<VV> Communique (this is Re to several posts)

Wed Feb 18 17:50:00 EST 2009

Hi--

There doesn't have to be either an eCommunique or a printed one. We can 
do both and have done so, for a number of months.

The printed Communique features slick paper and nice pictures; the 
eCommunique has full color pictures. Although the eCommunique is in full 
color, each page is only about 350 KB to 500 KB. It shouldn't be too 
bad, even on a dial-up.

As far as I know, you'll always have a choice. The printed version might 
cost a little more, but you'll have a choice.

--H

On 2/18/2009 4:05 PM, airvair at earthlink.net wrote:
> Online Communique? Oh Gawd NO! A thousand times NO, NO, NO!!!
>
> I am on dial-up and just yesterday a friend sent me a post with three
> pictures attached. It took an hour and twenty minutes to download. You
> think I'm going to spend the hours (maybe days) downloading the CC off the
> net? Are you mad?
>
> Besides, no printer I know of, or could afford, could print it out as nice
> a copy as what arrives in the mail. Slick paper, beautiful pictures, all on
> a full-sized folded, stapled magazine. Just TRY to duplicate THAT! Yea,
> right. You can take your clunky "download of the net" idea and
> you-know-what with it. If it ever came to being forced to get it off the
> net, I just simply wouldn't. Even if I DID have the highest speed
> connection possible.
>
> -Mark
>
>
>> [Original Message]
>> From: Tim Verthein<minoxphotographer at yahoo.com>
>> Subject:<VV>  Communique (this is Re to several posts)
>>
>> To be honest, and really I can't believe I'm saying this -- the
> Communique should be completely, 100% done as an online publication.  This
> eliminates I'll bet over 90% of the cost.  It should be posted to the CORSA
> site monthly, as a PDF download.  EVERYONE can read a PDF, the reader if
> you need it is FREE, you can print it if you want, and you can adjust the
> size to whatever you want.  This coming from a STRONG supporter and fan pf
> printed magazines.  But it would save THOUSANDS YEARLY.  The information
> would reach everyone quick, the ads would be more timely, publication
> length would be basically unlimited, etc.  Fancy on line reading programs
> and all that (like the last ones posted) and all pretty and cute, but won't
> work with EVERY computer.  Even a HUGE PDF can be downloaded by someone on
> dialup, even if it takes a while. It's time to bite the bullet and realize
> that the WORLD is taking care of timely things with the internet and saving
> on cost
>>   while providing unlmited content. The youth of America, who we are
> trying to bring on board don't want to pay for a cub members hip to get a
> magazine. They live on their computers.  I know there are many who will
> HATE this, and probably cancel their membership instantly, but if you lose
> a few years worth of dues it will be more than made up by the savings in
> production and distribution.  Fretting about bandwidth?  if that's an
> issue, CORSA needs to find a decent deal on server space. my web site, and
> that of my employer is hosted by a company that gives UNLIMMITED server
> space, and HUGE amounts of transfer for $90 a YEAR.  At work we upload
> easily half a gig a day, and sometimes up to 20 gigs a day are downloaded,
> and we don't even make a BLIP on the bandwidth limit meter.  People used to
> say "I don't want to darn telephone.  People 'll quit visitin' ifn they can
> jes call up the neighbors and kin"  And we moved on, and we all have a
> phone.  the computer
>>   is that way now. It's time to stop fighting the trend and spending
> thousands to cater to the few.
>> Back issues can be scanned to pdf as images, not OCR, it's fast and a
> common way to do it.  I've copies many a vintage tech manual, etc for some
> piece of equipment for someone, saved the scans in pdf format, and e-mailed
> 'em off in minimum amounts of time. Trouble is, everyone wants to start
> getting all fancy with your databases, and searches, and excel crap, and
> blah blah.  A good ol' PDF works everywhere, and will probably work for the
> next hundred years.  The other formats are often computer dependent and get
> updated about every 3 years and don't always stay backwards compatible
> (especially if M$ is involved).
>> Put the Communique on the site in a members only area, and make it
> simple. let people generate their own user name and password, etc. Coupe
> times a year make it available for free to anyone who visits the site and
> leave it available that way, so visitors can download a somewhat recent
> issue (last 6 months) and see what's up.
>> I love the magazine. I look forward to getting it.  but even I will admit
> it's passe' for a group that's trying to be current, topical, thrifty, and
> appeal to today's modern world.
>> tim in Bovey
>>
>> Leaving the soapbox now.
>>
>
>
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