On 18-Jan-10 00:04, Unknown wrote:
for one thing I find it slightly odd that international members pay more
than members in the US,
Postage costs for the Journa are higher to rest of the world.
Every bank account I have ever had
(again, at least since I was 16) has had a debit card
I *do* have the discretionary funds available to become a member, but
for one thing I find it slightly odd that international members pay more
than members in the US, and also I have *no way of paying it*!
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Gordon MM0YEQ
It's pretty simple. It costs us much more to mail the
On Sun, 2010-01-17 at 13:41 -0800, Glen Zook wrote:
Not every AMSAT member has discretionary funds to contribute to the
organization
I *do* have the discretionary funds available to become a member, but
for one thing I find it slightly odd that international members pay more
than members in
$1.00 in 1975 had about the same buying power as $4.05 in 2009.
Annual inflation over this period was about 4.2%.
A 50$ life membership in 1975 worth 202.50$ in 2009 but the actual AMSAT-NA
life membership is at 880$!!!
I don't know how this 880$ has been calculated but someone will surely
At 11:04 AM 1/18/2010, Unknown wrote:
my bank doesn't really offer them any more. I don't have a credit card
either, because I don't need one. Every bank account I have ever had
(again, at least since I was 16) has had a debit card facility.
Moreover the design of the amsat.org payment gateway
... my $50 membership thirty years ago is worth $1,000,000 in 2010 dollars
...
All moot, of course. Your fifty bucks contributed years ago was exactly that -
and nothing else - period. It was used back then - and any comparison to what
it is worth today is valueless.
What have you done for
Had not members contributed to AMSAT back in the early to mid 1970s there would
probably not even be an AMSAT today! So soon people forget their roots!
As for what I have personally contributed to AMSAT lately? Obviously you
haven't read the September/October 2009 issue of the AMSAT Journal!
Clint Bradford wrote:
... my $50 membership thirty years ago is worth $1,000,000 in 2010 dollars
...
All moot, of course. Your fifty bucks contributed years ago was exactly that
- and nothing else - period. It was used back then - and any comparison to
what it is worth today is
What have you done for AMSAT recently? - is a much more appropriate
discussion.
Clint Bradford, K6LCS
AMSAT President's Club member - for each of the past few years
AMSAT benefactor
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... As for what I have personally contributed to AMSAT lately? Obviously
you haven't read the September/October 2009 issue of the AMSAT Journal!
No, I have. And you are to be lauded for your contributions to AMSAT. I am
sorry if I inferred that monetary contributions were the only positive
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