Der Gasser Issues

[Darren]

Why is Der Gasser now bi-monthly?

[CarreraS]

It's like the old Woody Allen joke, "Because it makes it twice as easy to get a date on a Saturday night."

Oh wait...never mind...you said bi-monthly. My bad.

[DanNewton]

Simply, cost. Dan

[Darren]

Yeah that was only an issue when advertising fees weren't ending up where they should have. 

[pearlcoupeg35]

Bi-Monthly or not, the latest issue looks great.  Kudos to Dan and Allison for their hard work.

The chap on the back cover sure is a handsome devil too

[Porshagod]

I want my 10 issues back, cut back somewhere else!

[Darren]

Porshagod wrote:

I want my 10 issues back, cut back somewhere else!

I think ideally they try to run each program to be self-sufficient, so I guess the question is really "Does the 2010 advertising income support 10 issues?"

How do we get an answer to that?

[Phokaioglaukos]

Porshagod wrote:

I want my 10 issues back, cut back somewhere else!

The member survey is still continuing for a few more days, but of the 400+ respondents 60% want DG 6x/yr, 16% want 4x/yr and 12% each want 12x/yr or 10x/yr.

We need a new effort to get paying advertisers, and with more money we could increase the size of DG and increase its frequency, but there is no groundswell for more than 6x/yr at the moment.

If you want to see DG more often make sure that you replied to the survey invitation!

[JoeP]

Der Gasser needs a monthly foldout pictorial -- "Boys of Tech Inspection".  Something similar to the Danica Patrick calendar a while back.