Re: [ql-users] A4 or A5
- Original Message - From: Derek Stewart To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 10:38 PM Subject: Re: [ql-users] A4 or A5 I would like the magazine kept the way it is now. Not sure about downloadable version,. this would mean non-subscribers would have access to the magazine. But I guess this has been thought out. Thought out, but not yet worked out. There are two possibilities. One is bulk emailing and the other is a closed section on the website. However no one on the Quanta Committee has experience of either so we would have to have external expertise. Downloading was thought up some years ago as a way of reducing costs, and if I remember rightly came from members at an AGM. The magazine is Quanta's biggest single expense. However savings would only be in postage and not in printing. Obviously the printer has to make a living and his only savings would be paper and ink costs, Best Wishes, Geoff ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] A4 or A5
Not all Quanta members have the abilities to download an electronic version of the magazine. What are the arrangement for these people, is the magazine going disk based. Derek gwicks wrote: - Original Message - From: Derek Stewart To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 10:38 PM Subject: Re: [ql-users] A4 or A5 I would like the magazine kept the way it is now. Not sure about downloadable version,. this would mean non-subscribers would have access to the magazine. But I guess this has been thought out. Thought out, but not yet worked out. There are two possibilities. One is bulk emailing and the other is a closed section on the website. However no one on the Quanta Committee has experience of either so we would have to have external expertise. Downloading was thought up some years ago as a way of reducing costs, and if I remember rightly came from members at an AGM. The magazine is Quanta's biggest single expense. However savings would only be in postage and not in printing. Obviously the printer has to make a living and his only savings would be paper and ink costs, Best Wishes, Geoff ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] A4 or A5
On Fri, 5 Aug 2005 at 19:50:08, gwicks wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) - Original Message - From: Derek Stewart To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 10:38 PM Subject: Re: [ql-users] A4 or A5 I would like the magazine kept the way it is now. Not sure about downloadable version,. this would mean non-subscribers would have access to the magazine. But I guess this has been thought out. Thought out, but not yet worked out. There are two possibilities. One is bulk emailing ... but not with the actual pdf, as that will increase the size a lot. The files has to be encoded into ASCII. Simply give a URL. Also users can choose when to collect. If you are on dialup, there is nothing more annoying than 1mb at peak time! and the other is a closed section on the website. However no one on the Quanta Committee has experience of either so we would have to have external expertise. Downloading was thought up some years ago as a way of reducing costs, and if I remember rightly came from members at an AGM. The magazine is Quanta's biggest single expense. However savings would only be in postage and not in printing. Obviously the printer has to make a living and his only savings would be paper and ink costs, Why? I don't understand the logic. If you print fewer it must cost less. With Quanta's print run (and quality) he is -not- using expensive plates. Tony -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:252/67) +44(0)1442-828255 tony@surname.co.uk http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 Skype: tonyfirshman TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] A4 or A5
Disk based also would not work for some of us. My personal preferences is that we have an option of a mailed copy or a downloadable copy. An email notification with a login to get the copy would work on my case. Most people who can get email should be able to login to a web site and download. This would avoid trying to send a large file to someone who's mailbox doesn't have room for it. The only question I would think of, if the number of required printed copies gets too small, does the cost for those go up? Cheers, jim On Aug 6, 2005, at 4:05 AM, Derek Stewart wrote: Not all Quanta members have the abilities to download an electronic version of the magazine. What are the arrangement for these people, is the magazine going disk based. Derek gwicks wrote: - Original Message - From: Derek Stewart To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 10:38 PM Subject: Re: [ql-users] A4 or A5 I would like the magazine kept the way it is now. Not sure about downloadable version,. this would mean non-subscribers would have access to the magazine. But I guess this has been thought out. Thought out, but not yet worked out. There are two possibilities. One is bulk emailing and the other is a closed section on the website. However no one on the Quanta Committee has experience of either so we would have to have external expertise. Downloading was thought up some years ago as a way of reducing costs, and if I remember rightly came from members at an AGM. The magazine is Quanta's biggest single expense. However savings would only be in postage and not in printing. Obviously the printer has to make a living and his only savings would be paper and ink costs, Best Wishes, Geoff ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
