Re: [Leica] Paying Viewfinder's editor

["Jim Shulman" <garcia@chesco.com>]

I agree with Fred.  I belong to a number of other volunteer/hobby
organizations, and ALL of them have discovered that it does indeed cost
money to have a high-quality editorial product produced regularly.
Volunteer editors have more often than not been unsatisfactory, either in
timeliness, editorial taste, or both.  In my opinion, the Viewfinder is the
BEST of all the hobby magazines I've seen lately, and it is well worth
investing in quality.

Jim Shulman

- ----- Original Message -----
From: Fred Zimmerman <fredz@mindspring.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 11:45 AM
Subject: [Leica] Paying Viewfinder's editor


>   Roy Moss does a magnificent job editing Viewfinder, and he certainly
> should be paid to do it. People who argue against that should be ashamed
of
> themselves. (I don't know the man, by the way; but I know good editing.)
It
> is particularly silly to argue that whether to pay someone for a job
should
> depend on whether the person has other income.
>
> Fred
>
>
> >From: "Gary Todoroff" <datamaster@humboldt1.com>
> >Subject: [Leica] Re: LHSA
> >
> >- ----- Original Message -----
> >From: Bill Grimwood
> >> The editor gets $1500.00 per issue for his efforts in putting out the
> >> Viewfinder.
> >I seem to recall in the LHSA meeting, Bill, that we only approved putting
> >money away for one year towards a budget that *could* eventually go
towards
> >paying an editor. No decision was made to actually pay the editor
anything
> >yet. In fact, I made the motion to  set up the fund, mostly so we could
get
> >off dead-center and move on to other concerns, since there did not seem
to
> >be any consensus on whether to start paying money to the editor.
> >
> >So, in effect, we tabled the decision on whether LHSA would pay an
editor,
> >but set up a budgeted fund that could be used for that purpose if the
board
> >decides to do so next year. Roy Moss, as far as I know, is not getting
any
> >payment for the fine job he is doing with the "Viewfinder".
> >
> >Bill Rosaurer may be able to clarify from the board minutes, but the
above
> >notes reflect my best recollection.
> >
> >Regards,
> >Gary Todoroff
> >Tree LUGger
> >LHSA Board Member
> >
>
>
>