WAS - KFactor Now "Members"

[Joe Lachowski]

Yeah, those on this list who don't join the NSRCA after a few months are 
leaches in my mind. My dues and yours is paying for this list.

Another thing, I've never seen(read) so many cry babys/primadonnas/whiners 
on this list. About time they put up or shutup. Be a part of the solution 
and volunteer to help.

I also know the dues are going to go down. It's basis tells me that  don't 
be surprised the NSRCA goes back into the red again.


>From: "Thomas C. Weedon" <weedon at wwnet.net>
>Reply-To: discussion at nsrca.org
>To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
>Subject: RE: WAS - KFactor Now "Members"
>Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2002 06:11:22 -0500
>
>Gene,
>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.
>Tom W.
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: discussion-request at nsrca.org 
>[mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org]On
>Behalf Of Gene Maurice
>   Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 9:24 PM
>   To: discussion at nsrca.org
>   Subject: RE: WAS - KFactor Now "Members"
>
>
>   Tom,
>
>   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??
>
>   I think it gets down to "What have you done for me lately"!!!!! That's
>just my opinion, and hell, I'm probably wrong.
>
>   Gene Maurice
>   AMA 3408
>   NSRCA 877
>     -----Original Message-----
>     From: discussion-request at nsrca.org
>[mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org]On Behalf Of Thomas C. Weedon
>     Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 7:09 PM
>     To: NSRCA Discussion List
>     Subject: RE: WAS - KFactor Now "Members"
>
>
>     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.
>
>     Tom W.


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