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<DIV>Call me old fashion,</DIV>
<DIV>I like to sit and thumb.</DIV>
<DIV>Handy when looking for that site </DIV>
<DIV>at two in the morning.</DIV>
<DIV>Yes, I know I could print out myself </DIV>
<DIV>and even pick the color I want the cover.</DIV>
<DIV>I'd rather partake in the communal experience.</DIV>
<DIV>Like The Beatles on the Ed Show.</DIV>
<DIV>Willing to pay more.</DIV>
<DIV>Of course will take what ever is handed down.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I wonder if the molester's High School and postman is being sued too.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>V NV</DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=blueingreen@sbcglobal.net
href="mailto:blueingreen@sbcglobal.net">Dominique Epps</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=lddevin03@yahoo.com
href="mailto:lddevin03@yahoo.com">David Brown</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=ravensfort@ansteorra.org
href="mailto:ravensfort@ansteorra.org">ravensfort@ansteorra.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, February 11, 2011 4:55
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Ravensfort] Fw:
[Ansteorra-announce] [Announcements]Newsletter Production Stipends</DIV>
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<TD vAlign=top>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
<SPAN>BoD</SPAN>.<BR>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!<BR>Domai<BR>--- On <B>Fri, 2/11/11, David
Brown <I><lddevin03@yahoo.com></I></B> wrote:<BR>
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David Brown <lddevin03@yahoo.com><BR>Subject: Re: [Ravensfort]
Fw: [Ansteorra-announce] [Announcements] Newsletter Production
Stipends<BR>To: "Sher M" <runa.herd@earthlink.net>, "Barony of
Raven's Fort" <ravensfort@lists.ansteorra.org><BR>Date: Friday,
February 11, 2011, 3:04 PM<BR><BR>
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<DIV>We all need to reply to this. This is crap. Cut your corporate
spending not ours.</DIV>
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<DIV>Devin<BR></DIV>
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Sher M
<runa.herd@earthlink.net><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> Barony of Raven's Fort
<ravensfort@lists.ansteorra.org><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Fri, February 11, 2011
1:42:40 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B>
[Ravensfort] Fw: [Ansteorra-announce] [Announcements] Newsletter
Production Stipends<BR></FONT><BR>
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: rgb(228,228,228)"><B>From:</B> <A
title=janefalada@hotmail.com
href="/mc/compose?to=janefalada@hotmail.com" target=_blank
rel=nofollow ymailto="mailto:janefalada@hotmail.com">Leslie
Luther-Fulton</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=announcements@sca.org
href="/mc/compose?to=announcements@sca.org" target=_blank rel=nofollow
ymailto="mailto:announcements@sca.org">sca Announcements</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, February 11, 2011 12:43 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [Ansteorra-announce] [Announcements] Newsletter
Production Stipends</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic"></SPAN>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.
<P class=yiv1138547629MsoNormal> </P>
<P class=yiv1138547629MsoNormal>The largest recurring expense for the
SCA at the corporate level is the stipend payments made to the
Kingdoms for publishing hardcopy newsletters.<SPAN> </SPAN>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.</P>
<P class=yiv1138547629MsoNormal> </P>
<P class=yiv1138547629MsoNormal>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.<SPAN> </SPAN>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:</P>
<UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc>
<LI class=yiv1138547629MsoNormal>Membership forms will no longer be
required to be published
<LI class=yiv1138547629MsoNormal>The list of Board of Director
nominees will no longer be required to be published
<LI class=yiv1138547629MsoNormal>Full Society regnum will no longer
be required to be published.<SPAN> </SPAN>Contact information
for the Kingdom Ombudsman must still be included.
<LI class=yiv1138547629MsoNormal>A statement indicating where to
locate the additional information on <A href="http://www.sca.org/"
target=_blank rel=nofollow>www.sca.org</A> and/or Kingdom websites
will be required to be published.</LI></UL>
<P class=yiv1138547629MsoNormal style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.25in"> </P>
<P class=yiv1138547629MsoNormal>As additional reminders, branch event
announcements are only required to be published for the month in which
the event occurs.<SPAN> </SPAN>Should the branch event occur in
the first week of the month, publication in only the prior month is
acceptable. <SPAN> </SPAN>Please refer to the Chronicler’s
Handbook for the minimum event information required for
publication.</P>
<P class=yiv1138547629MsoNormal style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.25in"> </P>
<P class=yiv1138547629MsoNormal>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. </P>
<P class=yiv1138547629MsoNormal> </P>
<P class=yiv1138547629MsoNormal>Fundraising that is specifically done
for the purpose of newsletter publication is still allowed, but (as
always) is at the discretion of the Kingdoms. </P>
<P class=yiv1138547629MsoNormal> </P>
<P class=yiv1138547629MsoNormal>The Board of Directors, SCA, Inc.
greatly appreciates the time and effort put into newsletters produced
at all levels of the organization<SPAN> </SPAN>and is committed
to implementing a financially responsible process to provide
information to the membership by a blend of electronic and hardcopy
media. </P><BR><BR>
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<P></P>Comments are strongly encouraged and can be sent to:<BR>SCA
Inc.<BR>Box 360789<BR>Milpitas, CA 95036<BR><BR>You may also
email comments@lists.sca.org.<BR><BR>This announcement is an official
informational release by the Society for Creative Anachronism ,
Inc. Permission is granted to reproduce this announcement in its
entirety in newsletters, websites and electronic mailing
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