Re: July AIS Bulletin for Emembers

[Maureen <mmark@rogers.com>]

As I recall the board discussion on this item, it made sense at the time. Membership in the electronic register was paid separately from regular membership. It was considered that electronic membership would be an extension of that service. 

Now that I think of it and recall more of that discussion, it was determined that electronic "membership" was a service and not another level of membership. It was discussed that electronic services are available to all members for a fee so that there is no discrimination between the different types of membership.        

This conclusion was reached as life members at that time also paid the fee for the electronic register. 

The alternative, of course, is to increase membership fees and everyone would have access to electronic services. 

Maureen

On 2012-07-30, at 5:27 AM, cemahan@aol.com wrote:

> As an honorary life member of AIS I would like to protest the Board's action!
> What logic could deny regular AIS members a service provided for email
> members; Surely the by-laws do not permit such discrimination. Clarence Mahan
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Jones <jijones@usjoneses.com>
> To: aisdiscuss <aisdiscuss@aisboard.org>
> Sent: Sun, Jul 29, 2012 8:31 pm
> Subject: Re: [AISdiscuss] July AIS Bulletin for Emembers
> 
> 
> Hi Fran,
> 
> Yes, that is the policy set by the board. (I just want you to know that it is
> not me that sets the policy).
> 
> The electronic membership was set up to allow those individuals that did not
> care to receive the hard copy bulletin to have access to the e-bulletin as a
> benefit in addition to having access to the irisregister database. It does
> cost
> money to maintain the e-member services. and while the rest of the website is
> available to anyone, it was decided that AIS needed to charge for the
> additional
> e-member services.
> 
> You can, of course, have both types of memberships.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> John
> 
> 
> On Jul 29, 2012, at 7:35 AM, Fran & Henry Day wrote:
> 
>> Hi John,
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> So if we are a regular AIS member (not an emember),B  we are not able to
>> access the scanned AIS bulletins?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Fran Day
>> 
>> RVP, Region 23
>> 
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> 
>> 
>> From: "John Jones" <jijones@usjoneses.com>
>> To: aisdiscuss@aisboard.org
>> Cc: iris@hort.net, "iris-photos" <iris-photos@yahoogroups.com>, "sibrob
>> sibrob" <sibrob@yahoogroups.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 12:46:20 AM
>> Subject: [AISdiscuss] July AIS Bulletin for Emembers
>> 
>> The July 2012 AIS Bulletin in electronic format is now available for AIS
>> Emembers to view in the Emembers section of the AIS Website.
>> 
>> John
>> _____________________________
>> John Jones
>> Director, American Iris Society
>> Chair, Electronic Services Committee
>> Co-Registrar/Recorder
>> 
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