Interresting,,,,could part of the reluctance to e-format be the fear of the easy disemination of the document to non nsxca members
The print version at least makes dues paying members feel like they get something unique/exclusive and tangible to them,plus the e format requires every member to have a computer. btw These are my supositions and not that of the clubs'.
interesting thread (for me), as my nsxca membership is up for renewal this month. (i'm renewing, though i may well sell my car over the next few months due to lack of use.)
my sense is nsxca exists to serve the nsx owner community on a couple of levels: sense of community & camaraderie; organized events (nsxpo), member discounts with participating vendors, etc. and it seems to do a pretty good job of all of the above.
but in today's, constantly-connected, spread the word world, i believe the nsxca would do itself, our membership and the driving community at large a favor if it made a view-only, no-copy / no-print pdf of the magazine available to the general public via free / no registration download. (and announced its availability on prime
we members would have a viewing and printing e-version available for download and could print it if we wanted to. (i like the mag but would really prefer an ebook over legacy printed doc.)
what a great way to spread the word on nsx / ca, and give our advertisers & sponsors significantly better coverage than delivered via our current distribution.
i say this only because i went through a similar decision process ~1.5 years ago when i wrote and made available a 100 page handbook on sales management for emerging software companies. (that first book was view and print pdf), free, no-registration required download. at the time, my thinking was i'd see maybe 200-300 downloads over a 3-5 year period of time.
boy, was i wrong.
in the first 15 months i saw ~5,000 downloads; i'm currently at ~8,400 and the downloads increase whenever i post new materials. i've received emails from all over the world from students, academic institutions, software companies... you name it, i hear from people... people i never imagined i'd hear from.
nsxca board: why not test drive the idea and create a quick poll / survey of current membership on the subject and take it from there? lots of free / cheap survey tools available.
if you love it, set it free - it'll come back a zillion times over.
kuumbya hal overnout
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