[Artemisia] Fwd: [Announcements] Newsletter Production Stipen ds

[Tommye Goldstein]

I also have limited access and not many fluid resoures AND am affended by the 
comments preceeding yours.  I'm good with one copy for my family.  





________________________________
From: Sondra Gibson <sgibson at edulog.com>
To: Kingdom of Artemisia mailing list <artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org>
Sent: Mon, February 14, 2011 1:18:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Artemisia] Fwd: [Announcements] Newsletter Production Stipen ds

I actually find it a bit offensive when you say it is a CHOICE to not have
internet access.  Obviously you live in an area that has access to multiple
different options for highspeed internet?  There are some of us who do not.
In this day and age with the size of even basic websites increasing in a
huge way, dial-up internet is almost not worth bothering with.  An emailed
newsletter would be too large to be downloaded.  However the area I (and
thousands of others in rural Montana) live in has limited options for any
highspeed connections.  I searched a long time, compared prices and talked
to people who use various services, and the conclusion is that none of them
are exactly great where I live.  The only options here are 2 different
satellite services or verizon mobile broadband.  (via a plug in receiver)
They are all expensive.  (starting at $61 per month for *just* internet)  At
least at the wages many of us in the Bitterroot Valley of MT make they are
expensive.  I have friends who still rely on dial up, and the only thing
they do is download email once a day.  It's only been in the past year that
I've had high speed(???) internet at home.  And then it's very unreliable.
I may get a reasonable connection.  I may not get any at all. I never get a
connection that's good enough to watch YouTube or to use Skype, or to play
games on Facebook.  

I'm one of the people who fall into what Duke Alan said about not liking to
read newsletters or newspapers on line.  It's inconvenient, and gives me a
back and head ache.  I do understand that many organizations are going to
electronic newsletters. I also understand that the electronic version
included the possibility of color photos, longer articles, etc.  (making
them larger and harder to download)  That doesn't mean I have to like them.
And no, I don't think I should have to "work harder" to get the information
that I should be receiving with my paid membership.  One more thing,
obviously, those who do not have internet access at all are not present here
to comment.  Nor will they have received the electronic notice about the
coming end to printed newsletters. (which I assume will be published in an
upcoming paper newsletter?)

I just wanted people to realize that in many cases 'keeping life simple' is
not a choice.  It is economic necessity.  Myself, I just don't have the
disposable income for a whole lot of non-necessities.  My electronic gadgets
are pretty limited.  My cell phone, is just that - a phone.  The only reason
I carry it is because I'm on the road (back and forth to work, an hour
drive) a lot at night and in bad weather, in a 20+ yr old car. I have a
laptop and usually internet connections and a printer/scanner. (oh and a
very basic digital camera) Other than that, I'm still in the dark ages.  And
so are a lot of other people.  I wouldn't know how to operate an iPod, or a
Nook, or a Kindle, never mind one of those fancy phones.  I believe there
are far more the 2 or 3 of us anachronisms in the kingdom.  Just my 75c
worth!

Gefjon    

> -----Original Message-----
> Subject: Re: [Artemisia] Fwd: [Announcements] Newsletter Production
> Stipends

Belladonna wrote: 
> I know my opinion may not be popular with some. And yes, even 
> in this day and 
> age, there still may be two or three people in the Kingdom 
> without computers, 
> Internet, or email accounts. But my opinion is that it's 
> perfectly okay to 
> choose not to have those things, but it's not okay to cry 
> about the results of 
> that choice. If someone chooses not to have Internet access, 
> I think he or she 
> is also choosing to take the responsibility for working a 
> little harder to get 
> information in other ways. 
_______________________________________________
Artemisia mailing list
Artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org
http://lists.gallowglass.org/mailman/listinfo/artemisia