The subject of having an electronic version of the Texas Caver has been brought up several times over the last 6 years. We even had a mailout ballot to the membership requesting their preference. It came back about 50:50 at the time indicating that a hardcopy would still be needed to satisfy much of the membership. Also, libraries, of which we had about 4 subscriptions at the time, did not have the ability to receive and archive digital versions of the TxCvr. It certainly has not been a decision that has been pushed through by a minority of officers and delegates. Times change and the membership will most likely prefer an electronic version eventually. It's certainly a topic that needs to be brought up again on a yearly basis. Jerry. In a message dated 1/16/2008 4:32:43 P.M. Central Standard Time, wo...@justfamily.org writes:
I know there are just a handful of people that are making that decsion, and another handful that attend the meetings, most members don't do they? A request from someone that can't attend meetings easily, can we get some type of vote from the entire membership on this? Does the TSA support this type of thing aside from the yearly elections? Charles On 1/16/08, Simon Newton <csnew...@gmail.com> wrote: > So this topic just went on topic - is there a protocol to handle this? :-) > > I think the idea was that a few of us would make some back of the > envelope calculations for a few different ideas and present it back to > the higher authorities. I'm sure the ideas will be posted here at > some point. I need to ping G-P and a few others to get some > background from the longtime members. FWIW, I believe more people > opposed the idea than supported it at the TSA meeting last Saturday. > That is why we ended up with this committee to look into the nitty > gritty. This is going to take some time... > > Simon > > > On 16 Jan 2008 22:01:16 -0000, <ot-digest-h...@texascavers.com> wrote: > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: "Charles Goldsmith" <wo...@justfamily.org> > > To: "mark.al...@l-3com.com" <mark.al...@l-3com.com> > > Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:39:25 -0600 > > Subject: Re: [ot_caving] RE: TexasCaver > > I know this wouldn't go over, but I would think $25 a year for > > electronic and a bit more for a paper newsletter would be best. This > > would give the organization more money (dunno if they need more) and > > also help cover the rising costs of printing/mailing the newsletter. **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489
