[RndTbl] Here's the December 2013 MUUG Newsletter

[athompso at athompso.net]

Actually, yes, we receive a fair bit of mail.  Less now, of course.
Also, not all of us are quite as eager to boldly plunge into the future as you as are.  I prefer to think of it as supporting Canada Post ;-).
And, IIRC, some of those numbers are for two years not one.
As for postage, the numbers add up... #members * 10 * (paper + ink + envelopes + folding/stuffing + postage) equals a surprisingly large number.  And we've only done  electronic delivery this year, so we expect that cost to go down next year.
Some of us - possibly many, considering how many people haven't already opted out of the paper newsletter - prefer quite strongly to read things on dead trees... And please remember how long we've been doing this.  Like UNIX itself, we don't change the way we do things just for the sake of change.  (Although obviously Lennart doesn't share this philosophy... *cough* systems *cough*)

-Adam

On Dec 3, 2013 3:06 PM, Colin Stanners <cstanners at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Acclaim to the new board of directors!
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> I didn't think it cost $500/yr of postage for the newsletter - seems high for a tech group. I don't know about others but I've been subscribed just to remind me how quaint it is to receive information on dead trees and will turn that off.
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> Why does MUUG pay $350-$700/yr for a PO box? Does it receive anything?
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> On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 2:36 PM, MUUG Newsletter Editor <newsletter at muug.mb.ca> wrote:
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>> The latest installment of MUUG Lines is available.
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>> Please find it attached to this email.
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