Theresa,
I understand your point. It does seem kind of underhanded of them to imply
they'd take care of something for you if you pay them, when you could do it for
free yourself.
Sadly, many people today ask: what's in it for me? They expect to get something
for their money. And some organizations don't do well informing folks what they
have done and continue to do for their membership. However, there is strength
in numbers. Arguing about keeping a particular portion of a band open when
you're a group of only 3 is more difficult than if you represent 3 million. Of
course that means they need to get the word out and ensure they encourage
anyone interested in that portion of the band under attack to actually use it
so when anyone checks, they can see it's in use. So members do need to know
what an organization is doing for them and what they, in turn, need to do for
the organization to succeed.
I try not to fault folks for a message as often the message is targeted to
those who've complained the loudest (and unfortunately, do the least).
Hopefully, you let them know that their message was not well received and why
you're not renewing. Being part of the silent majority is why the vocal
minority often gets their way.
My $.02, worth what you paid for it,
David-
AI4FG
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On Monday, September 13th, 2021 at 8:49 AM, Jeff Greer via BVARC
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Interesting take. I kind of read this as "we will do the work of renewing
> your license for you for free if you join," and not as a trick to imply
> license renewal fees...
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> From: BVARC <[email protected]> on behalf of Theresa via BVARC
> <[email protected]>
> Sent: Monday, September 13, 2021 8:41 AM
> To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <[email protected]>
> Cc: Theresa <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [BVARC] Fwd: [KARS] 2021 ARRL Handbook offer
>
> Sorry, no. The ARRL will not see another penny come from me in form of
> membership.
>
> They lost my vote when they sent me a letter when it was close to time for me
> to renew my license saying:
>
> Join us for <membership price> and we'll renew your license for free.
>
> Which to me made it sound like there was a fee to renew my license, but if I
> joined them, the fee would be waived. Ofcourse there is no fee to renew your
> license, you can do it fairly easily enough on your own through the ULS.
>
> When I have they money to spare, I will support their save the bands fund,
> occasionally buy books that I want. They will never count me in their ranks
> as a member again.
>
> KE5MUX
> Theresa
>
> PS. This was 4 years ago, or there about. I don't remember what the price was
> in the letter. All I do remember is that it sounded misleading to both myself
> and my roommate and it made both of us pretty angry.
>
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>> On Mon, Sep 13, 2021 at 6:02 AM, Neal Naumann via BVARC
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
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