Re: Other Sport Horse Organization Membership Fee Structures (Teddy's and Bob's questions)

["Robert Morris" <bobmorris@rmci.net>]

Barb:

So what you are looking for is something like $60 for a single, $115 for a
husband/wife, $35 for a junior and $55 for "an additional family member".

With this structure I am quite sure that there could be a decrease in
membership and subsequent reduction in revenue. I project this from the view
point that there are quite a few "spouses"  belonging to the AERC who do not
compete but do "crew" and furnish other means of support. These persons join
under the "family" category, supply a bit of revenue and cost the AERC
office nothing more than a membership card. Now you may counter with the
addition of those additional members joining under the family guise. Being
from Idaho and participating in a "traditional family" I cannot estimate
this impact.

Perhaps your group should ask the AERC Office for some membership data and
run comparative figures. The data should be readily available, the time for
doing the analysis is lacking with our office staff but them we have many
data analysists on line who can run the figures. I recommend you approach
Doyle with this or a similar concept! Then publish the results for all to
see prior to the Convention.

Bob Morris
Morris Endurance Enterprises
Boise, ID
-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas, Barb <thomas@amgen.com>
To: 'Teddy Lancaster' <Teddy@runningbear.com>; 'bobmorris@rmci.net'
<bobmorris@rmci.net>
Cc: 'ridecamp@endurance.net' <ridecamp@endurance.net>; 'aerc@foothills.net'
<aerc@foothills.net>
Date: Wednesday, December 30, 1998 12:22 PM
Subject: RE: Other Sport Horse Organization Membership Fee Structures
(Teddy's and Bob's questions)


>Teddy's question:
>There were non-participating member fees in at least two of the groups that
>I recall offhand.  USCTA's policy now (checked my notes again!) is that the
>family member fee structure is for novice and training levels only.  Prelim
>and above have to pay full price.  I don't know what the past history was
>for this.  The non-participating fees meant you got the magazine or other
>publications but no other bennies (like points).
>
>Bob's question:
>Yes, AERC is a bargain for families.  We really shine there, but you're
>overlooking two important points.  One is that an individual member is
>paying an inequitable amount to support the association.  The second is
that
>juniors who don't have a family to support their sport don't get a break.
>And yes, I do want the board to look at this, especially to answer these
two
>imbalances in our system.  Whether this means increasing in some area,
>decreasing individual fees, offering an individual junior membership fee
>will depend on the outcome of the evaluation.  We can be a very creative
>group and I'm sure can come up with a fair, innovative structure.  Notice
>also that USCTA assessed Canadians a flat rate, no matter which membership
>they took, so I'm sure we can also come up with a fair Canadian rate, too!
>
>Barb
>
>