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<DIV><SPAN class=570030511-02112002><FONT face=verdana>Gene,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=570030511-02112002>Raise the dues to $45 and see what happens.
It's called "economics". Every young freshman in Business College knows about
the "Cost v.s. Quantity" charts. Eight dollars dosen't mean much to you or me,
but to the large number of inactive members that we used to have, that
supported us with their dues, it meant they no longer saw the need to rejoin,
and didn't. Further, we have some on this list (I'll leave unnamed) who haven't
renewed in some time, because they just can't justify $38 to recieve a
monthly contest report.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=570030511-02112002>Tom W. </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
discussion-request@nsrca.org [mailto:discussion-request@nsrca.org]<B>On Behalf
Of </B>Gene Maurice<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, November 01, 2002 9:24
PM<BR><B>To:</B> discussion@nsrca.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: WAS - KFactor Now
"Members"<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=509390602-02112002><FONT
face=verdana>Tom,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=509390602-02112002><FONT face=verdana>Do you really think
that $8.00 a year is the reason that people drop out of NSRCA? IMHO it's hard
to concieve that the cost of an OS "F" plug would chase someone
away. Could it be other factors?? Possibly, two years ago no "K-Factor" at all
for 6 months?? Possibly, the current "K-Factor" dilemma?? Possibly, backroom
politicking which led to unpopular schedules?? Ad
nausium............................ Wadda ya thunk??</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=verdana></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=509390602-02112002><FONT face=verdana>I think it gets down to
"What have you done for me lately"!!!!! That's just my opinion, and hell, I'm
probably wrong.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=verdana></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=509390602-02112002><FONT face=verdana>Gene
Maurice</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=509390602-02112002>AMA 3408</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=509390602-02112002>NSRCA 877</SPAN></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
discussion-request@nsrca.org [mailto:discussion-request@nsrca.org]<B>On
Behalf Of </B>Thomas C. Weedon<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, November 01, 2002
7:09 PM<BR><B>To:</B> NSRCA Discussion List<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: WAS -
KFactor Now "Members"<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=670415900-02112002><FONT face=verdana>At the Annual NSRCA
meeting this last summer, I brought up the fact that every time the dues go
up, our membership goes down. I wanted the officers to get on a budget
program where we could go back to lower dues. District 4 had a large number
of old, non-active members that kept their subscriptions going while it was
at a reasonable price, but when the dues hit $35, I had at least 20 drop out
in my district. I can name every one of them. Our contest attendance
continued to improve, but when the dues hit $38, I witnessed a mutiny in
District 4 as well as among another NSRCA volunteer group. Actual
contest flyers has pretty much stayed the same, or improved over the last 5
to 6 years, and best of all, the number of contests has gone up! So Pattern
is in good health, it's just the NSRCA that is down.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=670415900-02112002>Tom W.</SPAN></DIV>
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