Got more information recently.
Brooklyn Bethel is downsizing , bigtime.
First, they are moving a lot of printing out of Brooklyn
and into "regional" branches, perhaps closer to where
the material is distributed. I get the impression that
there is a greater sense of Brooklyn simply being "the
United States Branch" rather than the central source
for just about everything.
I think the figure I understood was half - that 50%
of the printing and binding was leaving. Workers will
be shed off.
As for outsourcing, yes, that's been creeping up for
some time. Food production and trucking went to outside
sources, sometime ago. Outside sources for printing
are being looked at - can't confirm any specifics.
I did hear that one brochure was printed by outside
sources.
There is a thin hope that forcing publishers to
pick up magazines at the Hall will encourage meeting
attendance.
So, 'the chickens are coming home to roost',
years of unrepaired rot is catching up with them,
as youth are leaving, money isn't coming in, cutbacks
haven't worked, and the preaching work isn't growing
like it used to do.
For me this is healing.
Years of heartache melt away,
as 'you reap what you sow'
takes the day.
metatron