On Jul 31, 2014, at 12:32 PM, Josh Smift <[email protected]> wrote: > That's not my sense of how this works; it's more like if you go to the > conference, you get a free membership.
It's not free. A portion of your conference fee goes to the national organization, generally $50.00, IIRC, but a board member can feel free to correct me if they're getting a discount now. > In particular, I assume that if you > declined the free membership, they wouldn't kick you out of the > conference, right? If I declined the membership, knowing what I know, I'd expect to get a discount since the conference would no longer need to pay the national. > (Also, that LOPSA isn't actually threatening to wreck these conferences if > not enough people join LOPSA, which is sort of what it sounds like you > were implying there.) No you're correct there, that was more a joke that formed around my whole "kicking up to the capo" line and whose humor may not have been clear in text form. > (1) There's nothing wrong with "capturing" members this way. It means your > membership numbers don't reflect "how many people think our > organization is a worthwhile organization to pay $50/yr to join", > because lots of your members joined without having to pay for it, Except that they *did* pay for it. They just had the conference organizers acting as middle-men and were given no choice in the matter. D
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