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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face="Lucida Sans Unicode" color=#008080>Hi
Tom.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face="Lucida Sans Unicode"
color=#008080> I guess some lose sight of the fact that
many are just casual pattern fliers that don't go to every contest within 200
miles and never would consider going to the NATS. </FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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Del</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=weedon@wwnet.net href="mailto:weedon@wwnet.net">Thomas C. Weedon</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=discussion@nsrca.org
href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, November 02, 2002 3:11
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: WAS - KFactor Now
"Members"</DIV>
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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>
<DIV><SPAN class=509390602-02112002></SPAN> </DIV>
<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>
<DIV><SPAN class=509390602-02112002><FONT
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>
<DIV><SPAN class=509390602-02112002><FONT
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>
<DIV><SPAN class=670415900-02112002></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=670415900-02112002>Tom W.</SPAN></DIV>
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