Tiered dues - A big reason is that this whole thing is run by volunteers. Mark happens to publish often, but give it a few years and things will change. The people who maintain the membership lists also volunteer and have high turnover. Some are really detail oriented and others are not. Most folks I know run without a complete idea of what they are getting into. Sometimes it is nothing more than a popularity contest... Use a database you say, sounds simple but do you know how many people have no clue how to use them?
Keeping the TSA simple is important. What does not seem like a big deal to this group, has the potential to freak the next group out. Of course our editor could just work within his budget and not go over (no offense intended). That would eliminate a lot of this discussion... Joe On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 7:41 AM, Keith Goggin <[email protected]> wrote: > *So do it. Raise my dues. So what if it's another $10 a year? Ten dollars > a year? If that breaks you, then you surely can't buy batteries for your LED > light either.* > > Amen to that. Hell, I'll even pay double so some poor caver doesn't have > to cave in the dark. An extra 10 bucks a year is <$0.03/day. I'd rather > spend my time hunting parking lots for enough spare change to cover the > increase than I would spending it driving to a copy shop to get the thing > printed (for even more money!). > > Why not have a Hard Copy rate and a Digital Only Rate (say, 10 dollars less > - or whatever the actual cost of publication is)? > Keith > > ------------------------------ > *From:* "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected]; Terri Sprouse <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, January 15, 2009 10:56:40 PM > *Subject:* Re: [Texascavers] The TEXAS CAVER Is Now Online!!!! > > > ---- Terri Sprouse <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Peter thinks the solution is to raise the dues and keep printing the > hard > copies. I agree. << > > So do it. Raise my dues. So what if it's another $10 a year? Ten dollars a > year? If that breaks you, then you surely can't buy batteries for your LED > light either. > > Bill > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Visit our website: http://texascavers.com > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
