[Re: ANST - service comment and information suggestion ...]

[marsha.greene at mpan.com]

Isobel said:
"If all of the Info that's in the Blackstar is put on the Web, that's one
less reason for buying a membership, in this Kingdom...."


Ouch, Exactly!  I wanted to say that, but was unwilling to open that can of
worms. Too late.

Right now, you cannot ignore or do away with the Blackstar in its current
form, as printed material, as so many folks are not on Web access... but
some day in the future that may change.  I don't see a computer in every
home in the next 5years, but perhaps in the next 10.  As Society moves to a
more paperless society, vendors of newspapers, magazines and newsletters
such as ours will have to come up with some way to provide the information
in a way that we still have to pay for it, I would imagine. (Not my job,
thank goodness!)

>From what I understand, the membership funds are broken down primarily,
into subscriptions, general corporate expenses and maintenance (mostly in
Milpitis) and Corporate insurance.  With free access to the information via
internet, you replace the BlackStar, what's to make anyone want to pay a
membership fee, if they can attend any event without being a member.  We
already have many event web pages linked to the Ansteorran site now, that
you don't need a BlackStar to know most of what's going on.  And, you need
to keep those sites to inform potential new members who don't get a
BlackStar.  Its a real conundrum!
Perhaps a good topic for the next RedTape meeting.
Bn.  Hillary Greenslade       Westgate



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