Jim Nolan P(N)-19, P-15, L138T, LGYC #6
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From: Dennis W. Farrell <dfarrell@ridgecrest.ca.us>
To: WWPotterList <wwpotter@tscnet.com>
Cc: Reust, Al <alreust@tscnet.com>
Date: Friday, August 13, 1999 6:05 PM
Subject: Potter Mailing List operating costs *PLEASE READ THE WHOLE THING*
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> West Wight Potter Website at URL
> http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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>The operating cost of the Potter mailing list is $50/year. If I understand
>correctly, in the two previous years it was paid by the Potter Yachters and
>the East Coast Potter Association. This year it was paid by the Minnesota
>Potters. The first two clubs are dues-paying clubs, and I understand that
>the list fee was paid from their treasury. The Minnesota Potters are *not*
>a dues-paying group. The members simply volunteered to chip in and pay the
>cost. (I also had an offer from one individual to help pay the cost. I
>declined that offer, for reasons given below.) My personal thanks to all
>three groups
>
>The list on the Potter Yachters site shows a total of 8 web
>sites/clubs/groups [your choice of nomenclature]. There may be more not
yet
>listed there. I make this point because I personally believe that a
>donation campaign among the general membership of the community is not a
>good way to raise the required funds. Use of a group identity provides a
>focus for collection, payment, accounting, and acknowledgment. It provides
>a way to rotate the donation responsibilities in an identifiable way. This
>way (hopefully) the usual list of donors doesn't get tapped every year.
>
>One group suggested that we transfer the list to one of the free,
>advertising-supported, mailing list sites. This is a possible option. I
>investigated several. They all have one or more of the following
>roblems -- there is no such thing as a free lunch:
> -- advertising is attached to each outgoing item
> -- the site owners claim copyright privileges over all material going
>through their sites
> -- many of the sites really push for maximum expansion of list
>membership to better their advertising revenues
>
>We are now paid through the end of next June, as I understand it. Past
that
>point, the group will make a decision by providing or not providing the
>funding to continue. This specifically means that along about next May
>those groups which have not so far contributed will be asked to volunteer
to
>pick up the tab. Hopefully one of those groups will volunteer to meet that
>responsibility.
>
>List Activity
>The list host, TSCNet.com, has handled about 23 postings, 1 digest, and 7
>administrative items each and every day in recent months. For this we pay
>less than $4.25/month.
>
>TSCNet.com
>My personal thanks to Al Reust and TSCNet.com for supporting this list.
>
>Best Regards to all -- dwf (Potter Mailing List maintainer)
>
>[note: I'm willing to discuss anything in this note with any/all interested
>parties. Please precede the "subject" of notes on this topic with "$$" so
>those who aren't interested can burn before reading]
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