Nick
Great that you are stepping forward to save INAV.
As you know NFFS Digest recently offered a .pdf option for our members. Feel
free to contact me off list for details.
Don DeLoach
Editor, NFFS Free Flight Digest
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From: Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
[mailto:Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Nick Ray
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 10:08 AM
To: Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Indoor_Construction] Re: INAV
I would be willing to help with keeping INAV going, but I need some help in
a key few areas.
I know very little about designing web pages and so I would need help
getting the site set up. Also, I am not currently a position where I can
support the news letter if becomes a financial liability.
Here is what I propose:
I would like to go to a completely digital INAV. I know this will cause some
problems for a few of the subscribers but I am not willing to commit to
printing and mailing hundreds of news letters. That seems to be the most
time consuming part of the current process. If we go to a completely digital
platform then I don't really see the need to password protect the content of
the news letter, because we would not have to charge everyone to pay for
mailings. We could password protect the old issues if that would make
everyone if that is an issue. I foresee creating a home page with links to
PDFs of issues organized by year. The site user would simply follow the link
and download the PDF to view the content. The user can print the issue if
they want. Thus, the only operating cost for INAV would be creating and
hosting the website.
I have two ideas about how to cover the operating cost:
We used the existing money to pay for server space and maintaining the
domain registration. $1000 dollars should cover these cost for several
years.
Otherwise, we can have a donate to INAV link on the page through paypal. The
donations would be used to cover the cost of maintaining domain name
registration server space and server space.
As for the content itself:
The only real change would be that INAV would accept both digital and paper
submissions again. I would like to have maybe 4 or 5 volunteers to help
review submitted content. This way no one person is responsible for editing
more than 10 pages or so over per quarter. I think that's pretty manageable
work load.
Then, I would take the content and put it together in a PDF file and upload
it to the web page. I think this process could be kept up with very little
effort from any one person after the initial site is set up.
I know this isn't construction related, so I apologize for being off topic.
I just thought this is a discussion for the whole community. Now fire away
with suggestions and whatever else!
Nick
p.s. I'm building two new VPs for Belgrade
On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 11:30 AM, Jake Palmer <82.jake_at_gmail.com> wrote:
Abram mentioned that he does have money left in the INAV account. He was
offering to give it back to people with time left on their subscriptions or
donate it to the NFFS indoor fund. I personally would rather see the money
go towards something like what you're proposing here.
On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 8:15 AM, Anthony <jimmy_otool_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
I haven't read the latest issue of INAV yet, but I am very sorry to hear
this.
As a past editor of INAV (you might know me as the guy lovingly referred to
by Van as "that damn lawyer"), I think it would be a shame to see the
publication shuttered after 40 years.
So, I'd like to offer a suggestion. When Jeff Hood and I were running the
newsletter, we (mostly Jeff) built a new website for INAV, to which password
access allowed subscribers access to the latest issues. I secured the web
address Indoornewsandviews.com which was donated to the publication.
If a few folks were interested, it would not be difficult to keep the
publication going on line - add how to videos, a few articles etc., and use
the site as the new publication form. The site could be kept free (if Jeff
continues to host on his server). If not, there should be cash in the INAV
account still - we handed over about $3K when the newsletter was
transferred.
If people want to see INAV survive, it will have to be a community effort.
Best regards,
Tony
PS - Just to make sure I'm not misleading anyone, I am not volunteering
here. I've put in my time.
--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
<mailto:Indoor_Construction%40yahoogroups.com> , Jake Palmer <82.jake_at_...>
wrote:
>
> I just read the latest issue of INAV and I'm very disappointed to read
that
> it's being discontinued later this year. This combined with the very low
> attendance at the Kibbie Dome make me concerned for the future.
>
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