I have in the past made brochures for the club and have given them out at Public Star pasrties. I have also left them at the Glendale Public Library. I still have the template and can update it in a jiff. JAck can print them out easy enough. It's one double sided page, and so should be cheap enough. Rick Tejera Editor SACnews Saguaro Astronomy Club Phoenix, Arizona -----Original Message----- From: Jack Jones [mailto:spicastar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 12:23 AM To: sac-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [sac-board] Re: SAC 2002 Budget and 2003 Recommendations New membership is the lifeblood of the club. From the phone calls I got in the last two years, these new members are coming mostly from serious prospects picking up those brochures at Mr. Telescope. That is where they call first and go to seek out Astronomy activity in Phoenix. They are in a prominent place alongside EVAC's brochures and the staff points them out whenever the question of an Astronomy Club comes up. I and others used to keep a stack of brochures down there and checked on them periodically. Nobody in the club knows now if they have run out or there are still a few old outdated brochures down there still. None or very few were handed out at the public star parties that I know of. A new brochure needs to be generated with current meeting dates and contacts and someone designated to monitor status. Curtailing events and raising dues will generate no new members and possibly lose the members we already have. Jack Jones Saguaro Astronomy Club Lunar List Awards and Messier Marathon Co-coordinator Phoenix AZ spicastar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph R. Goss" <apachejo@xxxxxxx> To: <sac-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 6:17 PM Subject: [sac-board] Re: SAC 2002 Budget and 2003 Recommendations Paul Here is my two cents on this issue. 1. Raise dues $4.00 across the board 2. Reduce the complimentary news letters to no more than 15. 3. Put out a box asking for donations at the GSC party to help defray the expense. 4. Have the ATM group fold, label and stamp the news letters we send out. Joe