i agree with Linda.
On Wed, 12 Aug 2015 16:17:46 -0400, Linda Atherton wrote:
The main reason I can see for wanting to be an Associate Member
is to retain the right to vote. Friends won't have that right.
Linda
On Aug 12, 2015, at 3:38 PM, Leigh Mundhenk wrote:
I really think we are making this unnecessarily complicated. If
we have a singing member who needs to take a break, then I think he/she
should have a choice as to whether he or she pays dues, much as we do
during the summer. I cannot understand why somebody wouldriends won't
have that right. want to pay dues on monthly basis. If they are not
benefiting from singing let us. The dues are to finance are singing,
provided by those who are singing. I suggest one category for dues
paying singers. All others can be friends who make donations as they
choose. Anna and Russ, would you please weigh in on this.
On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 1:22 PM, Deirdre McClure wrote:
Hi all..
on this:
"Also about the membership -- notice I am suggesting the 2 classes of
members be called "Singing Members" and "Supporting Members" (always
capitalized.) This makes it clear that Supporting Members pay their
full dues. Otherwise, they really aren't supporting us. Perhaps we have
a third category called "Friends of Phoenix Chorale" who don't sing
and don't pay dues, but only help out in other ways like publicity, or
arranging chairs, or whatever. And that's great! But I just don't
think these "friends" ought to have the same vote on issues that
singers and folks offering financial support do."
If one of the current singing members gets the flu, breaks a leg,
leaves for a sabbatical in Thailand, or for whatever reason needs to
drop out for a while, but they still want to remain a regular member in
good standing, we need a way to do that without them being a singing
member. That's just one reason for Associate Members, which is what I
am now calling them.
We could have 3 categories: singing, associate, and friends. Friends
could just be non-dues paying helpers who don't do any governance or
committees but who set up chairs and are in the larger community.
Deirdre
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