[LabComm] Infomart account sharing

[John Weir]

For the past year, the Federation has contracted with Infomart for access to
its on-line media clipping service, and shared the costs of this contract
with the BCGEU, HSA, CIEA, and BCFMWU.  This original contract allowed us to
share 10 User ID's.
 
The contract is now up for renewal, and we wanted to identify whether other
affiliates are interested in joining this cost sharing arrangement.  If
there is interest, we would increase our contract to the next tier and
obtain 25 user ID's.
 
In regard to cost, under the present contract, participating affiliates pay
$100 per month per user ID.  However, if we can interest other affiliates
and increase the number of users by another 5, the shared cost will begin to
decline for everyone involved.  If we can reach a total of 25 users, then
the cost per ID would be reduced to $65 per month.
 
In regard to the nature of the service, Infomart allows each user to set up
up to 100 "personal profiles".  Each profile contains search terms
determined by the user, and then each day the user receives an email of
links to stories in the media database containing those search terms.  You
can also search the archives for past media stories.
 
However you should be aware that there are copyright limits to how you can
use the material.  For example, you cannot post the Infomart material to a
website or distribute these outside your own organization.  You are also
prohibited from copying the Infomart material to anyone who does not have a
user ID, however, since much of this content can be found on media web
sites, this usually isn't a problem.
 
If you are interested in participating, please contact me as soon as
possible, as we would like to finalize these arrangements as soon as
possible.
 
In Solidarity,
 
John Weir 
Director of Organizing and 
Executive Assistant to the Secretary-Treasurer 
British Columbia Federation of Labour 
200-5118 Joyce Street 
Vancouver, BC, Canada  V5R 4H1 

mailto:organize at bcfed.com <mailto:organize at bcfed.com>  
Phone - (604)-430-1421, Ext. 238 
Fax - (604)430-5917 


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