[Qcwa] QCWA Journal on the Web

[L M]

Bob,

I converted newsletters into .pdf format for a few years. 2 pages each week.
It is not very difficult. If the Journal is in a common file format, it can
probably be done with only a few keystrokes or mouse clicks. If one needs to
scan it from the printed copy, it adds the scanning and importation steps.

A number of organizations I am familiar with including my local radio club
and ARES group distribute monthly newsletters and bulletins and the
membership roster in .pdf format as an email attachment. Members are
encouraged to subscribe for the service. It saves printing and mailing
costs. Those who cannot or choose not to get the .pdf file, still get the
printed versions. An incentive offered by the club is earlier receipt than
the printed copy.

A separate e-mail address list would be needed for distribution.
Some e-mail services do not allow large attachments. It might therefore be
necessary to publish an issue in several files to accommodate members who
use those services (usually the free ones).

Maybe this would be an alternative to posting on the website.

73
Lew
N2RQ
n2rq at arrl.net


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "N0UF" <n0uf at kc.rr.com>
To: "QCWA Reflector" <qcwa at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 4:38 PM
Subject: [Qcwa] QCWA Journal on the Web


> This was discussed at the Dallas Convention.
>
> There are several areas of concern.
>
> 1. At 90 to 100K per page, it would take about five Meg of disk space for
> each Journal. No one was really sure how many issues should be keep
on-line
>
> 3. No one knew the amount of work involved to convert the Journal to Adobe
> format. I don't think this is a big deal but I really don't know.
>
> Good idea Norm, just isn't feasible the present time.
>