[MR] Acorn

[Rachel/Rozsa]

I am certain everyone has differing thoughts about online v. snail mail.
But I have to say that I love the fact that the Acorn arrives in my mailbox
every month.  I actually read it because of that.  Despite all the
notifications from both my canton and barony that the newsletters are done
and now online, I invariably forget to read them.  I can't put them aside,
tuck them in my car or purse and read them at a later date.  I can't even
begin to tell you how many times even in the past few weeks someone has
asked me to pull the Acorn out of my purse so we could check this, that, or
the other.

Sure I can print on-line newsletters out and do the same thing then, but I
still have to go through the trouble of pulling it up, downloading, and then
printing.  On dial-up that takes a few minutes.....

Besides, its nice to get something in the mail besides junk and bills! :)

Rozsa

----- Original Message -----
From: <gerald at beltonphoto.com>
To: <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 9:13 AM
Subject: Re: [MR] Acorn


> > Thusily I think there should be a new
> >membership benifit available on www.sca.org. You should be able to look
> >at/download  any Kingdom Publication you subscribe to electronically in
pdf
> >format.
>
> I think this is a wonderful idea, but why even bother to require a
> subscription? It's not as if we're paying the authors for content. Make
all
> kingdom newsletter freely available on the web, and make web delivery the
> default. Those who need paper copies can pay for them. The savings in
> printing costs and postage would more than make up for the extra bandwidth
> used.
>
> If there's some concern about making the content available to non-members,
> then require entry of a valid member number to view the publications.
>
> Owain Penbras
> Buckston-on-Eno, Windmaster's Hill
>
>
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