I think we should set a base price that covers printing of the publications and
add to that an estimate of the actual cost of mailing - both plus a small
percentage to round out the numbers and for other expenses that come up, such
as envelopes, re-mailings, etc. That way the US membership is
Sorry for my lack of cooperation at the moment. Two teams of scientists are
here for 10-12 days with portable labs set up in my gecko building and
testing numerous species of geckos for toe pad efficiency and performance.
They have been working 14-18 hours/day on piles of animals while testing
Setting a price is a tricky business.
You look at several things:
What is the past cost (past printing postage costs)
Look at known price increases (US postage prices are going up)
Take in consideration the worse case scenario
Always put overhead as the base cost
Look at today's prices.
March 2011 Income Expense Report
March Income
$186.50 Bookstore Sales (includes Hamm)
$ .06 Dividend Income
$ 52.00 Donations
$376.00 Memberships
$614.54 Net
March Expenses
$ 2.00 Bank Fee (Paypal)
$ 48.71 Currency Exchange
$ 42.00 Hamm Table Fee
$114.10 Postage
$305.46
I think we can do (or our treasurer can do if we ask) some cost
averaging on all membership is to pay for, postage, printing, some room
for new projects, rainy day (margin of safety), etc. and set up a
pricing structure for membership based on percentages. Can you please do
this Leann? This
Maybe it's just late at night (here in Alabama) and my mind is not working,
but I am not understanding this. Maybe a bit more explanation?
--in over ten years of GGA, there has only been one price change. This
would be the second. That isn't too often, is it?
--look at what other
IMHO not often enough -- postage and other costs go up every year!
On 4/5/2011 6:53 PM, Leann Christenson wrote:
Maybe it's just late at night (here in Alabama) and my mind is not
working, but I am not understanding this. Maybe a bit more explanation?
--in over ten years of GGA, there has
Thanks Melody, I think so too. Leann, I was thinking about the future
and how to make this task of setting membership pricing much easier,
basing it on a formulation of percentages. This way future board members
have a basic formula to refer to, which will not take much work to
change when it
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