My two penn'orth - I would gladly receive 'local' club mags online.
Forgive my bluntness but most frankly don't have sufficient 'reference' / technical content to merit archiving in hard copy.
Unless in 20 years time you want to re-live Bob & Joyce's outing to the pub in their Chummy?
I generally flick through them for something of interest, add to a nomadic pile of things-I-have-no-space-for on the floor, and forget.
Of course anything of interest in an online mag can easily be copy - pasted to folders on one's computer if you want to file it.
Online mags also have positive benefits - not least that everyone gets them at the same time.
Ever been frustrated to find that the hen's tooth you've been looking for was snapped up long ago because everyone else saw the classified ads 3 weeks before you did?
The A7CA mag for me is quite another matter. It is the cream of all the articles, and generally something within is worth filing for future reference. It is also of an agreeable and handy format which doesn't take up too much house-room.
Those who do not adapt? Well of course I understand. I fight many losing battles against those who feel everyone ought to own a mobile 'phone.
I'm not sure though that a majority of members should subsidise them. The SA7C model seems eminently sensible to me.
Forgive my bluntness but most frankly don't have sufficient 'reference' / technical content to merit archiving in hard copy.
Unless in 20 years time you want to re-live Bob & Joyce's outing to the pub in their Chummy?
I generally flick through them for something of interest, add to a nomadic pile of things-I-have-no-space-for on the floor, and forget.
Of course anything of interest in an online mag can easily be copy - pasted to folders on one's computer if you want to file it.
Online mags also have positive benefits - not least that everyone gets them at the same time.
Ever been frustrated to find that the hen's tooth you've been looking for was snapped up long ago because everyone else saw the classified ads 3 weeks before you did?
The A7CA mag for me is quite another matter. It is the cream of all the articles, and generally something within is worth filing for future reference. It is also of an agreeable and handy format which doesn't take up too much house-room.
Those who do not adapt? Well of course I understand. I fight many losing battles against those who feel everyone ought to own a mobile 'phone.
I'm not sure though that a majority of members should subsidise them. The SA7C model seems eminently sensible to me.