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One point I stress with chapters that want to just have an electronic version of the newsletter is that some of their members may not have email access. This is especially true with older chapters, where alumni/ae in their 60's-90's don't necessarily have a PC or Mac at home.
The argument can be made that those members could go to their local library or cyber cafe to log on. That's not taking into account the fact that some long-term members have never used a computer in their lives, and "I'm not gonna start now" is a commonly-used refrain (speaking from personal experience with both of my late parents).
Even though some older members have email access through those portals sold at Best Buy ("email in your kitchen"), they can't open attachments. As a result, the pretty .pdf's never get to some of the longer-standing alums, the very members that may be in a better position to help chapters financially.
BTW, I'm glad to see people participating on this thread...glad I got the pot boiling.
Interfraternally,
BF
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Bill Foltz, B-O 130
Illinois State '77
"People the world over have always been more impressed by the power of our example than by the example of our power."
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