[Ravensfort] Fw: [Ansteorra-announce] [Announcements]Newsletter Production Stipends

Fri Feb 11 17:01:16 PST 2011

Call me old fashion,
I like to sit and thumb.
Handy when looking for that site 
at two in the morning.
Yes, I know I could print out myself 
and even pick the color I want the cover.
I'd rather partake in the communal experience.
Like The Beatles on the Ed Show.
Willing to pay more.
Of course will take what ever is handed down.

I wonder if the molester's High School and postman is being sued too.

V NV
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Dominique Epps 
  To: David Brown 
  Cc: ravensfort at ansteorra.org 
  Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 4:55 PM
  Subject: Re: [Ravensfort] Fw: [Ansteorra-announce] [Announcements]Newsletter Production Stipends

        I see no problem with going to Enewsletters if the cost change is reflected in our membership costs IE if you choose the electronic version you pay less....But this option will not be considered unless a bunch of us send in that recommendation to the BoD.
        On a not so different note has anyone renewed their memberships for two or three years during the "special offer" where you were supposed to get a newcomer's pass for a year of membership?  Charles and I renewed for three years each and only received one pass each....  I feel cheated!
        Domai
        --- On Fri, 2/11/11, David Brown <lddevin03 at yahoo.com> wrote:

          From: David Brown <lddevin03 at yahoo.com>
          Subject: Re: [Ravensfort] Fw: [Ansteorra-announce] [Announcements] Newsletter Production Stipends
          To: "Sher M" <runa.herd at earthlink.net>, "Barony of Raven's Fort" <ravensfort at lists.ansteorra.org>
          Date: Friday, February 11, 2011, 3:04 PM

          We all need to reply to this. This is crap. Cut your corporate spending not ours.

          Devin

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          From: Sher M <runa.herd at earthlink.net>
          To: Barony of Raven's Fort <ravensfort at lists.ansteorra.org>
          Sent: Fri, February 11, 2011 1:42:40 PM
          Subject: [Ravensfort] Fw: [Ansteorra-announce] [Announcements] Newsletter Production Stipends

          ----- Original Message ----- 
          From: Leslie Luther-Fulton 
          To: sca Announcements 
          Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 12:43 PM
          Subject: [Ansteorra-announce] [Announcements] Newsletter Production Stipends

          Due to external economic conditions and increased overall costs facing the SCA Inc., the Board of Directors and senior staff have been forced to make over $250,000 in cost cutting measures to the 2011 budget in order to ensure continued operations. 

          The largest recurring expense for the SCA at the corporate level is the stipend payments made to the Kingdoms for publishing hardcopy newsletters.  As our modern society moves increasingly away from hardcopy publishing to electronic mediums, the costs of hardcopy publishing have increased proportionally. Based on the need to curb these costs, and the responses of the membership in the 2010 census, the Board of Directors believes it is essential to the continued financial health of the SCA to transition the organization away from paper newsletters. Accordingly, the SCA has initiated a project to transition all kingdoms to e-newsletters, and is projecting implementation by Jan 1, 2012. Until the SCA has the infrastructure in place to support e-newsletters, the 2011 stipend amount provided by the corporate level for production assistance will be reduced to cover only those aspects required by the governing documents. This will reduce the overall stipend for mailings and production by 60%. The Board of Directors greatly regrets the necessity of making these changes to the stipend structure, but feels that it is the best of an array of difficult options to execute its fiduciary responsibility to the membership of the organization.

          This means that postage will still be covered for all mailing classes, including the expected postal rate increase later this year, but the production stipend will be greatly reduced.  Most components of newsletter production costs are controlled at the Kingdom level, including newsletter size, use of color printing, page count due to non-required information, and printing companies utilized. Thus, Kingdom Chroniclers have several tools at their disposal to lessen the impact of the stipend decrease. To further mitigate the financial impact to the Kingdoms, the following changes in required inclusions will be effective with April 2011 newsletters:

            a.. Membership forms will no longer be required to be published 
            b.. The list of Board of Director nominees will no longer be required to be published 
            c.. Full Society regnum will no longer be required to be published.  Contact information for the Kingdom Ombudsman must still be included. 
            d.. A statement indicating where to locate the additional information on www.sca.org and/or Kingdom websites will be required to be published.

          As additional reminders, branch event announcements are only required to be published for the month in which the event occurs.  Should the branch event occur in the first week of the month, publication in only the prior month is acceptable.  Please refer to the Chronicler’s Handbook for the minimum event information required for publication.

          The Society Chronicler has information available for the printing house in TN (USA) that several Kingdoms have already been utilizing for more cost-effective printing and mailing services. 

          Fundraising that is specifically done for the purpose of newsletter publication is still allowed, but (as always) is at the discretion of the Kingdoms. 

          The Board of Directors, SCA, Inc. greatly appreciates the time and effort put into newsletters produced at all levels of the organization  and is committed to implementing a financially responsible process to provide information to the membership by a blend of electronic and hardcopy media. 

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          Comments are strongly encouraged and can be sent to:
          SCA Inc.
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          You may also email comments at lists.sca.org.

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