I am not sure if this is the proper place to discuss this issue. I will say that in the past membership in the USBGA remains forever unless you send a written request to no longer be a member of the USBGA. This is written in the USBGA by-laws. You should have a current copy of the by-laws. I know we sent them out. Paying your dues keeps you as a member "in good standing". IBGA is sent a list of current members of the USBGA. Sometime in the past the list has included a few that were not current with their dues.. Now how the next board decides how they do all of this is the question. Phil ----- Original Message ----- "From: the edwards' To: nabga@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 3:33 AM Subject: [nabga] Question about our IBGA handicaps I am under the impression that everyone here is here because they are leaving the USBGA to join the NABGA. If this is correct then I assume that all of you are not renewing your 2010 USBGA dues, and our USBGA memberships will expire on Dec. 31, 2009. If this is correct then does that mean that we will no longer be members of the IBGA and our handicaps will be erased from their database since we will no longer be members of a IBGA member association? In other words do we need to renew our USBGA membership sorely for the purpose of keeping our INGA handicaps or is is okay to go ahead and let our membership expire? Just something I was thinking about. Kevin