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> Regarding the cost issue Greg mentioned, which certainly could be
> considered a deterrent, what I'd like to know is this:
> What is the estimated annual cost of an Internet connection?
> How many STC members are out there paying dues?
According to STC's Annual Report for July 91 - July 92, there
were 14,524 members. There was also a "5.5% increase in membership
since FY91."
This report was attached to the December issue of Intercom.
I can only assume that the number of STC members will continue to increase.
> Using those two figures, it seems simple enough to find out what
> kind of extra charge per member we'd need to put STC on the
> Internet, and whether it would be possible to have a choice of
> Internet and non-Internet memberships, etc.
[...]
> I'm glad folks are bringing up some of the issues that might prevent
> STC from setting up on Internet. This way those of us who do write
> letters on this subject will know which points to argue, rather than
> just saying "We want this because it makes sense and everyone's
> doing it"!
> Faith Weber
> weber -at- easi -dot- enet -dot- dec -dot- com
Jackie Emard-Campana
jvec -at- ccd -dot- harris -dot- com
