Re: Irisregister CD

[Jill Bonino <aistreas@earthlink.net>]

Hi John and All,

Financially, all of the income from the iris register goes into the Electronic Services Restricted Fund.  This fund pays for half of the webmaster expenses along with all expenses for the AIS Website, AISLookup etc.

Annual fee income for the iris register 

9-30-07 was $1,794.50
9-30-08 was $2,097.00

In addition, our pricing structure for the iris register is on an annual, 3-yr, 5-yr and 10-yr basis.  I don't think it would be fair to the people who paid for more than one year's subscription to let the CD database get out where it can be copied for free, even if it cannot be updated.  

I have no problem selling a subscription at a discount to affiliates and/or regions to use in shows but I don't agree with selling the database on CDs to the public.  

Jill


-----Original Message-----
>From: John I Jones <jijones@usjoneses.com>
>Sent: Dec 26, 2008 5:00 PM
>To: aisdiscuss@aisboard.org
>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database and having out of date CDs in use could present  some  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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