Re: July AIS Bulletin for Emembers

[Dana Brown <ddbro@sbcglobal.net>]

So Bob, you want my answer to these folks to be that you think they are trying
to cheat AIS?  That ought to drive our membership numbers right through
the....floor!

Dana
 
Dana Brown
ddbro@sbcglobal.net
Malevil Iris Gardens &
Kennels
www.malevil-iris.com

 I own a dog and I vote!!
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From: Robert Pries
<robertpries@embarqmail.com>
To: aisdiscuss@aisboard.org
Sent: Mon, July 30,
2012 12:32:32 PM
Subject: Re: [AISdiscuss] July AIS Bulletin for Emembers

I
am delighted that members should want e-membership. Perhaps we have created
something of value. But apparently it is not enough value to pay for it. I am
a 
life member. When I joined with life there was no e-membership. There was
no 
Iris Encyclopedia and there was no Iris Register.  The amount I paid did
nothing 
to provide for these services. Even though there was a period of high
interest 
rates after I joined as a life member these were not enough to pay
for all the 
bulletins I now enjoy. In fact presently AIS looses money on Life
members with 
interest rates as low as they are at present. It is
disappointing that Life 
members would feel cheated. They are receiving
services now that their 
membership did not pay for. To think they cannot help
to pay for new services is 
discouraging. I guess we all want something for
nothing. I do not mind paying 
for things I use. I am sure there are life
members who have no internet 
connections and perhaps cannot afford them. They
are proba!
bly perfectly happy with the bulletin. Originally it was believed
that e-members 
would help to subsidize, at least a little, the costs of
regular print 
membership. Although with the amount we spent on e-membership
from, grants, 
donations, etc. I am not sure it has turned out to help much.
But e-members are 
helping to pay the costs of what print members are getting,
but the print 
members are crying foul that they should get what e-members get
all for free. 
Who is trying to cheat whom.

----- Original Message -----
Gerry,
    I think we should have listened closer to what you were saying
because that 
is what I am hearing now.  Most of the folks that are unhappy
feel like they are 
getting cheated.  They bought and paid for "full"
memberships and now, there are 
things they can't get to unless they pay
again, and again, and again, every 
year.
    I go back to my previous
question and I'll add a few more that I have been 
asked.  

    * What do
these
electronic services cost us?  
    * Is the cost covered by our
e-members dues?  
* How many e-members do we have?  
    * How much do we need
to charge our
regular members for this service?  
    Since my first post, I
have received
several additional emails from folks 
thanking me for bringing
it up and
stating that they feel the same way.  I 
think there are a lot of
people
unhappy about this that just haven't spoken out.

Thanks,

Dana
  
Dana
Brown
ddbro@sbcglobal.net
Malevil Iris Gardens & Kennels
www.malevil-iris.com
I
own a dog and I vote!!
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