- Thanks for the info. I ran across the member benefit page last night and was a little confused since I hadn't heard about dues up until now. Is there going to be a new link added specifically for paying for memberships or do we just click on the existing paypal link and indicate the payment is for the membership dues? Gale ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack Konecker" <jackkonecker@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 10:46 AM Subject: [GeoStL] SLAGA memberships; Standard and Contributing > - > It is time for SLAGA to explain the new > membership types being implemented in the > Organization. I expect the elected officers > to step in when necessary to help explain it. > An email blast to the general membership > will be sent out shortly. Our plan is to > put the membership types into effect starting > January 1, 2006. > We have done research by contacting other > geocaching organizations on how they run > their membership. Mid-Tennessee asks for > $5 a year and their members get no benefits > at all. They pay the dues because they want > to help their group move forward and > maintain their presence on the web and in > the community. > > We decided after reviewing the money going > in and out of the treasury the past few > years and taking into account the things > we want to accomplish in the group (both > for our membership and for the general > public), we would try a PAYING / NON-PAYING > dues structure. > > STANDARD MEMBERSHIP (NO DUES) > If you are an existing SLAGA member and you > continue to fit the eligibility rules > defined in the SLAGA bylaws (see Article II > - Membership at http://tinyurl.com/ab9ov), > you automatically have a Standard Membership. > No dues required. Not much changes for you. > You still geocaching and attend SLAGA events > as you always have. > > We won't, however, track your stats on the > web site anymore. That's all you lose. This > was against my better judgement, however, > stats are a novelty and I can drop that web > page completely at my own discretion. > > CONTRIBUTING MEMBERSHIP (ANNUAL DUES) > A Contributing Membership is one that pays > dues and will receive additional benefits. > See "Dues / Benefits" at http://tinyurl.com/8q7nl > for due amounts and membership benefits. > > No matter how delicately we try to explain > this, there will be misunderstandings and hurt > feelings. I know its an easy expression to use, > but "You can't please everyone." > > Paul Konopacki > SLAGA President 2005-2006 > > > > **************************************** > Our WebPage! Http://WWW.GeoStL.com > Mail List Info. //www.freelists.org/list/geocaching > Mail List FAQ's: //www.freelists.org/help/questions.html > **************************************** > To unsubscribe from this list: > send an email to geocaching-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in > the Subject field > > > > **************************************** Our WebPage! Http://WWW.GeoStL.com Mail List Info. //www.freelists.org/list/geocaching Mail List FAQ's: //www.freelists.org/help/questions.html **************************************** To unsubscribe from this list: send an email to geocaching-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field