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- From: gmark@cbnewse.cb.att.com (gilbert.m.stewart)
- Subject: Re: Membership Renewal ??
- Organization: AT&T
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 15:52:27 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.155227.7260@cbnewse.cb.att.com>
- References: <8fLE_F600XsF45p1MJ@andrew.cmu.edu> <mike_steiner-200193170626@192.35.50.131>
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- In article <mike_steiner-200193170626@192.35.50.131> mike_steiner@qm.claris.com (Mike Steiner) writes:
- >In article <8fLE_F600XsF45p1MJ@andrew.cmu.edu>, bluelobster+@CMU.EDU (David
- >O Hunt) wrote:
- >>
- >> I agree that AMC meetings should be at RGs as much as possible, so that
- >> those in it can have as much contact as possible with us "regular folk".
- >
- >[hotel and price discussion omitted]
- >
- >> I've heard rumors that the new Bulletin editor's bid was several thousand
- >> dollars HIGHER than the previous editor's. I hope that the last issue was
- >> only off because of the transition - I'm reserving judgement - but if it
- >> continues then I'm going to SERIOUSLY question the wisdom of taking a
- >> higher bid to get a less professional magazine.
- >
- >According to reports from members of the AMC on Compuserve, the four
- >bidders that were under consideration after the first cut were within a
- >thousand bucks of each other, and Kent's bid was not the lowest.
- >
-
- IMHO, Kent's bid could have been the highest by a long shot, but
- that's a subjective opinion based upon his writing skills and
- improvement of the Bulletin. That is, I think he was the best editor
- so far, and I am reserving judgement on the current one chosen for
- "fundraising skills". If Mensa is supposed to be a profit-making
- venture, I'm not interested unless I can own stock. If we only
- want to break even, cut the glossy covers and such and publish
- at the level of the local pubs. To me, information is what counts.
- Again, only personal opinion.
-
- GM("Too Subtle")S
-