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Let's compare the numbers.

The following are rough, off the the top of my head estimates based on my
experience on local and CIPS Alberta executive.  I would welcome more
informed numbers from current section or national executive.

Assumptions:
   Communications per year:   16
   Members:                 6000
   Capital life of equipment:  4 years
   - Authoring, editorial, and layout costs are the same for both types of
distribution.


Paper distribution:
   Printing:              96,000
   Postage:               86,400
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   Total annual cost:    182,400

   Annual cost per member:   $30.40


Internet distribution:
   Capital
      Server:             20,000
      Software:            3,000

   Monthly operation
      Maintenance:           192
      Data line:             500

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   Total annual cost:     14,050

   Annual cost per member:    $2.34

I'm willing to may my $2.34, so everyone wanting the paper based stuff
should be willing to pay their $30.40.

I acknowledge that a $75.00 annual incremental for paper materials is the
extreme view.  I am sure our executive can take these ideas, weigh the
pro's and con's, and come up with a fair treatment.

My main point is that CIPS can not gain these savings until a significant
portion of the membership is able to receive information electronicaly.  So
I suggest that some incentive to accelerate the move to electronic
distribution is in order for the good of the society.

We can be assured that CIPS is not the only organization seeing these cost
differentials and potential savings.  My fearless prediction is that by
year end most organizations whose revenue is based on subscriptions and/or
membership fees will be imposing similar fee differentials.

There is a great opportunity here for CIPS to lead, rather than follow.  If
we as CIPS members are not willing to undertake the changes necessary to
make electronic distribution of information work then I would question our
continuing right to claim "the voice of the profession".

Mark Olson

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Date: Sunday, 05-May-96 11:44 AM

From: INTERNET:pearson@199.45.118.7 \ Internet:    (pearson@199.45.118.7)
To:   CIPS-L Mailing list      \ Internet:    (cips-l@unb.ca)

Subject: Re: Services to a Connected Membership - Request  for Benefits

Hello:
        I've read through the thread on this subject. I am pleased to see
that the initial request for ideas on using the Internet to add more
'Benefits' for members, actually produced some good ideas. As the National
Internet committee is following the discussion, I won't bother to repeat
then here. As a front line volunteer of Toronto's Membership committee, I'm
always looking for more things to say when a potiental member asks; 'What
benefits would CIPS provide to me?
.
        Moreover, I beleive that the Internet committee should take action
on the suggestion to bill non connected members an extra $75. What action,
you ask? Why,of course, they should collect the implied, equal and opposite,
$75 annual from all the connected members in order to pay for the equipment
etc to set up, maintain, improve CIPS Internet.
.
Regards
Bill Pearson


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