WAS - KFactor Now "Members"

[Rick Sweeney]

I can add to what you are saying by mentioning the NSRCA Web Team
members as well. I know web team members who have put countless hours
into the site (I will include myself here), bringing the NSRCA
membership a web site virtually free. A rough estimate of the cost to
have hired this work out over the last 3 years including on-going
maintenance? $45.00 to $90.00 per hour Web design, $85.00 to $125.00 per
hour database application development like your e-commerce page, on-line
contest page, membership database..etc. Your judging section alone is a
web site within a web site. 

You do the math.

Others have personal out of pocket expense which was donated to get the
vision on the web, not to mention the energy involved to make it happen
initially. 

The web site is currently not calculated as an expense other than the
server costs, like the K-Factor is. 

On top of all this, the membership is experiencing a reduction in dues!

Some of Ya'll, need to count your blessings.  

Rick Sweeney

 

-----Original Message-----
From: discussion-request at nsrca.org [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org]
On Behalf Of Joe Lachowski
Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2002 9:05 AM
To: discussion at nsrca.org
Subject: RE: WAS - KFactor Now "Members"

People forget that the K-factor is only a newsletter, not a magazine
with 
payed contributors. It is very difficult for VP's to get it up every
month 
to write an article. Fortunately, contest results help relieve some of
that 
demand. If you want more technical content write an article with
pictures 
and submit it to the K-factor. Haven't seen much in writing content from

other than the Officers, since I've been a member. Writing a monthly
column 
for free is a lot of work and is in my mind on of the prime reason VP's 
don't last longer. Having been a club Secretary/Newsletter Writer/Editor
in 
the past I can really sympathize with these guys having to try and
muster 
something up every month.

Member since the late 80's through thick and thin,

Joe Lachowski
NSRCA 330






>From: Mark Wendt <wendt at kingcrab.nrl.navy.mil>
>Reply-To: discussion at nsrca.org
>To: discussion at nsrca.org
>Subject: RE: WAS - KFactor Now "Members"
>Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2002 07:57:38 -0500
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