WAS - KFactor Now "Members"

[Rick Sweeney]

It has been my experience that whenever you give away anything for free,
it is never considered
valuable or fully appreciated.
 
My recommendation would be to increase the dues, and lock down this list
and the NSRCA website
to paying members only.  There are many successful subscription web
sites and lists out there now. If people
find value in the  information, they are willing to pay for it. 
 
With the increase in dues you can start paying the volunteers which will
motivate them to keep things more
up to date and fresh, which will create a better overall experience for
everyone...IMHO
 
Rick Sweeney
 
 
 
 
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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.  


A lot of folks would drive cross town to buy gas at the station that
charges a couple cents less per gallon of gas, rather than go down to
their corner station. 

Every dollar we could save the members, is well worth saving. 

Tom, as you know, I have mentioned this to the board a couple times, in
a couple different formats, so now may be the time to mention it to the
general membership: 

I started an experiment in D3 contests, by requesting a 5$ rebate on
contest entry fees to all NSRCA members.  Non-NSRCA members pay full
price. 

So far, it seems like it has worked in about one out of three contests.
Basically it requires buy-in by the CD's, therefore I urge the CD's to
consider this simple way of managing your contests. In D3, I am hoping
for  more CD participation in 2003, as the word spreads.

Matt K
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