Hello thanks for the feedback.
Firstly Christine as the email version is done first we usually send you a hard copy but i am all for sending it out via email saves us postage..Will do that now.
Secondly yes i realise the mistakes but it cannot be helped i think, i read it several times and so does Gillian but we always miss something..Its not teh Time so i hope that members will forgive us.
Also.. actually 14 pages is around right. We usually send this out 4 times a year and its a good PR excercise for us and i do feel its worth doing as its shows what we have been up too and how donations are used.. We do send a lot out via email and we do have a good distribution channel so many get hand delivered... The printing doesnt cost a fortune as we have managed to get it down to a reasonable cost done by a colour laser printer.. Okay its an expense and we could do it in colour but feedback was that people where prepared to pay abit more in membership for colour, indeed some people have joined us because of the NL.... many now not getting membership from HQ but instead donate locally..
Personally i feel the money is spent in making sure whe communicate with our members and let them know what we are doing, we also make full use of the posting out as we often include other titbits of information that would be difficult to communicate to people otherwise. For instance i put in about Easter Hazards and also Julies Ebay stuff.
Thanks people for your comments though.
Forgot to add Jane isnt a pure IT bod and does a great job, and always willing to learn new things so i am sure she will take on the comments regarding the emailing out stuff.