I'm not sure that the gasping-its-dying-breath newspaper industry is the best "role-model" for a viable business-model.
This still does nothing, then, really, to answer the "Why should I pay money to join LOPSA?" question which LOPSA boards have been struggling to answer in a reasonable fashion for nigh on a decade. In fact, we seem hell-bent on trying to go out of our way to avoid adding anything exclusive enough that it would literally demand that you pay for membership. And -- I would argue -- that solving THAT problem is the highest priority of the organization. Because with every renewal notice that's sent out, you can bet the recipient is asking his/herself that same question. D On May 14, 2014, at 1:58 PM, john boris <[email protected]> wrote: > To reply to Derek's comment about Members only. I think this would apply to > any stored content of the meetings/Speakers/conferences but not for the > event/meeting itself. As Tom stated it would be counter productive. So we > have this "Speaker series" but it is at time that a person couldn't make and > they wanted to hear that person(s). A member could go onto lopsa.org and get > to view the recording but a non member would not and thus an incentive to be > a member to be able to get to that archived content. This is done throughout > other organizations and businesses like newspapers, They tease you with some > of the stories but to read more or other itmes you have to be a subscriber > especially if you want to look at the archives. > > > On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 1:49 PM, Tom Limoncelli <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 1:10 PM, Derek Balling <[email protected]> wrote: > And let's be clear: This should be member-only content. > > We need more reasons why you HAVE to be a member. > > I feel that this would make it impossible for the event to serve the goals I > outlined previously (more members for chapters to recruit; helps start new > local chapters). Are you saying that it wouldn't have that effect, or that > those problems don't need to be solved, or that such an event would solve > other problems? > > Tom > > -- > Email: [email protected] Work: [email protected] > Skype: YesThatTom > Blog: http://EverythingSysadmin.com > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ > > > > > -- > John J. Boris, Sr. > Online Services > www.onlinesvc.com
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