Re: [Killietalk] Questions from October BNL

["Erny May" <emay1 at wi_rr.com>]

<virtually guaranteed not to cover even a fraction of the production
costs ?> The pricing was done some years ago and things have changed in
the field. I am only suggesting that the
BOT look into this now; see if some aspects can be done by AKA members
and the rest of
it professionally. It does come down to this; if we want it in this
format we will have to
work on it and pay for it. Exploring, getting estimates etc is usually
free.

Erny
 

-----Original Message-----
From: killietalk-bounces at aka_org [mailto:killietalk-bounces at aka_org] On
Behalf Of Brian Watters
Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 2:14 PM
To: killifish discussion list
Subject: Re: [Killietalk] Questions from October BNL


Barry Cooper wrote:

>
> ....... I am willing to bet that the complete
> project, if done professionally, would cost something like $50,000. 
> Would it be responsible of the BOT to invest in a project likely to 
> lose the AKA at least $40,000 ?
>

When I was chairman of the BOT back in about 1991 we looked into the
various options for having JAKAs put onto CD. I forget the details but,
based in part on the ACAs experience, we were able to determine that
having it done professionally presented two options: a) one could get it
done for a fee which at that time was about $50,000 (by now it may well
be much more); b) one could possibly find a company that would do it at
a much lesser cost to the AKA but then the AKA would have to give up all
rights to the material and would have nothing to do with the marketing,
have no say in the final pricing, no financial return. Even if one opted
for an arrangement such as outlined in (b) what company would take on
such a project when the returns are virtually guaranteed not to cover
even a fraction of the production costs ?

As Barry points out, it is only feasible for this project to be done
within the AKA, by volunteers (having the appropriate, equipment,
software and expertise), and according to a formally presented and
accepted set of specifications for the final product.

>
> ......... Personally I think the AKA is
> better advised to invest in the publication of new paper based books. 
> I believe that most people still prefer to read a book than to read 
> material on a computer screen. Both have their place, but books are 
> not going to be replaced by computer publications any time soon.
>

I agree. From a personal point of view, I still much prefer to read a
book rather than stare at a computer screen (I do enough of that
already). ________________________________________
Brian Watters
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Nanaimo, British Columbia V9T 6A2, Canada
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E-mail: bwatters at shaw_ca

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