- we paid ours..outdoorman63,outdoorlady79,outdoormunchkin00..thanks Mike Griffin <griff@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: - I am glad too. Don't know why I'm glad, but I'm glad! Oh.. Dues! Yes I like it.. Bridget and myself are going for the individual packages instead of the family one. That way, we both get a chance at the new truck or yacht! I can hardly wait until the next picnic!! Imagine owning your own island!! Oh.. That's not this newsgroup is it.. I get this one and the lottery one mixed up.. I will pay for a family membership and Bridget, who is reading this but cannot reply from work, hehehehe, will pay for the individual. I think this will bring back the sandwiches we use to have at all the group hunts and help support software for the website. Not to mention funding picnics and events. Can we get a 1$ discount off the cost of picnics if we are members? Hey... Never hurts to ask! Mike Tired of Spam?? Here's your solution.. See: http://www.spamarrest.com/affl?4001050 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bernie" To: Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 12:40 PM Subject: [GeoStL] Re: SLAGA; dues and no dues > - > > I'm glad to see that SLAGA has finally decided to ask for dues. We have > talked about it long enough without doing anything. I have belonged to > many > organizations in my days, but I can't recall of a single one that didn't > charge dues. I paid mine a few days ago and I'm quite sure that it will be > put to good use. Begging for contributions is not the way to go to sustain > our great club. Bernie. > > > > Jack Konecker wrote: - Despite a few negative reactions to the idea of > SLAGA > asking for dues rather than donations, we are seeing our existing members > starting to send in their dues for 2006. I know there is always a level of > mistrust that comes when dues are mentioned in any context. But let me > reiterate: ***** A Standard membership is free. ***** If you do absolutely > nothing - you are still considered a Standard member (which is kind of sad > because we really hope you do more than nothing!) It is your choice as to > whether or not you want to be a Contributing member and pay annual dues. > Paying dues replaces us begging for donations when the bank account is > low. > Ijust posted an article on the web site that better explains dues and > membership. You can read it here: > http://www.geostl.com/SLAGAPostNuke/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=36[1] > Paul Konopacki SLAGA President 2005-2006 > **************************************** Our WebPage! > Http://WWW.GeoStL.com[2]Mail List Info. > //www.freelists.org/list/geocaching[3] Mail List FAQ's: > //www.freelists.org/help/questions.html[4] > **************************************** To unsubscribe from this list: > send > an email to geocaching-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx[5] with 'unsubscribe' in the > Subject field > > --- Links --- > 1 > http://www.geostl.com/SLAGAPostNuke/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=36 > 2 Http://WWW.GeoStL.com > 3 //www.freelists.org/list/geocaching > 4 //www.freelists.org/help/questions.html > 5 mailto:geocaching-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > **************************************** > 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 SHOULDNT I BE LOST IN THE WOODS INSTEAD OF SITTING HERE ! --------------------------------- Yahoo! Personals Skip the bars and set-ups and start using Yahoo! Personals for free **************************************** 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