[Ansteorra] Re: Electronic publishing

[Teresa Atkerson]

I don't often write to this site but I felt I should point something out. Some
people don't have a computer. If I didn't have access to one at work, I
wouldn't have one.
Megge Pyper

Stephen Macthomas wrote:

> > So do I.  It's much easier than a full-size computer to throw on the
> > dashboard on the way to an event.  Some folks don't have a printer to
> > print from the electronic form (or a "Palm Pilot" to download to
> > ). Francesca
>
> I own a Palm myself (I am an avowed techno-junkie) and would have to agree
> that our publications should remain on paper.  I'm going to guess that even
> if the Black Star could be converted into PDF, and if it could be imported
> onto the beta Adobe Acrobat Reader for Palm OS, it would be a tremendous
> file - bigger than the memory on older Palms and precipitously large on
> newer ones.  Also, if the publications were to go to electronic format,
> which format would be considered standard?  Just in handheld computing,
> there's Palm OS and Windows CE - what about desktop/laptop versions across
> Windows and Mac?  Who would be the one to determine the standard and require
> our participants to get a $250 or higher software system just to read their
> newsletter?  And lastly, who would be the one charged to format the file
> once a month into all these formats so that the information can be
> disseminated, which is the primary function of the chronicler to begin with?
> I've seen people on this list start to get a little vocal about their Black
> Star being just a few days late - what happens if your server's down for
> maintenance when the mass e-mail goes out or you've changed your ISP and
> forgotten to tell the chronicler, and you miss it altogether?
>
> All of our electronic forms of communication are designed to supplement the
> one official publication the Kingdom has - that being the Black Star.
> They're not there to supercede it, just help it along in these rare cases
> where the Black Star is in transition.
>
> And Michael, you have my thanks for taking the reigns during this time.  I
> dare say there are precious few that would have done the same and performed
> as well.
>
> Stephen Macthomas, who invites productive dissention and wonders how these
> soap flakes got on my shoes <grin>
>
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