Re: [AISdiscuss] E-memberships

[Robt R Pries <rpries@sbcglobal.net>]

If we are going to offer an e-membership I would
assume that the articles of the current bulletin would
appear there during the quarter that that bulletin is
active. I dont think the bulletin could possibly be
one file, but a file for each article. I would assume
that such an arrangement would add considerably to the
work of a web-master and that it may incur additional
server costs. I believe a web membership should
provide something similar to a print subscription
membership with other possible options that might
attract members. I would not expect our present staff
to do this alone, or without compensation. A virtual
member might be lower cost to service, but not without
cost. We need to think about what we would want to
provide and how much it would cost to service this.
Just like the online registry there are immense
opportunities here, but nothing is totally free. I
would think if we do our job well, regular members
might want to pay extra, to be virtual members also.
Although I would expect considerable overlap. I do not
think we should think in terms of just replacing one
with the other.

--- John I Jones <jijones@usjoneses.com> wrote:

> If you are talking about a specific bulletin, I am
> not sure that it is 
> ever assembled in a single program file. It may be
> that it is laid out 
> in Quark with space reserved for the pictures. Then
> once it is ripped 
> and paged out for the press, that the pictures are
> added. I don't know, 
> but we can find out.
> 
> My understanding is that each Bulletin edition takes
> up two CDs. That 
> means that it could be as much as 1.4 Gigabytes.
> Anyone interested in 
> downloading a PDF that big? Remember that for print
> the minimum 
> resolution is 300dpi. That means that a 4 X 4
> picture is about 2.5 
> Megabytes.
> 
> Sure we can break it into separate articles fit the
> graphics, lower the 
> resolution of the pictures and create "PDF pieces",
> but who is going to 
> do that?
> 
> I am not trying to be negative, but some things,
> even with todays' 
> computer techniques, are just not there yet.
> 
> I really hope I am wrong about this.
> 
> John
> 
> 
> 
> On Mar 30, 2006, at 2:43 PM, Robt R Pries wrote:
> 
> > I would suggest that articles, bulletins etc, be
> > available so that they can be read by adobe reader
> on
> > the user end. It seems to be the standard for web
> info
> > and the reader is automatically download once and
> fro
> > then you can read most sites. Since Quark is owned
> by
> > Adobe conversion should be easy.In-Design is newr
> but
> > I would bet Adobe reader compatible.
> >
> > --- Terry Aitken <terry@flowerfantasy.net> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi All
> >> Most of our bulletins are on CD's going back
> about 8
> >> years (Since
> >> "perfect bind"). There may be problems with
> obsolete
> >> publishing
> >> programs( IN-DESIGN). Erica is using QUARK-6??.
> -or
> >> some different
> >> version of Quark for 5 years. I have no idea how
> >> compatible these are
> >> for current recycling. I suspect that text files
> >> will be easier to
> >> salvage than "flattened" picture files. We used
> ZIP
> >> discs for a short
> >> time before CD's and we have a ZIP drive on the
> AIS
> >> computer mainly to
> >> deal with advertizers.
> >> I will ask the question of Scott and Erica.
> >> Terry
> >>
> >> Loberg wrote:
> >>
> >>> Just curious, are many of the past AIS bulletins
> >> stored in electronic
> >>> format, or have they been generated into a .pdf
> >> format?
> >>>
> >>> My local town paper has recently started to
> >> publish their entire paper
> >>> on their web page, in .pdf format, in color, at
> no
> >> cost to viewers.  I
> >>> cancelled my subscription, it sure is nice to
> not
> >> have all the
> >>> newspaper around the house and bothering to
> >> recycle.   I can read the
> >>> paper on line, and print any page of interest.
> >> Some of the issues
> >>> are a bit long to download, even with high speed
> >> internet, however, I
> >>> can store any issue if I wish.    How many of
> you
> >> can get their
> >>> newspapers entirely on line?
> >>>
> >>> More and more publications are going this route.
> >> I don't know how
> >>> many people would want the AIS bulletin in .pdf
> >> format, as I want to
> >>> keep getting the hard copy in my house, as I
> have
> >> kept all issues as
> >>> far back as I have received them.   But it sure
> >> would be nice to be
> >>> able to go on line and view any issue I wanted;
> >> searching should be
> >>> faster.
> >>>
> >>> To have this service as a low cost, add on
> >> service, or an additional
> >>> e-membership service, isn't a bad idea.  I think
> >> there is a whole lot
> >>> in the future that we'll be seeing on line.
> >>> Kitty Loberg
> >>> Calif.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >
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