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Originally Posted by Harry Payne
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Originally Posted by samsloan
In the 1990s, the USCF
consistently had annual revenues of about $6.5 million.
In 2004, the Executive Board decided to "get rid of the books and
equipment business".
After that was done, revenues dropped to $3.2 million.
Making Chess Life subscription based only would cause the USCF to lose
at least 20,000 members (probably more) and would cost at least one
million in revenues.
It seems unlikely that the USCF will survive this.
Remember that all this is being done just to protect Goichberg's
sacred cows. Eliminate the sacred cows, and the USCF immediately
becomes profitable again.
It is not the magazine that is causing the USCF to lose money. It is
the website. Cut down on the unnecessary expenses of the website and
the USCF is profitable again.
The current threat facing the USCF membership is that the entire
organization could go under just because of protecting a few sacred
cows.
Sam Sloan
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Sam, consider what you are saying. I am one who has fought to keep
a hardcopy Chess Life. I argued the point many times on this Forum.
But the facts are it costs over $200,000.00 a year , The website does
not cost anywhere near that amount. I will hate to see Chess Life go
100% on line. But if that is what it takes to save the USCF, SO BE IT!
It is at least worth a try, if it does not look as though it will fly,
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This is just the problem. It cannot be reversed.
Once Chess Life is gone, it is gone. There will be such a huge drop in
revenues that it will be impossible to bring it back.
It may cost over $200,000 per year but USCF revenues are $3.2 million
per year. Do you expect the USCF to just keep all the money and give
nothing to the members?
Websites are free. Nobody pays to view them.
You think I am writing all of this just to attack Goichberg? You are
mistaken. I am trying to save the magazine.
Sam Sloan