[NSRCA-discussion] Electronic versus Paper K-Factor Poll

[Matthew Frederick]

Derek,

I don't think your point has sunk in because you keep having to repeat it. 
People still seem to think the poll was to determine whether or not to do 
away with the print version. As I understand it, the intent was to find out 
how many people would pay to get the print version so that a monthly cost 
could be determined based on how many would be printed/mailed. Am I correct? 
I also assume the premium members pay for the print version would be 
designed to cover at least a portion of this cost. I personally voted for 
the print version because I prefer to have a hard copy to carry around. Now, 
whether or not my vote matters is another debate because I have not renewed 
for 2009.

Matt
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Derek Koopowitz" <derekkoopowitz at gmail.com>
To: <atwoodm at paragon-inc.com>; "'General pattern discussion'" 
<nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>; <bob at toprudder.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 11:12 AM
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Electronic versus Paper K-Factor Poll


> Bear in mind that if one has a buyers guide then one has to have
> advertisers.  It is VERY hard to keep, let alone get, new advertisers and
> this buyers guide has to be done way in advance (at least 18 months
> planning) to allow for potential advertisers to line up their budgets, 
> etc.
> It's not such a slam dunk affair.
>
> Bob also mentioned having construction articles, building techiques, 
> reviews
> etc... Getting people to do this is also VERY hard work.  We'll solicit 
> for
> articles for months and we'll receive one or two.
>
> I really don't want to complicate things with this... Giving people a 
> choice
> is easy for us to do and easy for the publisher.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org
> [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of
> atwoodm at paragon-inc.com
> Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 7:34 AM
> To: bob at toprudder.com; General pattern discussion
> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Electronic versus Paper K-Factor Poll
>
> Huge Vote with Bob on this. Quarterly with a great issue would satiate my
> need for a printed edition, and I could still get all the cotest reports 
> and
> local photos online.
>
> OooooohH ... Buyer's Guide ... I'm all a-titter with anticipation.
> Seriously, that's one of the best legacy's our friend Eric Hawkinson left 
> us
> with. Hasn't been one like it since.
>
> -Mark
> Sent from my BlackBerry Smartphone provided by Alltel
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Richards <bob at toprudder.com>
>
> Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 07:10:35
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> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Electronic versus Paper K-Factor Poll
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