Coincidentally, I'm also in an organization for which I'm Webmaster. In fact, as webmaster, I'm one of the officers of that association.
We publish a newsletter of 60 pages or more every six months (also with MS Publisher). The editor and publisher sends me the .pub file and I convert it to PDF and put it on the web site for downloading. (If anyone is interest in seeing the site, it's at http://www.oldscarborians.org.uk.) By the way, the newsletter is in A5 format. (The hard copy version is printed, in the U.K., on A4 paper [by a print shop], folded and stitched [i.e., stapled].) I'm also President, plus newsletter editor and publisher, of another organization (here in the Sacramento area). I publish an 8- or 10-page newsletter every month (also using MS Publisher and also using folded double-size paper, printed, with mail merge, on my own 32-page-per-minute laser printer). So far we don't make it available as a PDF file. However, I have converted it and emailed it as a favor for someone. The conversion takes less than five minutes (including my own futzing around -- removing the book-fold attributes). Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Carter, Baron Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 05:33 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:19246] RE: electronic (pdf) newsletter I'm in an organization, of which I am webmaster and treasurer, in which we have a paper version and an electronic version. The paper version is prepared, be the editor, using MS Publisher. I convert this to pdf format. The paper version has been retained for non-members, government officials etc the same as Jim has pointed out below. We now rarely mail out to members and have saved a lot of money because of this. Baron Carter -----Original Message----- From: James R. Frysinger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, 04 April, 2002 18:57 To: U.S. Metric Association Cc: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:19235] RE: Back to Metric? As the webmaster for two standards committees, I can vouchsafe that producing electronic versions of paper documents, such as Metric Today, is not a trivial matter. Then there's the maintenance of the electronic membership file, etc. Also, spare copies of Metric Today are often given to industry leaders, government officials, people asking for a sample copy, and so forth. Adding an electronic version without eliminating the paper version would save no time or effort; instead it would add considerably to those. Jim kilopascal wrote: > > 2002-04-04 > > You can still make it available to those who pay dues. They can download it > in doc or pdf format via a password. A password available only to those > that are paid members. Or you can set it up to be emailed to dues paying > members. This way everybody gets it in a timely manner and there is no > postage charges to the USMA. Plus, if the newsletter can be done entirely > electronically, there would be no printing charges. That would be a cost > savings and maybe a savings in officers time spent on handling the > newsletters. No? > > John > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Hillger, Don" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, 2002-04-04 17:28 > Subject: [USMA:19230] RE: Back to Metric? > > Ezra and others: > > For those of you who don't receive Metric Today, the cover story for the > last issue was about labeling. It would be nice if we could do an > electronic newsletter and make it available to all, but then who would > pay dues? You are missing out if you don't get the newsletter.... -- Metric Methods(SM) "Don't be late to metricate!" James R. Frysinger, CAMS http://www.metricmethods.com/ 10 Captiva Row e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Charleston, SC 29407 phone/FAX: 843.225.6789
