Re: Shrink wrap for IRISES

[Gerry Snyder <geraldcsnyder@gmail.com>]

I would guess that the number of members getting damaged Bulletins is 
much much greater than twice those actually requesting replacements.

Some will continue to suffer in silence, some will just drop out, and 
others will bad-mouth AIS in their local clubs. Many will not respond to 
a request in the Bulletin for input on the problem (even if they see it).

I suspect that shrink-wrapping all the Bulletins will turn out to be 
cost-prohibitive, but we must remember that there is more than money at 
stake.

Gerry
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On 6/2/2013 4:54 PM, AIS Membership Secretary wrote:
> As the person who replaces the damaged issues I have a few points to 
> make.
>
>  1. Normal replacement per issue is about 3 or 4 out of 3,200+ mailed.
>  2. I get anecdotal information from members that damage is greater
>     than reported to me. Which leads me to believe that another half
>     dozen or so members are "suffering in silence". So let's say there
>     are 10 mangled issues per mailing. Shown as a percentage that's
>     0.3125%.
>  3. It cost me $2.32 each to send a replacement issue x 10=$23.20. If
>     it costs more than that to shrinkwrap then we might want to tread
>     carefully before adding more cost to the bulletin.

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