Kaiser Frazer Owners Club Forum
General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Bulletin Editor on August 28, 2011, 08:26:44 AM
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The email version of the September KFOCI Monthly News Bulletin has been sent.
Currently, 84 members receive the Bulletin by email ... they get a head start on all the news, plus color photos & "extras" not available in the black & white printed version.
What are you waiting for? Request a sample issue today! KFOCI_Monthly@yahoo.com
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10 members have requested a "sample" ... 5 have joined the email list ... what are YOU waiting for???
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Good morning Barbara, please sign me up for the emailed bulletin. thankyou kenn
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Me too!
Jim Bartley
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@ Jim & Kenn ... I need your email address - please send a request to: KFOCI_Monthly@yahoo.com
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me too...
jerussel@msn.com
thanks,
John
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Barbara please send a sample to mr_blueberry30@hotmail.com Richard #3719
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@ John & Richard ... the SEPT email issue was sent today ... hope you enjoy it.
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There are now 93 members on the email list + 34 who receive both email & print versions. Try a "sample" today!
FYI: it's quick & easy to adapt the font size for your reading comfort ... just click the "+" or "-" at the top of the PDF page.
PLUS you get it in advance of the paper version mailing.
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As our local Atlantic Canada Studebaker Club has found out (56 members--highest total EVER!) email versions = full colour photos, scalable sizes for reading, and BIG savings for the Club coffers
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What is the logic that if you receive the email one, why request the mail version?
That defeats the main purpose of the email---saving money.
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One reason would be to determine if that is what you really want to do, and as well, have a paper copy to give away to a prospective member (who will never own a computer) as I did yesterday!
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What is the logic that if you receive the email one, why request the mail version?
That defeats the main purpose of the email---saving money.
@ Terry: it's not about saving $$ for them ... they get email for the "extras" + a jump-start on the ads, and the paper version to keep. Many have every Bulletin since they joined & just can't let go ...
@ Jim: thanks for passing along your printed copy.
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OK on the jump, but...if one has a computer, they probably have a printer.
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OK on the jump, but...if one has a computer, they probably have a printer.
Very true ... but more than 1 has told me they don't want to "waste" their paper & ink printing the email version.
I previously submitted a suggestion that members who get email only get a discount on their annual membership, but it was shot down ~ without even being presented to the Board or the General Membership. Perhaps as time goes by & finances run thin (dwindling membership) it will be reconsidered.
For every 12 page Bulletin, the club save saves $1.02 per month for every US email ($12.24 per year), $1.46 for every Canadian email ($17.52 per year) and $2.20 for evey other foreign email ($26.40). More for larger issues. Emailing the SEPT 2011 issue saved the club $90.54 in printing & postage costs ... that comes to $1086.48 per year. And as more join the email list, the savings will grow.
Except for the roster & calendar, the Quarterly could also be sent by email to save even more $$ on printing & postage.
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To Barb
If a member wants to "stick it to KFOCI" for printing and mailing costs because they are too damn cheap to print their own, then I firmly believe that they do not deserve the email version so that they can get the jump!!! These "members" obviously want the best of both worlds and that is not resonable.
Times are tough, money is tight, take a stand and state that you get one or the other.
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Barbara, that is why we are starting to do it in our SDC chapter. With a smaller base, our reproduction costs are higher, and mailing costs are higher in Canada anyway. The difference is even more substantial for us. We are being pro-active about both membership base and possible declining revenues somewhere along the line. Actually, we are financially VERY healthy and growing, as is our membership---albeit very slowly for both. We have been able with these additional savings to (help) pay for some club activities, like a summer picnic/BBQ, or subsidize some items a bit--and the annual membership fee has remained at $20/year since we started up in 1996.
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If you are on the "email only" list, your KFOCI Monthly News Bulletin issue for October should be in your mailbox now.
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If you are on the "email+paper" list, the OCT 2011 issue should be in your mailbox now
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The email Bulletin was started a few years ago as a way to save printing & postage costs for the club. As an incentive, members who signed up were rewarded with an enhanced color version sent in advance of the paper Bulletin mailing.
The email-only list continues to grow ... but so does the email+print list. In the past, the email version was sent to all at the same time - until last month when the list was so large I had to break it up. Having that many is a good thing ... but it also raised the issue of "double-dippers."
In consideration of those who have given up their paper copy to go green & help the club, a new policy goes into effect with the November 2011 issue:
If you also get the print version, your email copy will be sent after the Bulletin has been delivered to the Post Office.
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Barbara, funny, I was just thinking about the double dipper issue today! This is a good policy move in my opinion. ;D I wish all that could (understanding there are those that don't have or use a computer) would go the e-mail route only to help the club save money. I've heard the various reasons why some want both electronic and printed and thus far, haven't heard a good one that wasn't totally self-serving (in my humble opinion).
Thanks for taking the position.
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...that's what I want...every club bulletin since I've joined the club!!! Get a life. They're totally worthless and a fire hazard. I started several years ago just keeping the last few and I've never missed them or ever looked back. Now with the electronic copy I could save them in virtual memory for the next 100 years!!!
Just my 2 cents. ;)
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I use old bulletins as sort of a genealogy tool for a car. Tracing owners back, or a story about an owner, has always interested me. Older bulletins were more than just ads, many had articles in them that, today, we'd include in a Quarterly. I have bulletins that go back to the mid-60s and I pull them out from time to time and read thru a few.
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I have to wonder about the Bulletin. For most of its life, it was just ads (cars and parts no longer available at prices no longer valid from people that include many deceased--and very missed--people), past events and the odd this and that. QUARTERLY magazines on the other hand could be useful as the earlier ones had things like re-doing door panels (assuming today you can get the right upholstery material).
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Just looking at the current Bulletin. Its lovely in colour. Wish all previous Quarterlies and Bulletins could be captured this way. If I ever win a lottery, I'd fund it. Until then, wishes aren't horses unfortunately, so no beggars like me get to ride.
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Just looking at the current Bulletin. Its lovely in colour. Wish all previous Quarterlies and Bulletins could be captured this way. If I ever win a lottery, I'd fund it. Until then, wishes aren't horses unfortunately, so no beggars like me get to ride.
It is possible to do the Quarterly in color by email, and just mail the roster & calendar ... it sure would save a lot of $$$ on printing & postage. I offered to help/do the pdf conversion, but since Mike has the printer do the typesetting & layout it could be a logistical nightmare - and possible add to the cost.
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Barbara,
Would you please cancel my paper Bulletin and send me the email version to
Oldpm@hotmail.com
Thanks very much,
Barry Johnson 6586
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please cancel my paper Bulletin and send me the email version
Barry Johnson 6586
Welcome to the email list!