[lugerholsterrepair]

Tom, You know I respect your opinion and this is not meant to disagree with it as I am sure you are right, BUT...Automag has some inherant problems that cannot be solved by subscribing.

If I were to subscribe today, how would I access past knowledge, of which there must be plenty? There is no way to benifit from past issues.

Each publication has provision for only the poorest of photo's which are practacally useless by today's standards.

Since this is a monthly publication the opportunity for immediate dialog, questions and such is delayed to such an extent as to make such an effort annoying.

Every correspondence must be put into hard copy and mailed to Automag for publication. When I was a member this could take up to three months to finally appear.

Don't get me wrong, I think this magazine is publishing somt thoughts and opinions that should be shared with all the Luger collectors in the World but I think the print and mail method is so archaic that it is doing a poor job of accomplishing it's purpose.

When one looks at this Forum or Jan Stills it is instantly clear that Automag, as important as it is, is so behind today's methods of instant communication and clarity that it could be compared to the horse and buggy. Why would one ride a horse accross country when he could fly on a modern jetliner?

Somehow this publication and it's human resources must enter into the computer era. If valuble discourse of Lugers and their collections are being discussed and hidden away in a mimiographed print publication then shouldn't a way be found to bring it to the widest audience possible?

I know the old adage, you can't teach an old dog new tricks but wouldn't it be possible to insert the Automag into say, this Forum verbatum to expose it to everyone?

The only fly in the ointment I have observed so far concerning this discussion is the control of the content of Automag and the subscription fee.

If the content were scanned and un alterable that would solve that portion. Contents of articles could be sent to the publisher and compiled into the regular format then published here.

The only other sticking point is the subscription fee. I don't know how many subscribers there are but I would emagine there are enough that the publisher does not want to give up this source of income. The fees could actually increase if an online subscription were to be developed. I am not computer savvy enough to know how to go about this but I am sure there are those out there who could and would to see this publication leap into the future. Could happen....Jerry Burney