I see your point, Mark. Like you said, implementation may be another story. BTW, I just finished reading your and Matt's account in the NSS News of your historical trip to Mexico. Congrats and a very entertaining article! Mark A.
________________________________ From: Minton, Mark [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thu 1/15/2009 1:46 PM To: TexasCavers Subject: [Texascavers] RE: The TEXAS CAVER Is Now Online!!!! Mark and Butch, >Butch has added Darla and Denise as administrators and they will verify that >you are a "Member in Good Standing" and will check this periodically. You will >be notified if your dues are about to expire and will be unceremoniously >kicked off if your dues are not renewed. >In other words, "No TC for you!" (Seinfeld reference). While I wholeheartedly support electronic newsletters, I take exception to denying access to all past issues after one's membership lapses. All issues published while one was an active member should remain accessible to that person even after their membership expires. This is the biggest failing of many electronic journals, especially for libraries. With the paper version, all issues you pay for are yours forever. With the electronic version, one now has nothing if their membership lapses. It doesn't have to be that way, although I suspect it is considerably more complex to implement. Some electronic journals do indeed allow one continued access to all issues paid for, but no others. Texas Caver should be the same. Please consider revising your policy so that we get to keep access to what we pay for. Thanks, Mark Minton --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
