Re: [AISdiscuss] Re: AIS Finances

[Terry Aitken <Terry@flowerfantasy.net>]

Hi Clarence
It was most unfortunate that you were not at last falls board meeting. 
There was a very good discussion of short term and long term solutions. 
Also a great deal of time was spent trying to figure out what was a fair 
and reasonable way to deal with this situation. I sincerely believe that 
the board did an outstanding job of follow thru, arriving at one 
decision after another. When the very long discussion was done, I was 
personaly very impressed  at the great wisdom and fairness expressed by 
the board. This is a great group of people looking out for everybodies 
best interest.
They did the right thing.
Terry

CEMahan@aol.com wrote:

> I seem to have upset some of my friends with my comments re AIS insurance,  
> and for that I am sorry.  But facts have to be faced. I expect the next  
> suggestion to come up will be to cut back to 3 Bulletins a year, after 85 years  of 
> issuing 4 Bulletins a year. That would be a disaster in my opinion.  And I 
> say, "NO!" 
> At the present time, considering the types of members we have and the  dues 
> structure, it takes the annual dues of about 1,000 members to  pay the annual 
> insurance bill.  
> There are other options but they are not for the most part happy  ones. Many 
> of us have been down this path before.  The Society cannot  survive depending 
> on  local clubs and regions to pitch in. A formal  assessment for insurance is 
> not unreasonable--if the affiliates, regions and  sections want to do it. 
> About $150 a year from each affiliate, region and  section would probably come 
> close to the $20,000 required. (This is only a rough  estimate)  Would the 
> affialiates, sections and regions vote to do  this?   Hiding out in McLean, VA,  
> Clarence
>
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