Jason, Jim, all thank you. Might be a good point while we wait (Denny just announced the pits are open for business but Brett was correct- it's very breezy now and few are in a hurry), to briefly bring up some of what's going on and may happen going forward. Our sport is trying to use some different media technology to get our story out. Last evening we had our Pampa executive council meeting and general membership meeting. We are at a point where changes and new directions are needed in how we communicate. Our great Stunt News is going to have to transform into other things for three main reasons;
1. After years of great service Bob and Liz are wishing to find other things to do in life than devote so much of there time to our enjoyment. Good for them! But we don't have a good plan 'B' for the magazine makeup.
2. Production and mailing costs of 4-6 issues per year are exceeding the membership fees which is not sustainable, especially as membership number are softening making it harder to spread costs.
3. We grew up loving our model mags but with modern media it's largely old news by the time you get it.
Our discussions are centering around taking most of it on line with our new website nearing completion (we've gotten previews this week). It has live capability, blog interaction and archival capability. The mag may become a larger once a year 'annual' type affair. Another goal through this is to cut membership fees in half which should help many of our fixed-income potential members. A bigger online footprint should be helpful on youthful recruits.
Anyway you may see our broadcasts go to the Pampa site with blogs and live feeds and may become therefore subscription based... JOIN PAMPA.
We are about to restart now.
Topic: 2017 Nats Coverage (Read 21713 times)