[Artemisia] Fwd: [Announcements] Newsletter Production Stipends

[Belladonna]

I, too, like books and magazines, Padruig. And perhaps I'm backpedaling a little 
bit, but I don't mean to say that our newsletters are completely without value. 
The Kingdom newsletter has announcements from the officers that appear nowhere 
else, and our Baronial newsletter also includes announcements from the local 
officers and the guilds that appear nowhere else. The February Sage dedicated 5 
of 19 pages to event announcements and 5 of 19 pages to various regnum lists. 
One page was a calendar of events. That's 11 of 19 pages, more than 50% of the 
book, dedicated to information that is easily available if you have an Internet 
account, doesn't need to be read and savored like a magazine or book, and for 
most of us, probably more likely sought out on the Web, anyway.

Of the remaining 8 pages, 2 were front and back cover, and 3 were information 
about the Sage or release forms for printing that are necessitated only by 
having a printed publication (the release forms could be made available online, 
emailed to people as a PDF form, or printed and given to people for an 
electronic publication—in fact, I think they are already often used in some of 
these ways). That leaves three pages of information that's not freely available 
and easily accessed on the Web (ok, four if you count the cover, which is rather 
nice). You obviously have an email account, so I would argue that if I were 
Kingdom Chronicler, I'd gladly email you those four pages in PDF form and if you 
really, truly can't stand to read even that much information online, it 
shouldn't put you out too much to print three or four pages on your own (you 
might enjoy viewing the cover more online, anyway, than printing it with 
substandard color). If you really can't print it, maybe you have a subscribing 
friend who'd agree to print it for you every month if you offered a ream of 
paper in exchange.

Belladonna






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From: Padruig <rayzentz at aim.com>
To: artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org
Sent: Fri, February 11, 2011 2:14:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Artemisia] Fwd: [Announcements] Newsletter Production Stipends


Call me old fashioned, and out of touch, if you wish (oh, hello, an 
anachronism), but I like the look and feel of stuff in print. I refuse to read 
books online, or with a kindle like unit. I read a book. I still read magazines. 
I prefer shopping from a catalog, rather than unline. 


Incidentally, I also hate direct deposit. I Like going to the bank to deposit 
checks (although I don't get to do it nearly often enough). I Like the peronal 
contact.

I am a high touch person, living in a high tech world. Which sometimes really 
sucks.

Padruig, the deluded one



Dr. Raymond Zentz

It is better to die a free man, than to live, a slave.


 
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