Minnesota is at heart a printed magazine sent to members of the University of Minnesota Alumni Association as a benefit of membership. The alumni association offers some of the magazine’s content on this Web site to introduce nonmembers to the magazine. We have chosen not to post all of the magazine’s content on the site for two reasons. First, purchasing electronic rights from our freelance writers, as is legally required, can be expensive. While we do purchase electronic rights for a few stories first published in the print version of Minnesota, we choose not to buy electronic rights for all content. This leads to the second reason. Minnesota is a primary benefit of membership in the alumni association. By posting all of the magazine’s content on our Web site, we would devalue that benefit for our members.

That said, Minnesota magazine’s presence on the Web is relatively new. This is an evolving medium for us, and we may modify our on-line publishing policy as circumstances allow. In the meantime, the editors appreciate reader feedback about the content in Minnesota, as well as about what might be missing in Minnesota.