Our budget will vary with our membership numbers no matter what we decide to charge. i think we should set a realistic goal for membership and work with that as a base. Years ago we talked about getting membership up to 400, which didn't happen. I think it can get there, but for the short term, we can probably try to get up to 250-300 over the next year.
Neil On 2011-04-05, at 3:54 PM, Leann Christenson wrote: > 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. > > Setting a price is not trying to save the most money, it's anticipating the > difference of what it will cost, what the consumer will pay, and what you > need to keep in business. > > So, even if Jon comes up with a place to print in China at half the cost, it > isn't hardly considered it until it's closer time to print. > > What the hecky does that mean? > > Parents say: How much do you want to go to the movies, Bobby Jr? > Bobby thinks: $6 to get a ticket, $5 for a coke, $5 for pop corn. But I > may want some candy and I really want to play some arcade games. I know > getting a $20 bill will be easy for them but I am gonna ask for $30. > Parents balk at $30 but hand Bobby $25. > Everyone is happy. > > The GGA looks at what it costs right now. We know that we are losing money > on some overseas members. We know the US dollar is weak compared to the > Euro. Best to base costs for here in the US (worse case scenario). > > I am leaning toward a membership price in both Euro & USD price > GGA Member - USD $40, Euro 30(?) > > I am investigating how our new bank account works with Euros. They are an > international banking establishment. > > Leann > > > -----Original Message----- > From: gecko-ad...@lists.gekkota.com [mailto:gecko-ad...@lists.gekkota.com] > On Behalf Of Jon & Stacy Boone > Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 1:09 PM > To: gecko@lists.gekkota.com > Subject: RE: [gecko]Open discussion - membership fee structure > > 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 > their adhesion strength, and then running them on treadmills to determine > which species perform best and different temps, and compare between > diurnality and nocturnality. It is interesting to note that not only the > federal government, but the collective US armed forces offer a lot of grant > money for scientific work on these topics. It's further interesting to see > it happening with your own geckos and how applicable the adhesion strength > of gecko toes can be even for the US military. > > I find nothing wrong with increasing the price of Gekko by the proposed > amounts. > The drawbacks to increasing membership rates, at least at this moment, have > already been discussed. > > Is it financially important enough to examine the potential for having Gekko > actually printed in Germany? > The person I have in mind for doing this also possesses a strong ability to > market the extra Gekko copies and memberships. > Since I do not have previous experience with the costs and issues of > commercially mailing Gekko to Europe, perhaps some of you might suggest that > it's just cheaper to print them here and mail them to Europe and absorb the > related costs? > > Jon > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: gecko-ad...@lists.gekkota.com [mailto:gecko-ad...@lists.gekkota.com] > On Behalf Of Leann Christenson > Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 11:47 AM > To: gecko@lists.gekkota.com > Subject: RE: [gecko]Open discussion - membership fee structure > > Although it's nice to have no objections on the membership fee increase, I > really think input is necessary. > > Memberships are a big contact the GGA has with it's members. If the > membership structure is confusing or problimatic, we loose members. > > How would you react to this structure? > > Would a simple two price system work: International membership $45, > American membership $40? > > Maybe by currency : GGA Member - USD $40, Euro 30? > > Think, think. > > Leann > > > > _______________________________________________ > Global Gecko Association > Board of Directors > http://www.gekkota.com > > _______________________________________________ > Global Gecko Association > Board of Directors > http://www.gekkota.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Global Gecko Association > Board of Directors > http://www.gekkota.com _______________________________________________ Global Gecko Association Board of Directors http://www.gekkota.com
