Thank you - fully agree.
Bags for me please.
Robert.
--- Healey List <bj7healey@gto.net> wrote:
> Here in Ontario Canada, We Receive our magazine in a
> poly sealed bag. The
> Magazine is shipped to Ontario in bulk then is
> mailed by a company at a cost
> to our local club. The magazine always arrives with
> no problems. Maybe this
> could be a way for all the magazines to be sent.
> Bob Slater 1963 BJ7
> www.ahcso.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "jerry adams" <cjerryadams@yahoo.com>
> To: "Robert Blair" <rnbmail@yahoo.com>
> Cc: "63AHBJ7" <63ahbj7@gmail.com>; "Healey list"
> <healeys@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 4:50 PM
> Subject: Re:Bagging
>
>
> > Robert,
> >
> > Reid probably has that information but the one
> you should ask is Mike
> > Schneider the membership person. However I
> counted the members listed in
> > the 2006 Membership Directory this last weekend.
> There are 3820 members
> > listed. Beth Lunney the Publisher/Printer will
> print more than that, for
> > replacement copies, samples and exchanges the Club
> is involved in.
> > The $6000 mentioned by Reid and others is an old
> number and has probably
> > increased. The Club delegates, when they hear
> that figure probably go
> > into sticker shock. I do the same thing here at
> work, when I am asked to
> > price the cost of a project that I think is not
> necessary, I state a cost
> > (may or may not be excessive) and not break down
> the numbers it then kind
> > of dies on the vine. However when I want a
> project to go then the cost is
> > broken down to cost per unit, the benefit is
> stressed and I have the money
> > to spend. The break down for 3820 members and
> $6000 cost is $1.57 per
> > member per year. A modest increase in dues would
> cover this cost.
> > Someone mentioned on the list a $5.00 increase
> would cover this cost, a
> > $2.00 increase would do. Someone on the list said
> that he would not pay a
> > $5.00 increase so maybe a $2.00 increase would be
> OK.
> > Reid does a great job on the magazine. He has
> increased the content and
> > quality and it's a shame that some of us don't get
> what we are paying for.
> > I had five issues in 2005, six issues in 2006 and
> two issues so for this
> > year that have had some damage. One issue in 2005
> had the cover half torn
> > off. I have complained to the local post office
> but they say that they
> > don't have any automated equipment and they will
> 'report' the problem and
> > that the magazine should be put in an envelope.
> > I am sure Beth delivers the magazines to the
> nearest post office, the
> > magazine says postage paid @ Charlotte, NC and the
> magazine starts the
> > automated sorting process there. They then go to
> other
> > sorting/distribution centers around the country
> through more automated
> > equipment until some of us get a very beat up
> magazine.
> > Bottom line, because of the automated sorting
> equipment in some of the
> > distribution centers that is causing most of the
> problem, bagging the
> > magazine is best option even if cost the members a
> little more in dues.
> >
> > Jerry
> >
>
Robert
Yellow 65BJ8
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