While some are going to complain, talk about value, CQ sent me a renewal this week, $42 for 1 print magazine or $62 for 1 print magazine and the same in digital.

 

Take a look at that compared to what you get right now for $49, there is no comparison, 1 print and 4 digital magazines. Then add all the other services and awards. Heck it would still be a bargain at $59.

 

Bill

AC0W

 

From: arrl-odv <arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org> On Behalf Of Baker, Mickey, N4MB (Dir, SE)
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2023 1:58 PM
To: Minster, David NA2AA (CEO) <dminster@arrl.org>; arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org
Subject: [arrl-odv:34678] Re: Member feedback

 

Same feedback from the 30 or so at the Stuart Fl this weekend.

Best advice I can give is to make it simple.

Maybe a small increase with no print mag, $ for print mag.

We ARE GOING TO LOSE membership. They will come back.

My concern is print advertisers. We need to be selling the "live link" in the ad that they can direct as they need - all they need to do is get the click.

 

Mickey N4MB

From: arrl-odv <arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org> on behalf of Minster, David NA2AA (CEO) <dminster@arrl.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2023 2:52:35 PM
To: arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org <arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org>
Subject: [arrl-odv:34677] Member feedback

 

There’s now a new winner for responses to my monthly column, far outpacing the emotional feedback to the first Diversity & Inclusion piece.

 

That winner is the April column on making a tough decision together on the possibility of a dues increase.

 

I have received dozens of emails.  And the themes are pretty consistent and all supportive: a reasonable increase is OK and people are willing to pay for printed QST.  Is this group statistically relevant?  Perhaps not.  Is this group potentially biased?  Well, they all think enough of ARRL to write the CEO, so maybe.  The real details will come from the survey in May.

 

One thing is that there have been questions that I have answered back – and even asked the authors questions to help me understand their points better.  I am going to create a page on the website that will contain these Q&A’s for other members to read in advance of the survey.

 

When that page is active, I will share the URL with you so that you can use it when addressing members in your Division Town Hall meetings or at in person events.

 

If you have received feedback via email, please forward me the email, without removing email headers and signatures please.

 

I will be working with A&F on an overall strategy to present and gain full approval at the July Board meeting for a January 2024 implementation.

 

Thanks

 

David