Ed, could it be like the proverbial "hot dog stand?" They guy was doing well with his hot dog stand and making money. His son told him he should expand, enlarge etc. and make more money. So he did, the customers fell off - too expensive for what they got etc. Anyway, The higher the dues, the less can join. Maybe this is why membership falls off? A membership drive among the regional/local clubs to join the PC might help and the dues wouldn't need to be raised. Anne, GA Sent from Anne's iPad > On Dec 30, 2014, at 1:13 PM, edwinx@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > No it's not simple,and again I understand that the 66 bucks per year fee is > NOT easy for many. during the mid 80's I had to drop my membership for > several years because of alimony and child support. But the reality still > exists that to continue to move this club forward and continue to fund club > activities how can we NOT raise dues..... Of course perhaps if we had new > leaders with new ideas perhaps we could cut costs and still continue pays > dues at the currant level ( did I just slip in a plug for term limits lol) So > Carolyn believe me I understand! I have a mother living in assisted nursing > care and part of her monthly bill is being paid my me! And I'm retired. And > everybody out there has financial issues and we all have to make choices! So > if the club can continue to charge 66 bucks a year with the currant > activities and services that's great, I just don't understand how. Ed ===========================================================================POST is Copyrighted 2014. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of both the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. POSTS CANNOT BE USED IN A COURT OF LAW. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION: http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ==========================================================================