05-01-2019, 12:01 PM
(04-01-2019, 02:17 AM)Tony Press Wrote: We are trying to get the members to accept an emailed copy with very slow take up- possibly we should adopt the method used by some clubs- just delete the hard copy !
Tony P.
Tony, a useful tip for when the Melbourne Club unilaterally decides to end the paper magazine. Over here, the 750MC committee attempted to go "electronic only" some years ago but met with resistance from the membership. The committee responded by reducing the frequency of the magazine. After a while they had another go but evidently decided to just do it.
Here's the tweak - they timed the announcement of their decision, in the last ever "Bulletin" to arrive, nicely just after all the direct debits for membership renewal had gone out. So people like me who would have preferred a paper copy (for reasons I won't bore you with) found that the deal for which they had just paid a year's subscription was immediately changed. I thought only government departments did that.
So it's a win - win, you get rid of the people like me and you keep a yearsworth of their money. Of course, the 750 MC lost my long standing financial support a year later and my good opinion immediately, which I don't suppose keeps the committee awake at night. So your committee might like to learn from the pros?
Regards,
Stuart