[QCWA] QCWA - The Digital Journal is coming

Mon Nov 12 11:35:02 EST 2012

In a message dated 11/12/2012 11:34:02 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
WA2ARS at aol.com writes:

I've been reading everyone's comments-Digital vs. the printed page.
As the new National Treasurer I figured for what it's worth it's time for  
me to put my 02¢ worth in.

Ken Simpson and all the board members have said it like it is.
 It was either "Go Digital or Go Broke."

I know it's difficult but some of us are going to have to go kicking  and 
screaming from an Analog world into a Digital one.

OMG, I just realized I'm one of you-An Analog guy in a Digital  World.

Well I have a computer, a couple of them counting my wife Roberta's
(WA2FRW)
My HF rig is a Icom 746Pro & my 2mtr-440 rig is D-Star.
Woe is me, how will I ever learn all this stuff.
All I can say is it wasn't easy.

Mort-WA2ARS
Treasurer Ch#45,member Ch#62 
National Treasurer 
  and still an analog guy in a digital world.

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 From: broske at hutchtel.net
To: marvbrons at verizon.net
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W8EK at FLHam.net,  wa9jmo at gmail.com, dallasqcwa at sbcglobal.net, ve6afo at cia.com,  
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Sent: 11/11/2012 12:05:57 P.M. Eastern Standard  Time
Subj: Re: [QCWA] QCWA - The Digital Journal is coming

tnx Marv,

I'm passing your comments on to the  current Board.

73,
Bob Roske, NØUF
Webmaster QCWA
-----  Original Message ----- 
From: "marvin bronstein"  <marvbrons at verizon.net>
To: "Bob Roske"  <broske at hutchtel.net>
Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2012 10:57  AM
Subject: Re: [QCWA] QCWA - The Digital Journal is  coming

> Bob,
> I'd like to "throw my hat" into this  'fray' and compliment the decision 
to 
> go 'digital'.  While I  fully enjoyed and looked forward to receiving 
> the"JOURNAL" in the  mail it has become a significant burden to print and 
> mail  periodicals.  There may be a great deal to say about the benefits 
of  
> having 'hard-copy' periodicals (like something to read in the 'lu')  but 
> this can be overcome by individuals (like myself) who can  readily print 
> them out at home and have 'hard-copies' to  read.  (I rather like 
> hard-copies because it is easier to read  and can be read while sitting 
in 
> my 'easy-chair' relaxing in the  den.)  The cost for us to print-out a 
hard 
> copy at home is  far, far less costly than QCWA having to print and mail 
> these  out.  In the efforts to preserve QCWA I applaud the board's  
actions!
>
> 73
> Marv, K2VHW
>  
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>  ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bob Roske"  <broske at hutchtel.net>
> To: "QCWA - Reflector"  <qcwa at mailman.qth.net>; "QCWA - Hotlist" 
>  <qcwahotlist at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Saturday, November 10,  2012 8:07 AM
> Subject: [QCWA] QCWA - The Digital Journal is  coming
>
>
> I've read many reasons for the Journal going  Digital, they are all valid.
>
> I've read many reasons why this  isn't necessarily a good thing, they are 
> all valid  too.
>
> I've even seen a little finger pointing, which isn't  good but hardly 
> avoidable.
>
> At the vey core of this  issue are several truths:
> The Board of Directors was elected to run  the business of QCWA, and they 
> are!  If you don't like the  decisions they make you are more than 
welcome 
> to seek election in  2014.
> It cost more money to print and ship the Journal than it use  to.  The 
cost 
> has increased every quarter for the past several  years.
> Not all of our members have access to a  computer.
>
> What's to be done?  This is a excerpt of the  email I sent to Chapter 8 
> this morning:
>  
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>  QCWA will not be printing the Journal any more. For the active members, 
it  
> will be a available as a monthly digital magazine on the Members  Webpage 
> at www.qcwa.org/members.
>
> We have 2 members  that don't have computers or email addresses. Both 
have 
> been  licensed over 75 years. They are W0DKL, Ben Miller and W0KZD, Josh 
>  Premack.
>
> Does anyone know a printing company that we could  email the journal PDF 
> file to so they could print and mail the  Journals to these members?
>
> Please get back to me with the  company name, contact information and 
> prices.
>  
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>
>  Chapter 8 has 40 members, I suspect(hope) we will pick up the cost of  
> printing and mailing for these two Life Members.  The first  step will be 
> to find a local printer.
>
> This might be  a service offered by your chapter for your members with 
the 
> member  paying the printing and shipping cost.  This service might be a 
way  
> to increase chapter membership.  There are many  possibilities.
>
> Good Luck to the BoD as they venture forth  into this new way of doing 
> business.
>
> Good luck to  us all!
>
> 73,
> Bob Roske, NØUF
> Chapter 8  Secretary
> Past President (08-12)
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