Arrow No. 37-2 On The Way

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/RANT ON
Ken has already pointed out the extremely high cost of producing either of these formats.  It is also true that people routinely share digital editions of various historical society publications with large groups of people.  I am sure they think this is a GOOD THING, but it removes the incentive for people to actually support these small organizations through membership or donations and they SUFFER FINANCIALLY as a result.   Why pay for anything you can somehow get for free??  

How many would pay for an across the board dues increase to cover the actual cost of providing these products?   How many people appreciate that digital storage technology evolves at a rapid rate and that IF you had your personal collection of Arrow mags as digital only, you would have to refresh the media at a cost of maybe a hundred dollars or more.  

Everyone who is willing to put their money up instead of expecting the society to rob someone else, raise your hand.  BETTER YET, go recruit more members.   Point out to them NOT EVERYTHING can be found on the open internet. 
/RANT OFF

Jim Stapleton

On Apr 29, 2021, at 08:06, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

I would like the Arrow to go along with most other rail publications and provide both to all

Larry Evans

Sent from my iPhone

> On Apr 29, 2021, at 7:09 AM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello Ken,
> My digital copy of the latest issue of the Arrow arrived on Thursday 22nd April along with the bonus supplement to add to the previous Arrow.
> A lot of effort went into the supplement and I think it was worth all the hard work.
> More great reading and the content is fantastic with lots of modelling material.
> 
> I was wondering how international members would go with a non paper Arrow as part of our membership, but the digital delivery is better, no wet magazine, no lost in delivery, saving paper and best of all I can take every digital issue on a memory stick and read it anywhere !
> 
> Maybe US members might consider the advantages of a digital version of the Arrow.
> 
> Thank you,
> Stephen O'Brien 0236
> Australia
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
>> On 29 Apr 2021, at 7:56 AM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Roger
>> 
>> As you see in my other reply, my opinion of the postal service mail handling abilities is not very high. This is just another example of it. I am sorry.
>> 
>> Best
>> Ken Miller
>> 
>>>> On Apr 28, 2021, at 4:41 PM, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Speaking of the post office mangling things. My last Arrow was destroyed in the mail and I was kindly sent a replacement. Here's what the replacement looked like when I picked it up a couple days ago at my PO Box. Worse than the original magazine!
>>> 
>>> I appreciate Ken sending me the replacement and I still was able to read the entire issue when combining pages and partial pages! LOL Always such a joy to read the Arrow and many thanks to those who contribute articles and photos.
>>> 
>>> Roger Huber
>>> Deer Creek Locomotive Works
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Wednesday, April 28, 2021, 02:54:08 PM CDT, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> All
>>> 
>>> The next issue of the Arrow is in the mail, but we all know what the postal service is doing with its handling of things these days. So there is absolutely no telling when it will get in your hands, sorry, wish I had