Ladies of the Household – we’ve been handed some recent sad news and difficulties affecting posting and printing The Nydian.
First, tragically, our long-time website administrator, Randy Shepperd, passed away suddenly about a week ago. Randy was our “go to” for all things related to our Nydia Temple website including posting of The Nydian. We have contracted with Randy’s company for a number of years for this service and he has always been a good partner with Nydia Temple. If there’s a silver lining, it’s that Randy’s business partner has been a trooper and has figured out how to post The Nydian (he’d never done that before) on our website. You can now view the Nydian in all of its colorful glory by clicking on the Newsletters tab.
Our second problem has to do with the printing outlet that we’ve used for many years. Recent changes in business practice and contracted pricing have resulted in an astronomical price increase from less than $100 to print 475 copies to well over $600! Multiply that by 5 and you can see our annual cost for just printing The Nydian is well over $3000. This amount doesn’t even include postage. We will be looking at other vendors who might be able to provide printing services at a more affordable cost.
In the meantime, what can YOU do to help? Please consider viewing the Nydian on-line rather than receiving a printed copy in the mail. Please email PQ Jennifer Moyer at nydiarecorderno4@gmail.com and let her know of your change to “online only” for viewing The Nydian. We will continue to mail black and white copies to members who do not have Internet access.
See you on the garden path…and thank you!
Queen Nancy Coddington