[MR] Post Office Experience

[Bruce Glassford]

Aedan Aylwyn wrote:
>> I realize that online publication doesn't reach everyone, but why does
>> everyone talk about online publication as if it were some 
>> kind of a huge burden? 
> 
> Not a huge burden but a huge change...
> 
> Just off the top of my head:
> 
> - where do you host the files?
> - do you send out (push) the files to email addresses or host them (pull)
> for download?
> - how does this affect the cost of publishing the newsletter for those that
> get a hard copy?
> - does this affect the cost of membership for those that elect for
> electronic format?
> - is there a way to allow electronic versions still provide proof of
> membership?
> 
> There are lots of implications with such changes.  And not everyone is
> created equal in the electronic access arena.  
> 
> It's a frequently discussed topic at the Society level with no clear answers
> at the moment.
> 
> Aedan
> 


Not to mention the calendar (80% of the Acorn) is ALREADY on-line at 
atlantia.sca.org (and available to the general public yet)... are the 
reports (the other 20% or less) really so time-sensitive that we need to 
add an additional burden on the editor?????

... Bruce (more and more puzzled by the foofera)