy access to chapter
newsletters other than my own, and would willingly pay additional
dues to receive more than just the newsletter from a single
chapter. i've noticed that some forward thinking chapters are
making their newsletters available on-line, or via e-mail, which
for me is preferable to printed copies, and must also be easier
to distribute.
<<

I edit i Saluti, AROC St Louis' local newsletter. I post many of
the more general articles from the newsletter onto our website.
The main reason I do this is:

1) It makes an article easier for me to find in the future
and it's in a useful format that can be printed out.

2) I think it gives additional credit to the authors to
have their articles have worldwide availability. =


3) I like to see useful articles on the website
(i.e., it's an ego thing).

As far as I can figure out, it doesn't really benefit local
members to put the newsletter on the web. It might be different
if I didn't have to do a paper copy, but that's not an option.

My primary responsibility is to our local club and not all of
them have easy access to the internet. As for e-mailing an issue
to them, well I try to use many photos and illustrations and you
lose continuity if you send the text and then 8 attachments that
many can't even read.

Most chapters will sell subscriptions to their newsletters (paper
copies at least for $10 - $20 a year), so if you want to read it,
you can. Another way to get other chapter's newsletters is to edit
a newsletter and join the AROC newsletter exchange. (Not for the
faint of heart.)
 =

>>
so, maybe too late for discussion at this years annual convention,
but maybe a topic for a later date, might be how to distribute
chapter newsletters to more of the national organization.
<< =


I'll bring it up at the Newsletter Ed's Meeting at the convention
if we have time, but as I said earlier, I'm hard pressed to think
of how publishing the newsletter on-line benefits our local members.

>>
if they charged say $1 per chapter newsletter per year to get
it in electronic form, i'd pay for a few.
<<

Well I guess we know BS doesn't stand for "Big Spender" :-)
Is that check or charge?

Regards,

Rich Hirsch
Editor, i Saluti, St Louis AROC
Website: http://www.catenary.com/victor/isaluti

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