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You're right, Martin. Other radical organisations continue to thrive (CARN, see below, was also founded in 1976). Interest in stats is greater than ever, as perhaps is interest in being radical, so there's no reason for lack of appeal. Rather than cutting back on what Radstats does so well, I suggest promoting it electronically eg via a website. Ruth Dr Ruth Balogh Glasgow University Associate Senior Research Fellow Crichton Campus Dumfries DG1 4ZL Lead Co-ordinator of CARN (international Collaborative Action Research Network) Co-ordinating Group http://carn.org.uk Winner of 2017 Earthmover Exceptional Campaigner Award from Friends of the Earth England Wales & Northern Ireland for campaigning on nuclear issues and promoting clean energy http://www.cumbrianenergyrevolution.org.uk/ ________________________________________ From: email list for Radical Statistics [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Martin Rathfelder [[log in to unmask]] Sent: 23 February 2018 13:54 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Message from the auditor I'm concerned to keep the organisation going. Its losing money and members every year and not recruiting new ones. I'd assumed that most people join more because they support the principles of Radstats than because they want to buy a magasine. Maybe I'm wrong? I do indeed like to read paper copies. But it would be quite possible to email articles for people to print off themselves. I dont want to just see a slow decline, but that is what I have been seeing for some years - when other radical organisations have a new lease of life. On 23/02/2018 13:41, John Bibby wrote: Thank you Martin for provoking such a lively and forthright conversation! JOHN BIBBY On Fri, 23 Feb 2018 at 11:01, Martin Rathfelder <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: Having looked at the accounts I think it is time Radstats moved into the twenty first century and abandoned paper. The cost of producing a paper publication far exceed the benefits produced. It's hard to think that anyone pays their subs because they just want the magasine, or because they want it on paper before it is on line. -- Martin Rathfelder 22 Blair Road Manchester M16 8NS 07968703740 ****************************************************** Please note that if you press the 'Reply' button your message will go only to the sender of this message. If you want to reply to the whole list, use your mailer's 'Reply-to-All' button to send your message automatically to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. Disclaimer: The messages sent to this list are the views of the sender and cannot be assumed to be representative of the range of views held by subscribers to the Radical Statistics Group. 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