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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Rex-I voted.I like the paper K-Factor, hard to take the
desk top into the official reading room.Lyle</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=trexlesh@msn.com href="mailto:trexlesh@msn.com">Rex</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=nsrca-dist8@lists.nsrca.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, January 28, 2009 5:46
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NSRCA-dist8] Poll</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Hi everyone....<BR> <BR>I'd like to ask, how many of you
have taken the poll on the NSRCA website.... <BR>I'd also like to take a
moment to tell you a little about it. Don't read anything<BR>into what
you are hearing on the list. Nothing is being done to the kfactor
at<BR>this time. There is no plan to change the publication to an online
media... The<BR>fact is, we have all the costs of publication and
postage for the kfactor. We are<BR>just trying to find out what the
NSRCA members want. It's that simple... <BR>Until we know what the
masses want, we have no idea what is possible in the <BR>future concerning
publishing requirements. The biggest cost of printing the kfactor,<BR>is
setup and starting the initial printing. I don't have the actual figures
to give you,<BR>but I'll give you an example that shows you how the costs
work....<BR>Say you have a printing job to be done... the cost is based
on setup and an initial<BR>printing of 100 copies... that's the smallest
order the printing agency will do. The<BR>cost of that printing will
cost $200. Now if you want to expand that printing to 500<BR>copies, the
printing agency will go ahead and run off 400 more copies for an
additional<BR>$100. And as you expand the order, it gets cheaper and
cheaper per copy. We have<BR>been on one of the pricing plateaus, and
that is why we have excess copies. The <BR>excess copies are free
because of the fixed pricing by numbers. That's just the way<BR>it
is... We are trying to see if, according to the poll, we can get numbers
of members<BR>that fit one of these pricing plateaus, and how much, if any,
savings can be found by<BR>letting a percentage of members go
electronic. That's pretty much it in a nut shell...<BR>That's why it's
important that you take the poll, so we can start figuring out where
we<BR>stand. If you haven't heard, publishing is taking a beating in
this country. Magazines are<BR>dieing in droves. Mostly due to
advertising, or lack thereof.... We are trying to see is,<BR>if making
an online version of the kfactor will help or hinder advertising
revenue. There<BR>are a few different routes that can be taken as for
charging for advertising in the <BR>electronic kfactor, such as the "by hit"
method in which the advertiser is charged a minor<BR>fee every time a reader
links to the advertisers site from the electronic kfactor. <BR>Nothing
has been decided as of yet... we need to see where we stand after the
poll is<BR>tallied and costs are figured several different ways. The
intent was to have both, the<BR>printed copy, and an online copy.
I can tell you this... the way the economy is going,<BR>it will get
harder and harder to keep things as they are, without raising membership
fees,<BR>unless we get a good handle on this. We do not have enough
advertising funds to pay<BR>for the kfactor as it is.... and trust me,
our ad manager is doing as much as possible to <BR>get as many advertisers as
he can! That has to be the most thankless job on the planet!<BR>The rest
of the funds used to pay for printing and postage comes from membership
dues.<BR>Then we have costs for the NATS, Championship awards, TAXES!...
yes, we pay taxes...<BR>We are working on getting to a tax exempt status, but
it's taking some time. All the ducks<BR>have to be in a row!<BR>Ok, so
now you get the idea of what's going on behind the scenes! When
Derek gets all<BR>the figures, he will spell out all of our costs, what we can
and can't do, etc.... Stay <BR>posted!<BR> <BR>Also, if you haven't
heard, we will have a booth at the NW Model Expo in Monroe, Wa. on<BR>the
weekend of February 6, 7, and 8... Stop by and say
Hi!!!!<BR> <BR>Thanks
<BR> <BR>Rex<BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR><RTE_TEXT></RTE_TEXT><BR>
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