[QCWA] International Growth & Communication

[Norm Gertz]

Dave.....I'm with you....

73   Norm  K1AA


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David T. Stark" <dave at nf2g.com>
To: <qcwa at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, May 08, 2009 1:33 PM
Subject: Re: [QCWA] International Growth & Communication


>I am curious to know on what basis PDF conversion of the Journal was deemed
> "not economically viable."  What it based on the presumption of switching 
> to
> a completely digital format?  As others have made clear in this thread, 
> that
> is not what is being proposed now.
>
> The costs involved in creating a PDF for the Journal are one-time capital
> expenditures to purchase ADOBE PDF MAKER and OCR software if the 
> conversion
> is being made from a printed copy.  If not, then direct conversion from
> pre-press digital to PDF should only require a software investment. 
> Another
> "cost" would be the time spent to make the actual conversion and send out
> the emails, which should be far less than the current amounts paid for
> postage to send paper Journals to foreign chapters.
>
> What am I missing?
>
> 73 de Dave, NF2G
>
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