For the delegates to state that they are not aware of the problem is
disingenuous. This has been a hot Healey List subject for a long time. It
all boils down to cost and/or no one wanting to take the first step.
It has been suggested that a $5 increase in dues would cover this problem
and that many would be willing to pay the increase, however that may not be
necessary.
I receive a lot of my golf magazines bagged and bagging affords another
advantage that may be overlooked -- the insertion of catalogs or other
"slick and glossy" advertising into the bag. If we allow our advertisers to
do this, I am sure that they would have to pay a fee thus serving to defray
any increased cost in bagging the magazine.
Time for our Club leaders to think outside of the box.
John Sims, BN6
Aberdeen, NJ
www.healey6.com
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-healeys@Autox.Team.Net [mailto:owner-healeys@Autox.Team.Net] On
Behalf Of Awgertoo@aol.com
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 9:50 AM
To: BlkBT7@aol.com; healeys@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Delayed / damaged marque mag
In a message dated 5/10/2007 8:49:49 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
BlkBt7@aol.com
writes:
I've forwarded this discussion to my local AHCA delegate, how many
others have taken the time to let your representatives know your
opinion or attempted to have a local club opinion given tot your
delegate before they vote with their heads in the sand?
-----------------------------------------
Bob and all--
I don't think that the issue is that Delegates are not aware of the problem,
though there does seem to be a substantial difference between the dimension
of
the problem as reported here by recipients versus the numbers of incidents
that Mike Schneider is aware of.
We in MD consistently get HM's late--I cannot recall if any members report
them mangled--but Beth Lunney the Publisher has reported at Delegates
meetings
that all issues are mailed at the same time and that timeliness of
deliveries
is a Post Office problem. Similarly her information regarding a $6K cost to
bag the issues appears to be a conversation-stopper: Others have questioned
this figure but I have not seen any hard data submitted.
In any case I agree with Bob's suggestion--With Conclave rapidly approaching
it would be great for members to let their Delegates know of their actual
experience regarding timeliness and condition of the HM delivery.
Best--Michael Oritt
|