K-Factor vision of the future.

[Martin X. Moleski, SJ]

Eric Henderson wrote:

> Are the dues too high? - Compared with a magazine subscription etc. yup!
> both home and abroad.

Compared to other SIGs?

> 1. Invest in an on-line newsletter capture and delivery system.
 
> 2. Make on-line a members-only membership option and charge $20 p.a.

OK by me.  You have to be careful, however.  You will not save
$20 per paperless member IF there are very large setup costs
for those who still want a subscription.  Or another way of
saying it is that reducing mailings from 800 to 300 may not
save 5/8ths of your cost.

> 4. Re-design and restructure the K-factor so that it is updated online on a
> Daily basis. (e.g. as articles or reports are submitted) Change submission
> system, editing system and text/picture capabilities to reflect on-line
> reading and loading.

Does this option mean killing all mailings?

It would be pretty dramatic to do that.  I'd vote yes,
I guess.  Some non-computer people would probably
be pretty miffed.

If this is just a variation of 1&2, then see above.

> 8. Make read-version fast on web-site - not a download basically.

This is kind of incompatible with ... oops ... already
deleted suggestion to be able to print and mail a simple
version from the internet version for a few customers.

Printing a whole bunch of pages from a web site is
not impossible, but it's not as easy as printing a
.pdf file.

						Marty #2874
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