Re: [Leica] LHSA Annual Meeting; half-price membership for newLUG members! L....

["Roland Smith" <roland@dnai.com>]

I am a newer and less active member of the LHSA.

Earlier, I indicated some options which could help in the goal to enlarge
membership.

The discounted first year would bring in some members that we didn't have in
the first place.  I think it is worth a try.

Those of us that are members should not complain, since, we are getting our
money's worth.

Best regards,
Roland Smith
Oakland, California
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Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 5:13 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] LHSA Annual Meeting; half-price membership for newLUG
members! L....


> In a message dated 7/30/02 1:33:43 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
roland@dnai.com
> writes:
>
> > Perhaps for each new member that joins at a discount,  an older member
gets
> >  a senior discount if they renew for full price the second year.
>
> No good deed ever goes unpunished. Roland, don't get greedy. :-)
>
> The LHSA idea was to invite LUGGERS to join a group we believe LUGGERS
will
> enjoy and to offer a small extra benefit to make it even more attractive
than
> the mere annual meeting. Clearly there are LUGGERS who ridicule the idea.
> That's fine.
>
> For all the rest who can get to Portland and wish to, there's Mastercard,
er,
> I mean we hope many of you will come share in the fun and companionship.
>
> Will it be better or worse than a PLUG, BLUG, KLUG, SLUG or other LUG
> gathering? I don't know. I've never been to a LUG gathering and to only
one
> LHSA annual meeting. I almost made ther NY LUG meeting but couldn't get to
> NYC. I guarantee you one thing, for ANY serious photographer, professional
or
> not, the Portland meeting will be informative, engaging, fun and uyou will
> meet folks you will simply enjoy being with.
>
> >  Perhaps we should sell life memberships.
>
> That has been considered by the Board. And I can tell you that I have seen
> life memberships come and go in several other member organizations. The
> problem is the annual cost of servicing each member. With quarterly
> publications constituting the major part of the budget, even with
volunteers
> doing the writing, photography, editing and adminsitration, the printing
and
> mailing costs per issue per member are significant. And they may be five
> times higher not too many years later. There is no way to predict. Except
> that you know costs are not going to decline.
>
> In 1978 I bought the Ferrari I still own. It was then regarded as just an
old
> sports car, not an international icon, which was how I could afford it at
the
> time. The dealer asked do I want to join the Ferrari Club of America,
annual
> membership $25.; life membership $300. I said to myself, I hope I'll own
this
> car as long as I can drive; and to him, I'll take a life membership.
>
> Like LHSA, the Ferrari Club has a beautifully produced quarterly magazine
and
> a quarterly newsletter rather than our Catalog.  Out-of-pocket cost per
> member is probably analagous to LHSA, I don't remember the actual cost of
> either but I think it is not less than $30. a year. Current Ferrari Club
> annual membership dues are $100. and life membership was discontinued
almost
> 20 years ago.
>
> This is my last message on the LHSA Portland meeting. I hope to see many
new
> faces at this meeting. For those of you who need to pick apart each nit
and
> think your derision clever, peace.
>
> Seth    LaK 9
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