[QCWA] International Growth & Communication

[Norm Gertz]

We should take a lesson from World Radio which is now 100% digital and 
getting a lot of attention.

Even more interesting is the amount of revenue producing advertising that 
they have.  Someone is doing a good job.

73   Norm   K1AA


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave - VE3JX" <ve3jx at sympatico.ca>
To: "Jeffrey Angus" <jangus at socal.rr.com>; <qcwa at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 10:54 PM
Subject: Re: [QCWA] International Growth & Communication


> To reiterate again, my suggestion is to benefit International members 
> only, most
> of whom do not receive the QCWA Journal due to postage costs.  PDF would 
> give
> them something they do not now have; regular communication with the 
> "mother
> ship".  US members would continue to receive the paper Journal as they do 
> now,
> as well as anyone else who wants to pay for its delivery.
>
> Dave VE3JX.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jeffrey Angus" <jangus at socal.rr.com>
> To: <qcwa at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 10:03 PM
> Subject: Re: [QCWA] International Growth & Communication
>
>
>> Vollie, N4AC wrote:
>>> Excellent idea.  Availability in the .pdf format is a step  forward and
>>> should reduce costs of printing and production
>>>
>>> Vollie, NA4C
>>
>> To use the numbers as revised, there are 7000 copies of the journal
>> printed.
>>
>> There are perhaps 500 members over seas,  That would be a 7%
>> reduction. (Assuming that ALL of them get a copy of the printed
>> Journal.)
>>
>> Threr are approximately 300 people subscribed to the reflector.
>> Of them, not all of them are running a late model PC capable of
>> dealing with .pdf files.
>>
>> As an aside, Joe is runing a Commodore C-128 computer. I don't
>> believe that's capable of displaying, much less printing a copy
>> of a .pdf file.
>>
>> Not all of the members of the QCWA have, or want to, deal wtih
>> a computer. So do you disenfranchise them by saying "Sorry, the
>> Journal is available online only now."
>>
>> Seems if I remember right, the membership dues structure of the
>> organization is supposed to cover the cost of printing and mailing
>> the Journal to all of it's members.  So if we eliminate that cost, do
>> we get a reduction in the yearly fees? Do the life members get a
>> pro-rated reduction on thier cost that was calculated on them
>> receiving a printed copy for life?
>>
>> Jeff-1.0
>> wa6fwi
>>
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