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[RC] AERC Numbers - Rides 2 FarO.K. While I'm posting non-stop. Here's another thought I've had. This year AERC added a $10 *per family member* surcharge to the family membership. I know that some individual members resented the family discount and I guess this is AERC's way of pacifying that concern. However, here's the result at my house. Last year we had a family membership and AERC got 4 members...two of which really ride. This year with the extra charge I only joined two of us. AERC got the same amount of money, but the membership was cut in HALF. Now, when Jerry Fruth needs to try to convince someone in congress that we are a "force" he has to tell how many members AERC has. I wonder how many "numbers" AERC lost when they added that cost. I think perhaps we should have gone the other direction. Maybe all memberships should be "family". It doesn't cost AERC much of anything to issue a number, and goodness knows Bill isn't going to cause them a bunch of book work keeping up with his miles, but his number is just as big of a jump in membership as mine is. I wonder if they considered numbers other than dollars and if there has been an impact or if I was an isolated case. Just a thought Angie ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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