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Postby Cheryl Jones » Oct 11, 2005 6:38 pm

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Postby David_Campen » Oct 12, 2005 2:24 pm

I got my copy in Southern Calif. yesterday.
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Postby NZcaver » Oct 20, 2005 11:50 pm

My copy finally arrived today... :banana:

Thanks Bill and all. Any chance the 2004/2005 issue will come out in 2006? Just wondering... :wink:
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Postby Bill Putnam » Oct 21, 2005 9:55 am

The schedule for the next issue is under discussion, and will probably be decided at the upcoming BOG meeting. I have proposed that we publish the 2004 and 2005 reports in a combined issue in the Summer of 2006, and I expect that to be approved. If the financial situation permits, we hope to resume annual publication with that issue.

The current cost of printing and mailing an issue of ACA is about $8,500 for a one-year issue and $10,000 for a two-year issue. A three-year issue costs only about 10% more.

Publication expenses make up a large component of the Society's annual budget. The Society's financial situation has been rather lean for a while, and all departments have been asked to try to reduce costs. One of the chosen methods of cost reduction has been the publication of combined issues for the last three ACA's. This strategy has saved the Society more than $30,000 over the last five years.

Publishing the 2004 and 2005 reports next summer will put ACA back on schedule without sacrificing the savings achieved through the use of combined-year issues.
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Postby NZcaver » Oct 21, 2005 5:21 pm

I think staying with one ACA covering every 2 calendar years is fine, if they come out the following year. It makes financial sense, and I don't think members are losing anything by not having a new ACA issue each year.

Just my 2 cents... :grin:

Bill, I'm still digging up some photos to send you...
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ACA schedule

Postby Bill Putnam » Oct 21, 2005 6:56 pm

For those who may be interested, there is a rather lengthy discussion of the ACA publishing schedule issue in this threadunder the NSS Topics forum.
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