Your thoughts and input are needed:
1)
Does EMRR keep an eList Newletter? Do you like it? Is it needed?
a. PRO’s
i. Easy way for me to send update notices and highlight key things going on
ii. Easy way to ask for contestants information (and I’ve gotten more rigid on this including skipping prize selection if I don’t hear back)
b. CON’s
i. There is a cost associated with running the eList through BraveNet.
2) Hit List. For 2009, I decided to have a
Guest Generated Hit List, so go to your pile and identify some rockets that you plan to build in 2009 that are NOT already reviewed on EMRR.
Send me that list and they will show up on the Hit List, along with some others.
3) Before TRF went down, I asked for a volunteer to be our
Public Relations person. Someone did a private message that I would consider, but TRF is down. Would anyone else like to step-up and help out with EMRR for 2009 in this PR assignment? Need to be able to manage e-mail, be a positive supporter of EMRR, make calls and such to coordinate banner ads and prizes for contests.
4)
EMRR Budget. Not usually a big public topic, however, this year we went over budget by $673. The over-runs were driven by back-payment for server fees, the expensive Box ‘O Parts contest, NAR Memberships for 6 youths in EMRR’s Youth Outreach program, some software needs to make the site easier to manage, and the two-year payment for the new server (yes, we’re switching). With those costs taken out it looks like it takes about $1,300* to run EMRR the way we have over the years as we go into 2009. Initial inquires for 2009 banner ads and SuperHit List sponsorship have been low. EMRR Calendars sales are 1/3rd of what they were last year. These are probably signs of the economy. We will run our standard 14-day Fund Raising period from Jan 1 – 14, but what other
ideas do you have for helping EMRR cover its cost? *
Note: bare minimum operating cost for the year is about $570, the additional costs come from prizes purchased, postage, SuperHit List (which is Manufacturer sponsored).
5)
EMRR Blog – Is this something we should continue? Have you found the Blog to be a nice addition to EMRR?
6)
What’s New RSS Feed 
- Is this something we should continue? (if you are not signed up
click here7) Here is a list of plans for 2009:
a. Switch Servers
b. Kill Chat
c. Finish Admin pages for RockSIM and SpaceCAD for Dick Stafford
d. Finish Flight Management Profile Page
e. Update/upgrade myEMRR pages
f. Clean up some side-boxes in Search and What’s new
g. Re-do Flight Logs What’s New to be like Flight Logs with Pictures
Second - CONGRATULATIONS to the winners of the 2008 Design this Spaceship Contest. First place for 2nd year in a row... Ray King! Is he unstoppable?
- Is this something we should continue? (if you are not signed up click here
