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From: "Dave Park" <plasticu...@gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 9:07 PM
To: <ql-us...@q-v-d.com>
Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] The First Survey - Results!
I have never seen a typo in QL Today. But then, the headline on my last
copy
was "Q60 released!" QL Today and Quanta are both in the modern struggle to
stay relevant when the internet is a more immediate information source.
They
can't get by just by providing "news" any more. Quanta does have the
advantage of being a club and having many other services.
QL Today is proofread by two people working independently, but the
occasional typo still gets in. We admit to being human!
That said, it becomes more important than ever for both to be accessible,
informative and a resource.
Could you then please put your survey results on your website with a link?
Much easier to read that as a poor text file at the end of an email.
I'd start by putting every past issue of their magazines on their
respective
websites in a password protected area, and publish the password in the
current magazine. Change the password once a year. Next, I'd start
properly
maintaining the websites to be current and to have local content. I'd get
the local clubs to appoint a "publicity" person to get the local club news
to the national site organizer promptly.
I agree with a lot of what you say about the importance of websites, but
that is not what QL-ers appear to want. On the last published figures only
21 UK Quanta members out of 154 have opted to receive the magazine
electronically. The equivalent figures for overseas members is 9 out of 23
and they not only get a reduced subscription, but also receive the magazine
at the same time as the UK members. I have recently been floating the idea
of replacing the magazines with a website, but there has been no enthusiasm
for this.
The QL community is a good deal more conservative that we probably would
like to think,
Best Wishes,
Geoff
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