<div>Wayne,</div> <div> </div> <div>Thanks for taking the time to express your opinion. I agree with most of what you say. I do believe the KFactor is a good publication, but based on what other organisations are doing, I agree that it is not giving us much return on our dollar. I do believe we should spend more effort towards an online publication.</div> <div> </div> <div>Bob Richards</div> <div><BR><BR><B><I>Wayne <Whinkle1024@msn.com></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Well said Del<BR><BR>As I mentioned and everyone went off on me. Its not the extra $10. Its the <BR>fact there is no plan for the future and no way to pay the bills. We are <BR>short on funds so we need to increase dues. To me this only means dumping <BR>more money into an already deep hole. The NSRCA management over the last 2-4 <BR>years has spent in the range of $25,000 more than its income.
Not pointing a <BR>finger and saying where did it go? and then shaming folks into just sending <BR>the extra $10 is not going to solve the problem.<BR><BR>Derek can speak directly to the funds issue as he reported the funds in <BR>excess back beofre Lamar was elected to office. I got the number directly <BR>from the debate on email regarding the finacial issues and address questions <BR>to canidates that I believe Troy Neuman posted 2 years ago. These numbers <BR>jive with Rusty Dose's last column where he states dues and advertising is <BR>down $15,000 per year. Guess what do this for 2 years and there is your <BR>$25k.<BR><BR>This is not a call to stop renewing. Rather its a vote of no confidence in <BR>the current method. Not the people just the fact we are dumping money down <BR>the drain.<BR><BR>I voice my opinion and the world explodes in that I don't know what I'm <BR>talking about. Guess what THAT is the ARROGANT, Elitist attitude that we <BR>pattern flyers are so
famous for.<BR><BR>I have copies of old KF's that were nothing more than Xerox sheets like a <BR>normal club news letter. The content was 10 times what it is today. Yet it <BR>probably cost about 1/4 the price to produce.<BR><BR>The KF used to attract folks because it was the place to get info and <BR>contacts for all the cool pattern stuff. Not because it had a fancy cover in <BR>color. Well the internet, and direct mail marketing ads from Central Hobby <BR>and others now give this information to us. I would rather see us spend our <BR>money on a professional website that has info, how to's, ads, and real time <BR>information other than the local weather report every month from the DVPs <BR>that is costing us thousands.<BR><BR>My suggestion is to stop producing a published news letter. Instead continue <BR>it as an online publication and spend our money on the website and have some <BR>professional help in setting it up, marketing our shirts, caps and patches, <BR>and get
back to what the NSRCA does well. Promote pattern instead of <BR>producing a poor publication.<BR><BR>Get in bed with Flying Giants and create a online "pattern flyer central" <BR>Like IMAC has done. They have a good product and the cost is half the price. <BR>In fact they are doing so good at it people think they are us. How many <BR>times do we see the internet light up with I would like to fly pattern and <BR>want to get started but I only have 50cc yak and I don't want to get laughed <BR>at. A good website and some positive support that can pool us the members <BR>and keep a archive of the great techniques and articles that are written.<BR><BR>We can't compete with MA News, FLY RC and others so why try. We are who we <BR>are and its time to cut back and tighten the belt. If we devote even 1/2 the <BR>funds from our current poor KF to a good website we will much better off for <BR>the long haul. I know the website is work but we have volunteers doing it <BR>and the
results are not competitive. Hell we can't even get D1 and D6 to put <BR>their websites on the national site. Then we can't get D8 to update the <BR>contests on the National site they have to go to D8's site to get the <BR>contest. Come on lets get a united front that looks like we aren't just a <BR>bunch of hillbillies! That is why IMAC has the coverage in the magazines, <BR>that is why IMAC has suppliers like H9 including decals in the kits and <BR>membership apps. That is why they are sound financially. We just sit around <BR>and argue why a snap isn't a snap and don't want anyone to touch our <BR>precious news letter that is trying to be a full magazine. Volunteers make <BR>this organization go round. Well gets get them focus on what needs to <BR>happen. Asleep at the wheel will not solve it. We have had that for the past <BR>several years.<BR><BR><BR>Wayne<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>