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Tomme · 02-09-2005, 12:05 AM

Bob you've proposed a really interesting idea. When I first read it, my knee jerk reaction was NO. Then I thought, yeah this would save us a lot of work and postage and maybe people would get cued in to when to renew so I thought YES. Then I had a few additional thoughts and came away with MAYBE.

One possible concern would be a loss of revenue on non renewals. Typically many people sign up for a year and then don't renew. I hope to see that change somewhat, but realistically any organization will lose a certain percent of new members. If we pro-rate the first year then we might only get like $3 or $6 for one or two months and then no renewal. Might be a way around this by saying you had to pay for a year plus the pro-rate, or we might could even do it like Parks and Wildlife and say that your membership supports the organization and that no matter when you join, it will be full cost, and renewal will be on say Aug 31st and "THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING BOWHUNTING IN TEXAS. I don't think Parks and Wildlife cares what time of year I buy my salt water fishing license, or my super combo. The price is the same. Now that might make memberships kind of dry up just before the anniversary date, but might be workable. We might also sweeten it somewhat by sending out any back issues of the magazine with the membership signup.

There might be other problems with an annual renewal that we haven't thought of. According to the original by-laws, membership went from Jan 1st through December 31st. At some point and for some reason LSBA shifted off of the annual memberships which expired on a certain date to memberships renewed at any time. It would be interesting to know why this happened and if there were problems with this system.

I sure do like the idea of not having to mail out all those renewals.

Maybe if we didn't do it on an annual basis we could at least move to a quarterly renewal and code the renewal to "YOUR" quarter in the magazine. We could also use the full page ad/reminder like Ed was talking about tht way too. This wouldn't be as sweet as say an annual one, but we wouldn't have to worry about the pro-rate, just sign you up annually, or for a two year or three year based on the quarter.

02-09-2005, 12:05 AM	#7
Tomme Region 78 Rep/Hunt Committee Chairman Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,504 Points: 2115.00	Bob you've proposed a really interesting idea. When I first read it, my knee jerk reaction was NO. Then I thought, yeah this would save us a lot of work and postage and maybe people would get cued in to when to renew so I thought YES. Then I had a few additional thoughts and came away with MAYBE. One possible concern would be a loss of revenue on non renewals. Typically many people sign up for a year and then don't renew. I hope to see that change somewhat, but realistically any organization will lose a certain percent of new members. If we pro-rate the first year then we might only get like $3 or $6 for one or two months and then no renewal. Might be a way around this by saying you had to pay for a year plus the pro-rate, or we might could even do it like Parks and Wildlife and say that your membership supports the organization and that no matter when you join, it will be full cost, and renewal will be on say Aug 31st and "THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING BOWHUNTING IN TEXAS. I don't think Parks and Wildlife cares what time of year I buy my salt water fishing license, or my super combo. The price is the same. Now that might make memberships kind of dry up just before the anniversary date, but might be workable. We might also sweeten it somewhat by sending out any back issues of the magazine with the membership signup. There might be other problems with an annual renewal that we haven't thought of. According to the original by-laws, membership went from Jan 1st through December 31st. At some point and for some reason LSBA shifted off of the annual memberships which expired on a certain date to memberships renewed at any time. It would be interesting to know why this happened and if there were problems with this system. I sure do like the idea of not having to mail out all those renewals. Maybe if we didn't do it on an annual basis we could at least move to a quarterly renewal and code the renewal to "YOUR" quarter in the magazine. We could also use the full page ad/reminder like Ed was talking about tht way too. This wouldn't be as sweet as say an annual one, but we wouldn't have to worry about the pro-rate, just sign you up annually, or for a two year or three year based on the quarter.