--- In [email protected], Ed Kozlowsky <soldado7264@...> wrote:
>
> Except the surcharge for the 2012 convention is $25.
>
> Ed Kozlowsky
> Sanford, MaineÂ
I dunno, maybe it's just me, but I think a 25 buck surcharge for non-members is
excessive. Especially if they also have to pay the regular registration fee to
boot. (I don't know, do they?)
Saying you also get NASG membership for that 25 bucks is akin to forcing
someone to volunteer. They might not want to join. It might be better to
reduce the non-member fee and offer membership on the spot as an option.
I suppose my other question is, does this $25 surcharge allow the non-member
anything else other than access to a small to moderate swap at show time?
S is a hard sell as it is. Particularly now with the economy AND our 3 major
builders temporarily not producing anything through no fault of their own.
The casual other-scaler might like to see what S is about, but not ready to
jump scales. At $25.00 he might just as likely turn around and walk. (Maybe,
I'm wrong here...)
If I had to pay an extra $25 for an "exclusive S" swap, I would have probably
said "I think I'll stick with HO, thank you."
It took YEARS of me going to S-Fests(no surcharges) at a freinds encouragement
before I switched scales. And I didn't join the NASG until several years AFTER
switching to S.
Now, convention organizers know more that I if the the $25 surcharge is counter
productive or not. I could be all wet. I'm just voicing my opinion.
Rich G(ajnak)
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