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How do I send in scores other ways?
Monthly scores can still be sent the usual ways: phone, snail mail and
e-mail. Please send them before the 15th of the next month.
When sending scores by e-mail please make sure the columns line up properly. Use a mono-spaced font such as Courier or use Notepad and then copy the scores into your email or send as an attached .TXT file. Excel spreadsheet files are always good.
Temple: (Important!) Month: (Important!)
(Enter books below, NOT points!)
Mags Small Medium Big Mahagig
SUB M1 S1 H1 S2 H2 S3 H3 S4 H4 SETS
Temple totals 27 51 17 10 20 23 16 20 266 69 7
Top devotees:
Bk Mike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 2
Krsna d 3 4 8 6 8 9 9 0 23 65 1
Radha dd 23 45 6 7 8 12 234 4 4
etc.
Please...
You can omit the codes you don't use. You can start with H4 if you wish. Make sure the columns line up properly when viewed with a fixed-pitch font. Use spaces (not tabs) between columns. Include your temple's name! Temples should be listed by city name. Include the month the scores are for! Include temple totals for the month. Spell names the same way each month. List each month separately. Don't combine two or more months together. You don't need to send every devotee's score. Just the top devotees You don't need to calculate points, but it is helpful.
What are the book categories(codes)?
SUB-E = BTG subscriptions-English (1 year)
SUB-O = BTG subscriptions-Other (1 year)
M1 = Magazines
S1 = Small-soft H1 = Small-hard 50-149 pages
S2 = Medium-soft H2 = Medium-hard 150-299 pages
S3 = Big-soft H3 = Big-hard 300-499 pages
S4 = Mahabig-soft H4 = Mahabig-hard 500+pages
SETS = Full sets of S.B. or C.C.
Full sets do not have a separate point value. Make sure all books in sets are included in the H4 category (Mahabig-hard) or the H3 category (Big-hard).
Points are based on the number of pages in each book. See table above. When in doubt, count the pages.
Since this is a BBT newsletter all books must be sold by your local BBT or have the approval of your local BBT.
Temples and centers must be listed in Back to Godhead or have the approval of your local GBC representative.
The deadline for scores is the 15th of the following month. If you miss the deadline no problem! Don't worry. Send your scores as soon as you can. Send each month separately. Do not combine two or more months together.
FAIR PLAY RULES
1997 GBC Resolution #103: That the score system for the Sankirtan Newsletter
is changed to include the following for individual distribution:
1. The category "Regular"
(a) to count only literature which is actually sold for some profit
(ideally double BBT price) and given into the hands of the receivers
personally.
(b) literature distributed by accepting post dated checks shall only be
counted when at least the BBT price has been received.
2. The new category "Subsidized" for the following methods of distribution
for individuals:
(a) devotees working in teams of two or more and recording their group
effort as one score.
(b) subsidized books which are sold for BBT price or less.
(c) sponsored books which are given to people who can value them
(i.e. VIPs, libraries, schools, prisons, etc.).
Those individuals who are doing these types of subsidized distribution must
specify it when reporting scores to the newsletter. Temple and Country
scores stay the same. There is no need to report temple scores in two
categories.
3. Free distribution
Free distribution by individuals and temples who give out literature
free of cost shall not be counted in the newsletter (except as provided
for in "Subsidized" above).
By joining the Book Distribution Seminar (BDS) conference on PAMHO.NET you can have book distribution lilas as well as other sankirtan nectar and news emailed to you. You can go to www.pamho.net to sign up. There is a small annual fee.
We would like to collect all the published Sankirtan Newsletters so we can present a complete history of book distribution as presented in the newsletters. The newsletters we are missing are listed below. If you have copies of them or know of someone who does, please let us know. The BBT Archives would also like to have a copy of the early years.
We are missing the following newsletters:
Please share your stash of Sankirtan Newsletters with us!
World Enlightenment Day will be in December acording to Vaisesika dasa. The goal is to distribute one million books in one day! Please help make this dream come true.
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Mayapur Sasi dasa, Editor
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