<CORSA Chapters> Sharing Chapter Members

[Bruce Schug]

On Jan 2, 2007, at 8:07 PM, Vairtec at optonline.net wrote:

> At 03:56 PM 1/2/07, Bryan Blackwell wrote:
>
>> Just a thought, you could send an "e-card" reminder.  I'd do it a few 
>> days before the actual meeting, since not everyone checks e-mail 
>> daily.
>
> The e-card reminder solves only part of the problem.  What it doesn't 
> solve is the problem of members who do not keep up on their e-mail, 
> nor the natural tendency for people to forget anything that is not 
> physically in front of them.  So, we have settled, for now, on sending 
> the newsletter electronically and a reminder post card by the USPS.
>

So, you used to send one mailing - the newsletter. It cost you $.39 
postage plus copy costs.

Now you have two mailings and an e-mail - the newsletter to those who 
aren't on e-mail; the post card which costs $.24 postage; and the 
e-mail reminder.

You save $0.15 in postage plus copy costs minus the cost of a post card 
(assuming your newsletter isn't over an ounce) for everyone you e-mail 
the newsletter to (the difference between a $0.39 stamp and a $0.24 
stamp).

Instead of one mailing now you have two and an e-mail. Is it really 
worth it? The $0.15 per month is $1.80/year/member. How much are your 
copy costs and your post card expenses? How much is the extra work to 
send the second mailing and the e-mail worth?

Interesting scenario.

Bruce



Bruce W. Schug
President, CORSA South Carolina
Greenville, SC
bwschug at charter.net

CORSA member since 1981

'67 Monza. "67AC140"