Re: ATM "The New S&T": A suggestion.

["David B. Toth" <ve3gyq@amsat.org>]

At 04:12 PM 5/27/97 +0100, Dave Wilkinson wrote:
>
>A suggestion: 
>
>Maybe instead of simply email-ing S&T to complain about the gradual 
>demise of "Telescope Making", we could try a different tact.
>
>S&T has always seemed to rely largely on submissions for the TM column.
>Since they are unlikely to pay large amounts of money for reader
>submissions, then it unlikely that cost is a major factor in their 
>decision (unless the revenue from putting the pages over to advertising 
>is sufficiently large).
>
>Now, maybe if we sent, or suggested that we might send our own
>*submissions* for the column, then they might start taking an interest. 
>This would not only indicate our support, but also provide them with
>material for the column.  Why complain about the content when we could
>have some control over what appears. 
>

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Dave ... very good points and thanks for a more positive perspective.


Dave