29 Apr
2003
29 Apr
'03
10:56 a.m.
I do not have a problem distributing the Boiler, but
someone needs to drop them off first. I am not sure if
we have the current copy.
Cheers
WH
WindRiver Brewing
--- allan.boyce(a)usbank.com wrote:
John-
Yeah, that sucks. The only answer to that is to
write articles that are
relatively "timeless", so that they can be used in a
future issue. But I
agree that if people submit articles that aren't
used, they will quit
writing them. We should apologize to authors whose
articles are not used,
and promise them that their work will be used in the
NEXT issue! (my
opinion)
As far as placing The Boiler in homebrew shops - I
agree! When shopping at
Midwest (my local homebrew shop), many is the new
homebrewer I told about
our club, and Midwest was always able to give them a
copy of our newsletter
to reinforce the message. I think we should
continue that practice.
- Al
"John Longballa"
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04/29/2003 10:33
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Sounds great! I don't think that anyone proposed
cutting off members who
would prefer to receive a hard copy, or eliminating
hard copies of the
Boiler. My thought was to send out copies to anyone
who wanted/needed one,
and save the costs on those members who opted to
receive the newsletter
electronically. The hard copies ARE great for
inspiring new memberships,
which is why I was placing them in all the homebrew
shops.
As long as most articles will make it in, I think
you'll have good
response.
I had articles that I wrote that were not printed
because of space
limitations (?), and that can be frustrating,
considering that everyone
always complains that there's never any member
writings to print! I was
writing up descriptions of the meetings, but
sometimes they would not be
printed. Oh, well.
John
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From: allan.boyce(a)usbank.com
To: mba(a)thebarn.com
Subject: Re: Newsletter
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 10:22:47 -0500
I read all the email on TheBarn, and I peruse the
website pretty
regularly,
but I still like getting my hard copy of The
Boiler. I also know that we
have some members that are NOT internet connected,
and for them, The
Boiler
is really the only tangible evidence that we have
a
club at all! I spoke
with a couple of new members on the I Love Beer
Tour this past weekend,
and
they were internet connected, on TheBarn list,
knew
where the web page
was,
and were STILL upset that they have not been
informed of club events via a
newsletter since they joined last November. A
newsletter is "proof" that
they were informed.
The copies of The Boiler that I have received have
been great. But I
propose that if there are no articles to publish,
then we should just
print
a one or two page Boiler ON SCHEDULE that has
whatever article(s) that we
have, plus a listing of upcoming events.
If some members voluntarily agree to get their
Boiler online, whether via
a
PDF file in their email or on the website, then
that reduces cost for the
club. But I think everyone should make that
choice
for themselves.
The old saying goes, "If you're not part of the
solution, then
you're part
of the problem." Today I volunteered to
write two
articles for the next
issue. (OK, so I'm an overachiever! ;-D)
But if
everyone who has posted
an opinion on The Boiler takes time to write ONE
article a year, we'll
have
no end of content with which to fill it. Consider
it a challenge!
Print it, and they will come....
my 2 cents...
- Al
"John Longballa"
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Will:
Those are some great ideas. As the former
secretary of the MN
Homebrewers,
I distributed the Boiler and thought about those
same cost-saving
measures;