Re: Irisregister CD

[Robert Pries <robertpries@embarqmail.com>]

 I believe I agree with John also but have some reservations. At some point in
the future a Cd may be something we would like to do, but I think before we
begin, just doing things that we can do, I think we need to develop a
marketing plan. Not a plan for selling CDs, but a comprehensive plan on how we
market AIS, and what services should be provided to members and non members.
This discussion never seems to get off the ground. As an organization we have
set no goals for ourselves. A goal is a time and cost defined task that should
have an expected outcome. How do you measure success without a goal? At
present the only expectations we have for our society is to continue
functioning. At best we have been experiencing a slow decline in size and have
no strategy put forward to stem the bleeding. If we had a long term (3 year
plan) that all the committees understood and agreed to then we could all work
toward the needed goals. At present we are adrift in my view. Even if the plan
accepted a decline we would still have a bassis for measuring success in a
decling economy.
----- Original Message -----
From: "John I Jones" <jijones@usjoneses.com>
To: aisdiscuss@aisboard.org
Sent: Friday, December 26, 2008 8:00:15 PM (GMT-0500) America/New_York
Subject: [AISdiscuss] Irisregister CD

Prior to the Fall Board meeting I received a question from an
irisregister user. Unfortunately I was unable to attend the meeting
and did not get my report in. The question was:

Could a CD of the data base be made and sold to clubs to use at the
classification table for shows?  It sure would make life easier at
the shows and make the entry process faster.

I would oppose providing a CD of the database. It would be very
easily copied and there is no secure mechanism with which we could
protect it.

While it is probably true that some (possibly significant) numbers of
subscribers would continue to use the online database a CD that can
be copied will have a negative impact on the subscriptions.

Additionally, we are continually updating and correcting the online
database and having out of date CDs in use could present  some
difficulties.

Respectfully,

John

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