I certainly agree with and applaud the idea of using LMs to show support of the League. Even though I bought mine at about the third level of cost for them, my Life Membership was in large part because of my desire to show my firm support. Jim Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director ARRL Great Lakes Division 5065 Bethany Rd. Mason, OH 45040 E-mail: <mailto:k8je@arrl.org> k8je@arrl.org; Tel.: 513-459-0142 ARRL - The Reason Amateur Radio Is! Members - The Reason ARRL Is! _____ From: w3kd@aol.com [mailto:w3kd@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 8:22 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:16876] Re: Life Memberships This is WAY outside anything I ought to be commenting on, but my mentor, Bob Booth, W3PS, always told me that ARRL life membership was not an investment, it was a way of showing support for the organization, and that explained why, quite frequently, very old people become life members for the first time. So perhaps it is best to look at this as Greg does. 73, Chris W3KD Christopher D. Imlay BOOTH, FRERET, IMLAY & TEPPER, P.C. 14356 Cape May Road Silver Spring, Maryland 20904-6011 (301) 384-5525 telephone (301) 384-6384 facsimile W3KD@ARRL.ORG -----Original Message----- From: G.P. Widin <gpwidin@comcast.net> To: arrl-odv <arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org> Cc: arrl-odv <arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org> Sent: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 8:28 pm Subject: [arrl-odv:16869] Re: Life Memberships dick@pobox.com wrote:

I cannot, with a clear conscience, sell our current (25 x annual) life > membership to a person who is over 50-55 years old. It's great > revenue for

the ARRL, but it's not a good investment for these people. I got my life membership when I was in my late 40s--who knows if I've got 25 years left? But my rationale is, there's no other organization I'd rather "over-pay" to than ARRL. So, if the League benefits by my not achieving the full 25 I "paid for", at least I know it's in a cause I believe in.

I don't know if you'd have trouble selling that, but that's the way I sold myself. ;-) -- 73, Greg, KØGW _____ Get <http://toolbar.aol.com/moviefone/download.html?ncid=aolcmp00050000000011> the Moviefone Toolbar. Showtimes, theaters, movie news, & more!