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Subject:Re: Paying for the listserv From:Susana Rosende <SRosende -at- THEFUND -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 4 Aug 1999 13:38:13 -0400
RE: Students not being able to afford list
Well...we single parents have a hard time scraping up an extra $5-$10 per
month, too! But, I believe this list is worth scrimping for.
Susana Rosende
-----Original Message-----
From: Debbie Packer [mailto:dpacker -at- STINGRAYBOATS -dot- COM]
Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 1999 12:43 PM
To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
Subject: Re: Paying for the listserv
I have to disagree here. If such an opportunity had been available to me
when I was a student, I would have jumped right on it. If you are serious
about your field, you want all of the real world information you can
possibly get - $5 or $10 shouldn't stand in your way. Drink a few less beers
one night or skip that cheeseburger and fries meal.
I would have paid the $5-$10 as a student and I will pay it now. And guess
what, I'm not even really a tech writer - I do web development.
Debbie Packer
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> From: Technical Writers List; for all Technical Communication issues
> [mailto:TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU]On Behalf Of Helen Cygnarowicz
> Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 1999 11:50 AM
> To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject: Re: Paying for the listserv
>
>
> Jeff Hanvey wrote: "While I don't mind paying for the list, I do
> foresee one
> potential problem...students. ...I also believe that students (and those
> who may just be starting out in the field) would not be willing or able to
> pay for this service."
>
>
> Seems to me that a group of students could get together and pool
> their funds
> to afford the $5. And could not the school pay the $5 and allow the
> student's use of the computer to which the list is tied? Lack of funds is
> not an insurmountable problem. It requires some creative thinking and
> implementation of the solution.
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