Re: RC: Fwd: RC: who pays?

[jlong@mti.net (Joe Long)]

On Tue, 9 Mar 1999 10:02:38 EST, SandyDSA@aol.com wrote:

>While I don't know that I am enthusiastic at ALL about this change in fees, I
>also don't know of an organization where non-members are allowed to
>participate for free, and some organizations charge as much as twice the
>momber fee for non-members to participate. (Did I get all that right?) At any
>rate, I don't consider a non-supporter being invited to participate gettin
>nothing fo the ride. Conversely, having BEEN a non-members on numerous
>occasions with many activities - some horse some not - I felt  priviledged to
>be able to participate at all. Of course, non-members should pay more - that
>is the price for a non-commital participation. How MUCH more? I surely
>couldn't say. I thought it was a smack up the side of the head when the
>MEMBERS dues jumped up by what was it, 60%?  

Let's compare apples to apples.  The AERC does not put on one single
ride.  Ride managers do that, and typically charge the same fee to
everyone riding a given distance.  So no one is talking about letting
non-members particpate for free.  The non-member fee is an *extra*
charge by an organization that is giving nothing in return to those
non-members who are made to pay it.  It is a fee to "make somebody
else pay" for member services.

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