On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 5:06 PM, Ed Summers ehs@pobox.com wrote:
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 4:12 PM, N Michael Bashour nicholasbashour@gmail.com wrote:
Dues go into the general fund, but the main reason for having dues is to establish member in good standing status, so that, simply put, a random person off the street wouldn't be able to come to the meeting just for the free donuts, as it were.
I have zero interest in paying dues for an organization that's sole purpose is to keep other people out. So I guess I won't be paying them :-)
Except the only difference between membership and non-membership is the right to vote and to serve on the Board of Directors. We have no interest in excluding others, and the membership dues do go toward legitimate expenses. (For instance, a PO Box in DC costs $96/yr.)
//Ed
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