TOGETHERI must apologise that we have only been able to produce one hard copy edition this year. This is basically because of time constraints that arose from other complex priorities.
The Steering Committee has looked at a proposal I made to them about the future of communication within CTHerts and has approved a shift to a majority electronic system of communicating.
This was initiated because of:
· The recent and possible future postal problems. When you have 700+ hard copies to produce and post, it is a costly and time consuming process that needs to reach its public cost effectively.
· The budget for producing and posting ‘Together’ is £400 and when CTHerts is running on a deficit budget, we need to think about best value for money.
· Officers of local CT Groups are also unwittingly ‘gatekeepers’ and it has been observed that hard copies are not past on immediately and so often are only read some weeks after their published date.
· There is a possibility of duplicate information on both Web and in ‘Together’
With a vast majority of members having Broadband facilities, there is potential for a better communicating service and for those without direct access to this, local contacts can print off items that need to be passed on.
It has therefore been agreed that in future instead of producing a hard copy newsletter, the information will be placed on the website on a monthly basis and an e-
This will be for a trial period.
Please let me know how you find this system.
God bless you
Gerald R Peacock
Major