Re: July AIS Bulletin for Emembers

On Jul 30, 2012 6:32 AM, "Maureen" <mmark@rogers.com> wrote:
>
> As I recall the board discussion on this item, it made sense at the time.

To some.

> 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.

I don't understand the above paragraph at all. Emembership is another kind
of membership, with benefits overlapping those of regular 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.

That, "of course," is not the only alternative. A discount could be
available to those wanting both kinds of membership. That is what other
organizations do.

I suspect the board got bored hearing me say in the meetings where this was
discussed that the current pricing structure would make folks feel they
were getting screwed.

Gerry

>
> 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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> >
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