07-01-2019, 12:10 PM
Over here, the 750MC committee attempted to go "electronic only" some years ago but met with resistance from the membership. The committee responded by reducing the frequency of the magazine. After a while they had another go but evidently decided to just do it. Here's the tweak - they timed the announcement of their decision, in the last ever "Bulletin" to arrive, nicely just after all the direct debits for membership renewal had gone out. So people like me who would have preferred a paper copy (for reasons I won't bore you with) found that the deal for which they had just paid a year's subscription was immediately changed. I thought only government departments did that.
So it's a win - win, you get rid of the people like me and you keep a yearsworth of their money. Of course, the 750 MC lost my long standing financial support a year later and my good opinion immediately, which I don't suppose keeps the committee awake at night. So your committee might like to learn from the pros?
Regards,
Stuart
The same happened with the VSCC the monthly magazine became email unless requested otherwise but ''if everyone requests it via post we won't save anything". This happened without any obvious consultation, my membership was due anyway so I voted with my feet. Other clubs I'm a member of have now began to offer reduced rates for online only but personally I spend enough time reading a screen and do like a paper magazine though it depends on what it is.
So it's a win - win, you get rid of the people like me and you keep a yearsworth of their money. Of course, the 750 MC lost my long standing financial support a year later and my good opinion immediately, which I don't suppose keeps the committee awake at night. So your committee might like to learn from the pros?
Regards,
Stuart
The same happened with the VSCC the monthly magazine became email unless requested otherwise but ''if everyone requests it via post we won't save anything". This happened without any obvious consultation, my membership was due anyway so I voted with my feet. Other clubs I'm a member of have now began to offer reduced rates for online only but personally I spend enough time reading a screen and do like a paper magazine though it depends on what it is.