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From: "Ben Ravilious" <bravil@webleicester.co.uk>
To: "BRITDISC" <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Ultimate Growth
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 18:24:22 +0100
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Dear all,

Tiering the membership fee depending on whether someone receives printed
copy is a possibilty.

However at this early stage we need to charge everyone a proportion of the
production costs however they receive the newsletter (just as we do now
through team affiliation fees). If we put the newsletter online and people
*don't* pay for it through their fees then we're in trouble. We might then
have to broaden the requirement for membership at tournaments (e.g
membership required for ALL tournaments not just National events). Otherwise
we end up with loads of people getting a 'freebie' and being excluded from
just the National events.

Because of the need to communicate, I strongly believe that *everyone*
should receive the newsletter one way or another. If players are able to
opt-out then those that do choose to receive the newsletter might have to
pay nearly twice as much - at least at this early stage.

I think these teething troubles would only occur in the first couple of
years of the association where we would be relying on a significant
proportion of players to sign up. Given twice as many members, we *could*
afford to have less newsletter subscribers and economies of scale would make
it much cheaper anyway. In fact if we doubled the print run the total cost
of the newsletter might only increase by say, 20%. Del is correct, once
you're printing above a certain number (of order 1000 according to Paul) the
printing costs rapidly diminish.

Sorry if my maths appears confusing but trust me we do need a good sign up
rate to make this thing viable.


What I would like people to consider next is the employment of the
administrator which is going to be more difficult than hiring a freelance
newsletter editor. Does anyone out there have any knowledge of employment
law? Would it be sensible/cheapest/necessary to declare ourselves as a
company or charity? Is there a legal precedent for sports organisations
governing bodies? Or can we just pay someone a cheque and let them worry
about the taxman? Discuss...

Keep talking - I think we're getting there...

Ben
PS "Please Miss!, the big boys are fighting in the playground."