[Editor’s Note: At tonight’s 7 o’clock meeting of the Culver City Democratic Club in the Rotunda Room of the Vets Auditorium, candidates for seven seats on the County Democratic Party Central Committee will speak. They are running in the state primary June 7.]
In January, when our immediate past president Sylvia Moore brought up the issue of transitioning to a system of sending our monthly club newsletters by email, there were some in the crowd who strenuously insisted on receiving newsletters by mail.
A compromise was proposed.
A three-month phase in period followed whereby those who still wanted their newsletters by mail would opt in and specifically state so.
To that effect, we will be providing Excel spread sheets for those who wish to continue receiving our newsletter by mail, opting in, whereas the rest of us would receive the email version.
Why are we moving to a more sustainable way to share information?
Consider that it costs the club approximately $ 1,637 per year to send the newsletters by mail, and we have three elections to endorse this year.
Each time we mail out our endorsement postcards, it costs $ 577.70 to have the postcards printed at Norwalk Printing and then another $ 1,501.05 to have them processed and have postage affixed to them prior to mailing.
For all three sets of elections beginning with the City Council, the June primary and the November general elections, we are looking at a price tag of approximately $ 6,000 for this year.
One could argue that we could not possibly meet our obligations this year, but with the introduction of lifetime memberships, and stepping-up of fund raising activities, we hope to be able to reach our goal.
To that effect, we will be providing sign-in sheets tonight for those who wish to continue receiving our newsletter by mail, thus opting in.
The rest of us will receive the email version of the newsletter.
Dr. Gyi, president of the Culver City Democratic Club, may be contacted at President@CulverCityDemocraticClub.com
