Speaking as a former editor I know what a pain in the rear printing, postage and mailing is. I had been thinking about starting a trial electronic newsletter to run parallel to the printed one, but quit my post before anything happened. I have doubts about how successful this would have been however because at best only about 10% of our members have access to email.
Russ Maddock Brisbane, Australia
http://www.petrie.starway.net.au/~sunbeam Sunbeam Imp Sport Talbot Alpine GLS Sunbeam Alpine SIII GT Peugeot 505 STi
-----Original Message----- From: Rex Funk <rexfunk(at)magick.net> To: alpines(at)autox.team.net <alpines(at)autox.team.net> Date: Saturday, 18 July 1998 8:18 Subject: Re: Club
>Whatever we do, let's use the mailing lists, e-mail, and web pages as the
>vehicle for communications, in lieu of newsletters, etc. It is working
>very well now. The whole concept of slick hard-copy newsletters and
>postage means lots of time and attention to detail by some volunteer
>editor, not to mention licking stamps and sticking mailing labels. It
>might be easier to get a web page like Sunbeam Central together to link to
>club lists and activities. That way, many people could contribute to the
>online newsletter, and it could be a real-time living document .
>
>The content of the mailing lists is often more valuable to me than a
>newsletter anyway. All we need to add is a schedule of local, national,
>and international events and maybe a few articles, stories, a calendar, and
>member profiles. Without postage and printing, dues should be minimal.
>Those who are "web-challenged" could view or get printouts from someone
>online (probably in glorious B & W). If this is organized right, things
>could come together fairly easily.