The changes in the paper are pretty dynamic. A lot of customers that we had before are used to getting a paper every week. So when you tell them that you have the same paper, they’re shocked. They’re disgruntled. But they love me as a vendor, so they might give me a dollar or two just to say hi, and say that they still appreciate me. Some of the changes that are occurring are that we are only able to get five papers for a meeting, rather than our usual. So we have to suffer or come out of our own pocket to continue to have what we’re used to having.
My recommendation is for us to change the paper back to once a week. Our customer base wants to see new articles. They love to see new writing. They want to feel like they’re a regular part of our community. I could see us break the paper down to 12 pages if it would help keep us going every week. I feel that change would be good. After all, having something is better than having nothing at all. And this would give our customers assurance that we’re not going anywhere. We’ve been here for 20 years.
