I'm not condoning of getting rid of the membership fees, and while I think a few may quit paying if they can get the TC for free, I think that it will bring in more members in the long run.
The information should be free. Charles On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 9:07 PM, ellie :) <[email protected]> wrote: > I didnt know you felt this way and thought as a TSA member, you would > support having a small income for the organization. I will offer to > give Gill my prize of a 2010 membership but in no way think that there > should be no membership fees. I am glad he has someone to market for > him though(you)-i wont > > On 12/14/09, Charles Goldsmith <[email protected]> wrote: >> Gil, I seem to remember you making that statement within the last year >> or so, about the $100 donation. I also seem to remark about matching >> that, and I'll stand by it. I'll donate $100 as well. >> >> Charles >> >> On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 7:44 PM, Gill Edigar <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 6:35 PM, John P. >>> Brooks <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> I want to save the TSA from financial ruin....I will go digital if Ediger >>>> renews his membership. Anyone else willing to make that commitment? >>> >>> Ediger will renew his lapsed TSA membership and donate $100 to the TSA >>> within seconds of The TEXAS CAVER being made a free publication to any >>> caver >>> who wants to sign up for a free subscription. Subscribing non-TSA members >>> should be solicited to join TSA but membership should not be a requirement >>> for receiving all the good caving information aimed at bettering the cause >>> of caving in Texas. As a caver and TSA member I, personally, would want >>> every caver in Texas to be reading TSA promotional material, safety >>> information, articles about equipment and techniques, cave science, >>> upcoming >>> events which they can support by attending, trip and cave reports, and >>> participating personally by attending TSA conventions and contributing >>> articles to The TEXAS CAVER themselves, all of which will also benefit ME. >>> I >>> am selfish. I want all of these non-TSA members to read The TEXAS CAVER >>> because I will benefit from them being more informed and better cavers. >>> They >>> do not have to be TSA members to be better cavers. But they can be better >>> cavers, and well qualified and participating members of the Texas caving >>> community, if they simply read and contribute to The TEXAS CAVER. And >>> their >>> participation is good for me, it is good for you, and it is good for Texas >>> caving. That is probably the most valuable service the TSA can provide to >>> cavers and caving in Texas--keeping EVERYONE informed so they can be a >>> better participant in Texas caving. >>> I coined a phrase in 1969, "As The TEXAS CAVER goes, so goes the TSA." I >>> think that is still true today. If The TEXAS CAVER is made available to >>> all >>> Texas cavers digitally and free then we will see a much better informed >>> group of Texas cavers taking the bait to become members of the TSA and >>> helping it reach it's selfish aims and purposes--a major part of which is >>> promoting Texas caving--for ALL of us, not just the few. The time has >>> finally come, my fellow Texas cavers, to do something for our selfish >>> selves. It costs the TSA nothing to give The TEXAS CAVER away digitally. >>> It >>> costs the TSA and Texas caving a lot not to. If you want to do something >>> selfish for yourself and for all the other Texas cavers vote at your >>> earliest opportunity to separate The CAVER from TSA membership, to make it >>> free to any digital subscriber. Otherwise, we're just preaching to the >>> choir. >>> Yours in Texas caving (for nearly 43 years now), >>> --Ediger >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 6:35 PM, John P. Brooks <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I want to save the TSA from financial ruin....I will go digital if Ediger >>>> renews his membership. Anyone else willing to make that commitment? >>>> >>>> >>>> On 12/14/09 1:14 PM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> Welcome back, Karen! >>>> >>>> Now, if we could only get Ediger to rejoin! >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Visit our website: http://texascavers.com >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> >> >
