I am embarrassingly way late on offering my kudos and thanks for a job well done on this document! I hope every board member is using this time to engage their membership about the forthcoming dues increase to set the stage ahead of time and remove any (honest) claims of blindsiding when the dues increase is authorized. Question: it seems that A&F has settled on the increase being $10, no? And we are pretty much set on making the increase happen in July. Again, to manage member expectations, can the amount and timeframe above be shared as part of our engagement, obviously only couched as "likely"? 73, Brian N5ZGT
On Mar 17, 2015, at 12:56, Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ <dsumner@arrl.org> wrote:
In January staff was asked to prepare a list of membership benefits that have been added since the last dues increase in 2001.
I am pleased to send you “The Value of ARRL Membership,” a nine-page paper that goes a bit beyond the simple list that some of you may have envisioned. If all you want is a list of bullet points you will find it on page 2, which can be used as a one-page standalone. You will find expanded discussion of the bullet points on pages 3 through 9.
I want to thank Harold Kramer, Bob Inderbitzen, Diane Petrilli, and especially Sean Kutzko for providing me with considerable assistance in creating this document. As the principal author, Sean had to bear the slings and arrows of the rest of us as we worked our way through several drafts and challenged one another to defend the accuracy of every statement..
How you use it is, of course, up to each of you but I hope you will find it useful in the months ahead. Once the Board has decided in July what the membership dues will be for 2016 we will update the document accordingly. Your suggestions for revisions are welcome at any time.
73, David Sumner, K1ZZ Chief Executive Officer
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