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Re: RE: (erielack) EL calendar: March 2008

If the ELHS really wants to produce a calendar, perhaps CafePress is an
option.  They are an on-line retailer who produces printed goods like
calendars to order. The calendars are a little pricey -- $16 each as I
recall -- but the calendars are printed as they are ordered, there is no up
front outlay of money, and all the sponsoring organization needs to do is
provide the images.

I'm a member of an on-line boating chat group which has produced calendars
using them for the last two years.  The clendars are spiral-bound, images
are 8x11 inches, and the original image smust be high resolution or the
final photos are a bit grainy.  Although the WC calendars are larger (9x12),
the convenience and flexibility CafePress offers may make them worth
considering.  I have no interest in CafePress other than as a customer.

Jeff Mutter

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Schuyler Larrabee" <schuyler.larrabee_@_verizon.net>
To: "'EL Mail List'" <erielack_@_lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 4:48 PM
Subject: RE: RE: (erielack) EL calendar: March 2008


> Pete,
>
> The production of a calendar is not an insignificant financial and time
consideration.  We're a
> volunteer organization, so time is hard to come by.  The costs are hard to
deal with.  The market
> belongs to Weakend Chief, because he has the distribution list and his
product, such as it is, is
> anticipated, and bought, by a reliable list of dealers and individuals.
The ELHS has considered
> this many times, and it is an increasingly discussed topic, but the
factors I list above still
> remain.
>
> Perhaps if the following were to happen:
> 1) a committee of volunteers who will seriously donate their time to this
were to be formed
> 2) we could obtain a presale commitment from members and/or shops that
carry calendars
>
> Then we could consider this more seriously (not that it has not be serious
to date!!).
>
> If  you are seriously volunteering, contact Paul Cappelloni via the ELHS
Website.
>
> SGL
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Peter [mailto:peterh55_@_comcast.net]
> > Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 11:27 AM
> > To: 'EL Mail List'
> > Subject: RE: RE: (erielack) EL calendar: March 2008
> >
> > I have purchased only one EL calendar and is was so poor that I never
again
> > bought it.  I read each month the comments about the month and it is
very
> > seldom that there are kind words.
> >
> > So my question is, why does the EL group back such a poor representation
of
> > the three railroads?
> >
> > Pete H
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Janet & Randy Brown [mailto:jananran_@_mymailstation.com]
> > Sent: Sunday, 02 March, 2008 1:01 AM
> > To: erielack_@_lists.railfan.net
> > Subject: Re:RE: (erielack) EL calendar: March 2008
> >
> > OK -- point taken.  The pictures are often questionable; the captions
are
> > worse -- so, why buy it?
> >
> > I have ELHS calendars from years past.  Who produced them? Were they
always
> > Weekend Chief?
> >
> > Randy Brown
> > --------------------------------------------------------------
> > Randy, let's understand something about working with Weakend Chief:
> >
> > A number of people on and off this list have attempted to work with John
> > Scala.  It's basically not possible.  After months and months of urging
John
> > to send stuff along so you can get into it, and do some research and/or
find
> > some other folks who know something about it . . . . no such thing
happens.
> >
> > What DOES happen is that you get a total unannounced, no-warning Fed-Ex
> > envelope, with the WC return
> > label.  You eagerly rip it open so you can get right into it.  Then you
read
> > the note that says "This is the proof of the next calendar.  Please look
it
> > over, and send it back tomorrow with any changes because it's already in
> > China (or wherever) ready to go on press."
> >
> > This has happened for several years with several of us.  That is why the
> > ELHS >sells< the calendar, but we take NO responsibility for the
contents
> > thereof.  Zero control = zero responsibility.  So, yes, the calendar's
> > captions range from "well, not too bad" to laughably incomplete and/or
> > inaccurate.
> >
> > SGL
> >
> >
> >
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