Dues Issue - An International Perspective

[Bonni Graham]

Have you ideas on what will?

At 03:06 PM 9/26/2007, tashuff at aol.com wrote:
>I belong to the Lone Writers SIG. The majority of members in that 
>forum participate remotely.
>
>I've been a member for three years, and I've attended about six 
>chapter meetings in that length of time. The last one had twelve 
>attendees--including the excellent speaker and her husband.
>
>In case you've missed the recent news flash. the Canadian dollar and 
>the American dollar are at parity now for the first time in about 30 
>years. And the dollar has weakened against many foreign currencies.
>
>If the organization has lost 10,000 members while raising dues 
>substantially over the last six years--it is easy to recognize that 
>there is a disconnect between the leadership and the members. 
>Raising dues, differentiating  member categories, and service levels 
>will not solve what is ailing this organization.
>
>Teresa Trujillo

Bonni Graham
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