After following this thread from the beginning I'd like to add one more opinion. Being an associate member I did not get the bulletin mentioned, so am not privy to any club budget expenditures/shortfall/info except for this thread.
Going out on a limb here from what I see elsewhere with print media, print media & delivery must be expensive. For instance, the local newspaper used to be quite thick, and cost a dime for the daily, now $1.50 for a third of what it used to be. I recently saw a New Yorker magazine for the first time in ages, cover price was either $7 or $9...…….I was flabbergasted. Naturally subscriptions are always cheaper than cover prices but you can see where this is going.
I still request paper billing for monthly expenses, most companies now charge me $2 to $5 per month for this "perk".
Not being loaded with cash it pains me to say this but firstly, the "Associate" membership is priced too cheap. My other suggestions are to divide the full membership into two tiers, one priced for the digital version only of the bulletin, the other priced for members who prefer the print & mailed version. Calendars on a "pre order" basis only for any member, due by the deadline for timely printing.
The club officers can crunch the numbers for the different levels, and it wouldn't be a sin to have a bit of cushion in there for the stability of club coffers. Anyone disgruntled by the reality of print expenses probably isn't going to be happy about anything else to correct the budget shortfall either.
One thing that's been mentioned before is that the club CD is becoming dated technology. For example, my household has 3 laptops & two tablets, only the oldest laptop has a CD drive. At some point the CD info is going to need to be on a flash drive to be accessible to anyone, which can be pretty cheap, but not as cheap as a stack of CDs. Yet another expense that should be calculated into the full membership.
