<div dir="ltr">That includes printing, folding, saddle stapling, mailing address printing, and actual postage.  So it's actually pretty reasonable.<div><br></div><div>The $1000 Scott quotes is actually a little higher than reality, the most expensive month in 2016 was just south of $1000.  It typically breaks down to a little under $200 for the mailing services, $150 in postage, and the rest for actual printing of the K-Factor, which is usually ~$600.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 12:49 PM, S. McNickle via NSRCA-discussion <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank">nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000"><div><br></div><div>So a print run of 150 costs $1000...or $6.67 per issue?  That would be a pretty hefty premium for a 'hard copy' membership.</div><div><br></div><hr id="m_-6297581280427928277zwchr"><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><b>From: </b>"Scott McHarg via NSRCA-discussion" <<a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank">nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.<wbr>org</a>><br><b>To: </b>"Mark Atwood" <<a href="mailto:atwoodm@paragon-inc.com" target="_blank">atwoodm@paragon-inc.com</a>>, "General pattern discussion" <<a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank">nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.<wbr>org</a>><span class=""><br><b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, January 4, 2017 3:41:36 PM<br></span><span class=""><b>Subject: </b>Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Hardcopy K-Factor<br><div><br></div></span><div><div class="h5"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:#0000ff">The cost changes based on how big the issue is and how many we print.  We mail out approximately 135 monthly.  I usually print 150 copies so that I have extras to go to the show in Ontario and the WRAM show to be distributed.  As an example, a 20 page (we usually run between 20-26 pages) K-Factor, printed and mailed out to 135 people is just over $1000.  The bigger the issue, the more likely it is to get to about $1200 for that issue.  When we were mailing out 400+ copies, you can imagine how much money it was costing us monthly.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:#0000ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;color:#0000ff">The problem with the list serv is that there are quite a few folks that are not members that would be receiving your K-Factor.  Of course, it'd be easy enough to create a new list with members only but that's just something else to consider.  The mailing would be fairly large as well.  The "low res" copy is about 4.5Mb.  The "high res" version would be difficult to mail out due to SPAM definitions and size issues for each mail service that we all use.  Most don't allow attachments that large but some do.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="m_-6297581280427928277gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><b style="color:rgb(51,51,255)"><span style="font-family:'comic sans ms',sans-serif;font-size:large" size="4">Scott A. McHarg</span></b><br><div>VSCL / CANVASS U.A.S. Research Pilot</div><div>Texas A&M University</div><div>PPL - ASEL</div><div>Remote Pilot Certified Under FAA Part 107</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 2:07 PM, Atwood, Mark via NSRCA-discussion <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank">nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.<wbr>org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Can we quantify the costs for the printed version?  I for one would be willing to pay and additional “subscription fee” for getting a printed version, provided it was even remotely reasonable.<div><br></div><div>Are we talking an addition $5/issue, or $25/issue.  I honestly don’t know what it costs to print, and how much is currently subsidized by the NSRCA vs Advertisers.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;word-wrap:break-word"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;word-wrap:break-word"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;word-wrap:break-word"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text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125)">The downside of this is perhaps the listserver s/w will not support an attachment….it might be an option though.<span style="text-decoration:underline"></span><span style="text-decoration:underline"></span></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Comic Sans MS';color:rgb(31,73,125)">Bandwidth might be a problem and incur increased costs for the b/w….but this might be offset by reducing the remaining printing expense.<span style="text-decoration:underline"></span><span style="text-decoration:underline"></span></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Comic Sans MS';color:rgb(31,73,125)">Or….perhaps changing the format/extension to something other than .pdf to help reduce b/w requirements.<span style="text-decoration:underline"></span><span style="text-decoration:underline"></span></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Comic Sans MS';color:rgb(31,73,125)">I don’t know if anything like this is possible…don’t know enough about it….just thought I would mention it.<span style="text-decoration:underline"></span><span style="text-decoration:underline"></span></span></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Comic Sans MS';color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span style="text-decoration:underline"></span> <span style="text-decoration:underline"></span></span></b></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Comic Sans MS';color:rgb(31,73,125)">David Harmon<span style="text-decoration:underline"></span><span style="text-decoration:underline"></span></span></b></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Comic Sans MS';color:rgb(31,73,125)">NSRCA 586<span style="text-decoration:underline"></span><span style="text-decoration:underline"></span></span></b></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Comic Sans MS';color:rgb(31,73,125)">AMA 5053<span style="text-decoration:underline"></span><span style="text-decoration:underline"></span></span></b></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Comic Sans MS';color:rgb(31,73,125)">Sperry, OK<span style="text-decoration:underline"></span><span style="text-decoration:underline"></span></span></b></div></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Comic Sans MS';color:rgb(31,73,125)"><span style="text-decoration:underline"></span> <span style="text-decoration:underline"></span></span></div><div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="text-decoration:underline"></span> <span style="text-decoration:underline"></span></span></div></div></div></div><span> <span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;float:none;display:inline!important">______________________________<wbr>_________________</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"> <span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;float:none;display:inline!important">NSRCA-discussion mailing list</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"> <a href="mailto:NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org" style="color:purple;text-decoration:underline;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px" target="_blank">NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.<wbr>org</a><br style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none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