Re: .Discussion of Memberships, e-memberships andpricing structure

["Janet Smith" <ypauls@sti.net>]

Sounds like someone needs to take on writing an article for the
October Bulletin.  Not to stir the pot but to help the membership
understand the difference and appreciate the fact it is there at all.

Janet
P.S. No I do not volunteer to write it. Smile!

---- Original Message ----
From: barnes-s@charter.net
To: aisdiscuss@aisboard.org
Subject: Re: [AISdiscuss].Discussion of Memberships, e-memberships
andpricing structure
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2012 17:23:41 -0400 (EDT)

>Y'all,
>
>This is a good discussion. Because the changes have been recent and
>it 
>takes time to disseminate information, many members are just becoming
>
>aware of the structure of these changes and how the two memberships 
>differ and what they cost. I don't think anybody is trying to cheat 
>anyone, but members are trying to determine which membership they
>should 
>choose, or, if to get the services they want, they need both.
>
>My concern is that the information given by Gerry, John, Robert,
>Dana, 
>etc. in this AISdiscuss conversation get to the members (who are not 
>privy to this conversation) in a way that informs, but does not 
>infuriate.
>Our members are not adversaries, they are iris lovers who want to
>make 
>informed decisions about where best to put the money they can spend
>on 
>membership in this organization. There may be a few who are upset by
>the 
>changes, but information provided which explains the structure, the 
>sources of income and the cost of services of the membership types
>will 
>win over most of these.
>
>Sue Ann, RVP 7 (Kentucky & Tennessee)
>
>Sue Ann Barnes
>205 Westwood Ave
>Jackson, TN 38301
>731-422-5253
>731-499-1396
>barnes-s@charter.net
>Success is: Being true to yourself.
>                  Loving what you do.
>                  Doing what you love.
>
>
>On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 12:32 PM, Robert Pries wrote:
>
>> 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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