Re: July AIS Bulletin for Emembers

[DWiris@aol.com]

Hi Bob,
 
All this discussion is very interesting and a lot to consider. I am a Life  
Member who was not paying for access to the Iris Register and am wondering 
if it  is worthwhile for me to pay for a e-membership. It would be nice to 
have access  to the register and I always want my print copy of the Bulletin 
so I have to  decide if it is worth, not the cost so  much, but the bother 
of renewing  every year.
 
Dorothy Willott
 
 
In a message dated 7/30/2012 5:01:17 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
robertpries@embarqmail.com writes:

All the  things you mention cost AIS very little. They are essentially part 
of either  membership. I believe you have been at every meeting for the 
last 5 years. You  should be aware that many of those years AIS ran in the red. 
I think it would  be a marvelous idea to offer a discount for 
combinedE/print membership, but  where would you make up the extra money to pay the 
bills? If scores of old  members would suddenly join with an e-membership, maybe 
that would work, but  only about 400 had memberships in the Iris register 
when it was $10 and they  were grandfathered in for the life of their 
subscription. My hope is that we  could make e-membership better and better so that 
it became irresistible. But  it is far from there yet, and the budget still 
needs balancing. Its a nice  idea but we still must pay the bills. If I 
could be convinced that a third  more existing print members would join with a 
discounted $10 e-membership than  I would be all for it.   

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