Re: Re: AIS: Dual Membership in club rules

Thanks for your input.  That makes a lot of sense.

By the way your e-mail came through fine as far as wrapping goes.

As I told Bob, I certainly don't want to get into a lot of mailing.
Hopefully everyone will have access to a computer or a friend close enough
to help.

We do our newsletter in Prescott now over e-mail and I love it. One piece of
paper not to file or take up space.
My little computer can save it on a pin head I guess.
More room for me to have plants and not file cabinets. ^5

Linda in CW AZ
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From: Diana
Date: 09/14/07 09:44:42
To: iris@hort.net
Subject: [iris] Re: AIS: Dual Membership in club rules

I don't post here much, but I have pretty strong feelings about local clubs,
so here goes.

  $20 seems very high to me. IMHO, local clubs are THE best way to get new
people interested in irises... and AIS membership. Dues should be low so
they are a no-brainer; folks who are on the fence about joining might balk
at $20, maybe even $10. Dues should be the easy part of the decision. I've
belonged to 4 local clubs in 3 different states, and dues were $3 for one,
$5 for two, and the one I belong to now I believe is $10.

  I know of no price breaks for membership in more than one local club, and
for those prices, I didn't expect any.

  I can think of one area where dues might be reduced, and this is if there
is an option for newsletters/meeting notices to be sent electronically. If a
member opts to receive notices electronically, maybe their dues could be
reduced because the club does not have to pay postage. Just a thought I have
 but I've not seen this in practice anywhere. Not yet, anyway.

  Funds are important, don't get me wrong, but I don't think local clubs
should depend on dues to get them. Rhizome sales and auctions are a great
answer; not only do they raise good money for the club, they distribute
irises to the public which hopefully results in more irisarians, more club
members and more AIS members.

  Diana Anshakov (formerly Williams)
  N. Illinois, zone 5a (formerly NE Ohio, central VA, and E central MN)


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