[QCWA] ASSOCIATE Membership

[Ronald Erickson]

I see it to be merit for those who want a printed copy of the QCWA Journal
to pay extra for it.  It could be if enough money is raised separately that
would be a vote to keep things as they are.  If not, changes have to be
made.  I can live with Associate Memberships only if it has to do with
economics as something is better than nothing.  I do not buy the idea that
oldsters can not use the library to read the QCWA Journal.  I had a cousin
of my dad who was in his nineties before his passing and he was computer
literate ten years ago when he died.  He was a retired surgeon who kept
track with family and investments that way.  Another way to save money
would be to use the Internet for communications.  The county supervisors
have to record their meetings in Iowa and I do not see why the QCWA can not
do that too.  Selling QCWA material to whomever should be a gold mine that
needs to be used.

73,

Ronald D. Erickson, K0IC
QCWA Lifer



On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 12:16 PM, W3ZF <heathkit at juno.com> wrote:

> >(Humor below)
> >Perhaps a QCWB (Quarter Century Wanna Bees ?) with dues coming in, >but
> no right to tout their membership with QCWA.
>
> Hmmm, other than sharing similar callsigns, I see some potential behind
> this suggestion. There may be more to Bob's suggestion than plain humor.
>  "wanna bee" or "wanna belong" coupled with some lesser membership
> privileges sounds interesting.
>
> Kinda like CUB Scouts vs. BOY Scouts, you accept them as (future) members
> at some fraternal level; we are like a fraternity, aren't we?  It's a
> non-alienating approach to extend our hand (ELMERing comes to mind).  We'd
> all know the attendant benefits associated with this "introductory" level
> of membership (e.g. One would be...YOU GET ALL MATERIALS ELECTRONICALLY).
>
> I dunno, it's an idea....
>
> Danny W3ZF
>
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