Re: More money questions

[Joseph Gurkan <jtg5505 gmail com>]

Laura brought this topic up for discussion at the last practice. This would
be the first time in over 35 years the paper subscription would stop. For
me, I think it is nice to have a paper copy to have in the room but also to
show guests and visitors.

My first concern is if we are able to afford it moving forward. I would be
interested to learn what is our average revenue per year (in dollars) so we
can project onwards. This year, there has been no weddings so far which I
think I was told is a first. With the surplus of savings at time, I think
it is fine for now.

In the effort of digitalizing and less material, I would advocate if we can
semi-publicly show a reference link (like a QR code) to the rolling
publication where it is posted in each ringing chamber. However, I learned
to my surprise that the online publication is only readable for 1 week
after reading. So this wouldn't work.

Since the magazine lives only at Old North and select ringers ring only at
Advent, I wonder if we alternate the location of the material to Advent
every month, make the reading material more valuable to the guild.

Wrote this email to share some thoughts and hopefully get some ideas
pondering for the future.

Joseph

On Sun, Aug 13, 2023, 8:16 AM Laura Dickerson via Boston-change-ringers <
boston-change-ringers cosmos phy tufts edu> wrote:

>     Would it make more sense for the paper copy to be at the Advent
> instead of ON?  There are people who only ring at the Advent, but I don't
> think we currently have anybody who only rings at ON.
>
> Laura
>
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> Subject: More money questions
>
> The MIT guild began to subscribe to the Ringing World in the 1970s.  
> World
> technologies have changed in the meantime, but we still get the paper 
> copy.
> The Advent stopped subscribing a long time (decades) ago.  I don't think
> anybody else in the Boston area still has a paper subscription.  Our
> subscription is up for renewal.  We combined finances several years ago,
> which means that instead of just being an MIT guild financial decision,
> it's up to everybody.  The next year will be about $190. Any objections?
>
> Laura
>
> PS the fan ended up costing $48.
>
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