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" Bash the club mag editor" thread again, but did anyone think that it lacked pictures this time around ?, look at all the car shows that have been organised this summer attended by many area groups of the Mk1 club, plus all the pics taken at JAE, yet not one photo 
. Just my observation, but i must admit to feeling a bit disapointed. Jinxy to pep it up--it is DULL!---but difficult if funds are limited!? the more discussion the better in my view. i do hope not. people need to think their ideas through prior to the meeting so that some progress can be made. 
johnp wrote:
!!........ I dont think so.... but for the first time, we shall see at the AGM. The magazine can't have much more than 46 (or may be 48) pages of content in order for it to go out at the "old" costs. Just by adding one or two pages, the cost of postage nearly doubles. One of the reasons the clothing brochure (sp?) didn't go out. In the past members complained that their articles were being heavily edited, which is why most tend to go to print un-edited. If members submitting articles are not submitting photos, there's not a whole lot Richard can do... Richard had an extrememly difficult & tight deadline on the magazine as he had not received many articles by the deadline even after numerous reminder to those who promised or expected to contribute. IIRC, he only had one event report and a couple of articles by the original deadline.| 99 528i SE Touring | 01 Mandarin VX220.....johnp wrote:on reflection perhaps Clarkson can be appointed to help with the club mag.
he may have time on his hands very shortly.
..| 99 528i SE Touring | 01 Mandarin VX220 The AGM will be an ideal opportunity to do this 
| 99 528i SE Touring | 01 Mandarin VX220.(which you appear to be part of) are wanting to take Top Gear off the air regardless of what happens to RH. who i consider a great journalist (going back to his days on Performnce Car mag) and i certainly want TG to continue.,i assume ,just employees who follow orders so it follows that clarkson may at times exert undue influence over them'think' G was trying to make sure there was no dodgy commetnts ...'print only' option versus a 'design and print' option. hope to have some figures to look at soon.- just gets it all together and to teh printers, so the content is soley down to the area organisers, committee, technical advisor, and members submissions. 
mr2mk1chick wrote:I
chill peeps
BACK TO TOPIC PLZ.
All the comments so far are already being discussed by the committee prior to this thread.
We are looking at around 3 other places for quotes at the mo, for a higher quality paper and resolution print quality.
also looking at a
The editor does not write the material or change the submitted content
I personally can't wait to get a good quality format that allows printing good pics of all the fun we have at shows etc.
constructive ideas and comments are always welcome, and real hands on help is what we really need to take things forward.
JMR_AW11 wrote:mr2mk1chick wrote:I
chill peeps
BACK TO TOPIC PLZ.
All the comments so far are already being discussed by the committee prior to this thread.
We are looking at around 3 other places for quotes at the mo, for a higher quality paper and resolution print quality.
also looking at a
The editor does not write the material or change the submitted content
I personally can't wait to get a good quality format that allows printing good pics of all the fun we have at shows etc.
constructive ideas and comments are always welcome, and real hands on help is what we really need to take things forward.
Why not distribute it via the internet or on CDROM so you can add videos and more pictures than you can shake a stick at?
This would cost 20p a copy or less.
would be likely to marginalise technophobes. ...out of 800 members or so how many people is this actually catering for?? ive never met a mk1 club member yet who doesnt have net access....so the idea of jeremys for a CD rom instead makes perfect sense,minimal costs but unlimited content and loads of pics.£20/year is £16k! Where is that going? id say the mag takes a couple of hundred quid including postage max.
=D> though I must admit to having limited sucess with the ones I fitted in the headrests in my car, viewable only if you sit on the spoiler 
postage alone for this this year will be 800 x 0.37 x 12 = £3552. so with printing i would say the majority of club funds goes on the mag.IMO not a good way to spend our money. why can it not be published on the web page ? any members who want a paper copy could indicate this with a voucher in the next issue. still this is just an idea the meeting is the place for constructive discussions.crazylegs wrote:postage alone for this this year will be 800 x 0.37 x 12
Its not a monthly Mag kev !, keep up mate 
, so this can at least be halved. & paul i totally agree with what you say, the technology to move the Mag on has been around for ages, unfortunately the club has stood still for slightly longer......... until Jo came along!. Jinx??
