1999 BRINGS CHANGES TO N & V

Your January 1999 issue of Transgender Community News & Views will be another milestone for News & Views, and for Renaissance. The National Board of Directors voted unanimously at its last meeting in September to upgrade the publication you are now reading from a newsletter to a magazine format. This will make TG Community News & Views the only monthly magazine devoted to the transgender community. There has been no monthly for the community since the demise of Kym Richards' publication, Cross-Talk.

A complete redesign is in the works. The Editorial Board will meet this month to discuss various design options. The most visible change will be the addition of a magazine cover featuring a brand new design, cover art and a higher cover price. The current newsletter sells on the newsstand (in limited distribution) for five dollars. The new magazine will start with a cover price of $8 for 40 pages and will go up in price as more pages are added.


Having a monthly magazine allows for wider distribution through newsstands and bookstores around the country, which will result in a greater visibility for Renaissance and a growth in membership. The Board also approved an increase in the National dues. Currently non-chapter members of National pay $36 per 12 months. Those in a chapter pay $24 for 12 months. Effective immediately non-chapter members will pay $40 for 12 issues and chapter members will see an increase to $29. The Board also established a Seniors/Students rate of $20. The $20 rate is also available to organizations that wish to receive
New & Views, but do not publish a newsletter and are unable to participate in our Newsletter Exchange Program.

Anyone who has signed up recently at the $36 or $24 rate will receive all twelve of their issues, even when we go to magazine format, and will not be charged the additional rate until they renew. This year both those who are on the old calendar year renewal cycle, and those who joined during the course of 1998 (with a membership card that expires on their anniversary date) will receive a seperately mailed renewal notice. Please don't renew until you get that notice or it will cause extra work for the office staff.


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