Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/22

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Paying Viewfinder's editor
From: Bill Grimwood <bill@grimwood.net>
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 08:38:03 -0600

I agree the Viewfinder Editor should receive pay.  It is a high quality
product and must take a lot of time to poroduce.

Bill Grimwood


At 10:45 AM 3/21/00 -0600, you wrote:
>  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
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>>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
>>
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