The Fate of BMWON Magazine

[bmwgreenrt]

Heard what I hope is just a rumor,
that the magazine is eventually going to
stop being published in favor of a Web version.
I hope this is not true, as I enjoy recieving the printed material.
Anyone know anything about this?

[20774]

The subject has already been discussed somewhere on this forum. Try searching for it or maybe someone knows the name of the thread...

Kurt in S.A.

[BubbaZanetti]

where did you hear this rumor?

[cjack]

Heard what I hope is just a rumor,
that the magazine is eventually going to
stop being published in favor of a Web version.
I hope this is not true, as I enjoy recieving the printed material.
Anyone know anything about this?

Like when...in 2094? I would guess that half of the members either don't have internet service or use it or want to use it for reading magazines. There are lots of emagazines, Forbes, Business Week, PC Magazine, etc. and I spend about an hour reading these printed magazines and about 2 minutes reading the emagazines...if they are free.
So nuts to that rumor.

[GregFeeler]

Heard what I hope is just a rumor,
that the magazine is eventually going to
stop being published in favor of a Web version.
I hope this is not true, as I enjoy recieving the printed material.
Anyone know anything about this?



And allegators live in big city sewers. Ain't gonna' happen.

[knary]

Heard what I hope is just a rumor,
that the magazine is eventually going to
stop being published in favor of a Web version.
I hope this is not true, as I enjoy recieving the printed material.
Anyone know anything about this?

Can't someone answer nice and simply? :lol

No. It isn't happening. The magazine will continue at its current excellent level. The web site is getting some much needed attention.

[lorazepam]

Can't someone answer nice and simply? :lol

No. It isn't happening. The magazine will continue at its current excellent level. The web site is getting some much needed attention.


Who shipped you some happy pills? That is a very nice reply, oh master of the fungus.

[username]

Heard what I hope is just a rumor,
that the magazine is eventually going to
stop being published in favor of a Web version.
I hope this is not true, as I enjoy recieving the printed material.
Anyone know anything about this?

not true.

i'd like to know where you heard it. you're getting some bad info from people, and it's bad for the club.

[cjack]

Can't someone answer nice and simply? :lol

No. It isn't happening. The magazine will continue at its current excellent level. The web site is getting some much needed attention.

You're right. I apologize...but it was fun...

[GregFeeler]

You're right. I apologize...but it was fun...
:nono

[knary]

Who shipped you some happy pills? That is a very nice reply, oh master of the fungus.

I post my cranky replies in a different forum. :nod

[GregFeeler]

I post my cranky replies in a different forum. :nod

You and a *bunch* of other folks the last time I checked. :D

[BradfordBenn]

I post my cranky replies in a different forum. :nod

I thought you just e-mailed them to me....

[kbasa]

Heard what I hope is just a rumor,
that the magazine is eventually going to
stop being published in favor of a Web version.
I hope this is not true, as I enjoy recieving the printed material.
Anyone know anything about this?

ON is never going away, Jim.

Don't fret. Where did you see this rumor?

[Hodag]

ON is never going away, Jim.

Don't fret. Where did you see this rumor?

I heard it also.
Michael Moore mentioned it to me when him, Al Gore, and I were having dinner the other night

[Stuff2C]

I heard it also.
Michael Moore mentioned it to me when him, Al Gore, and I were having dinner the other night


With that crew dinner must have been at the brokeback mountain inn. :lol

[bmwgreenrt]

ON is never going away, Jim.

Don't fret. Where did you see this rumor?

FWIW
I first heard it from 3 BMW riders that I met on the Blue Ridge on January 1st,
We got to talking at a rest stop and the subject came up.
They were adamant that the magazine was on the way out.
Then it came up again from a rider I was talking with at MR motorcycles in Asheville.
I saw his decal on the bike and got to talking.
He said he had heard it from other MOA members as far back as the July Rally.

I personally could not believe this would happen,
but these days you never know.
I wouldn't have believed that Sandy was leaving either.

[kbasa]

Oh Jeez. I thought I covered it pretty well a couple months ago in my column.

Thanks, Jim.

dave

[Chacifer]

Oh Jeez. I thought I covered it pretty well a couple months ago in my column.

Thanks, Jim.

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You think people read your column?! :D :brow

Just kidding.

[threeflys]

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You think people read your column?! :D :brow

Just kidding.

I just use the picture to keep the big spiders away! :ha
Chris

[GregFeeler]

FWIW
I first heard it from 3 BMW riders that I met on the Blue Ridge on January 1st,
We got to talking at a rest stop and the subject came up.
They were adamant that the magazine was on the way out.
Then it came up again from a rider I was talking with at MR motorcycles in Asheville.
I saw his decal on the bike and got to talking.
He said he had heard it from other MOA members as far back as the July Rally.

I personally could not believe this would happen,
but these days you never know.
I wouldn't have believed that Sandy was leaving either.
:banghead

[Chacifer]

I just use the picture to keep the big spiders away! :ha
Chris

Hmm... I wonder if it would help me ward off mice. http://img52.exs.cx/img52/852/mousecheese20gm.gif

[kbasa]

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You think people read your column?! :D :brow

Just kidding.

Hawk told me it was the least read part of ON. :ha

[basketcase]

"Just when I think I've heard it all ... here comes a new dysfunction." :banghead

So someone has said that ON is going away. Really? Let's think that one through.

The numbers alone should tell anyone with even a little bit business savvy that the ON is not going away.

In general terms --

--> 38,000 members who all get the ON, compared to

--> 3,000 registered users on the web site, of which maybe 750 have posted once, and perhaps half that number again drop in regularly. Then we are down to the 150 or so who just can't stay quiet, and prattle on incessantly! :type

Where do clubs and such fit into that interaction picture? I would venture that in a given month, the total of MOA members who attend state or local club meetings is less than the total of those who are registered for the web site.

So with all that said, the magazine has been and remains the primary point of contact between MOA leadership and the members, and the leadership is well aware of that.

Next, each of the BOD members is alert enough to know that the huge majority who gets the magazine constitute a "market" that would soon be lost to MOA (and as soon scooped up by another organization) if they did away with the ON.

So is ON on the way out? Let me put it this way: Pat Robertson has a better chance of an attack of sanity than the ON does of becoming defunct.

But will the ON change some with the advent of a new editor. Certainly.

So don't sweat it. Instead, just park your beverage of choice by the recliner and watch for the postman to stick the latest issue in the box.

And as always, IMHO

[kbasa]

So is ON on the way out? Let me put it this way: Pat Robertson has a better chance of an attack of sanity than the ON does of becoming defunct.


:ha

Thanks, Rick.

[DarrylRi]

In general terms --

--> 38,000 members who all get the ON, compared to

--> 3,000 registered users on the web site, of which maybe 750 have posted once, and perhaps half that number again drop in regularly. Then we are down to the 150 or so who just can't stay quiet, and prattle on incessantly! :type Not to ruin your analysis, but your numbers are out of date. I noticed that the forum is up to 7700 registered members, which is about 20% of the total MOA membership.

Also, I've noticed that the forum gets views by 400 or more members every day. They probably aren't the same 400 members each time. (Well, at least some of them probably aren't the same.)

But still, nearly everyone who joins, probably does join for the magazine "subscription".

[GregFeeler]

Not to ruin your analysis, but your numbers are out of date. I noticed that the forum is up to 7700 registered members, which is about 20% of the total MOA membership.


Not to ruin *your* analysis, :) but those registration numbers on the forum pages include everyone who is signed up for the Secure Services area of the web site proper (i.e. membership, profile updates, etc.), so isn't a true measure of forum members. Still, it's an ever increasing number and IMO more and more people are discovering the forum.

In today's world, a magazine without a good web site, or a web site without a good magazine is like a one-armed boxer.

[basketcase]

Thanks Darryl, I appreciate seeing the specifics on the numbers. The percentages do shake out a little different, but the essential point remains valid.

Kbasa, there's no charge for the Endorphine fix... :D