Re: User Group Dues
Re: User Group Dues
- Subject: Re: User Group Dues
- From: Art Payne <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 02:23:41 -0500
on 12/24/03 1:00 AM, email@hidden wrote:
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Our MUG The Rest of Us in Chicago costs $40 per year. After reading the
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posts on the club entry thread I'm wondering if $40 is exorbitant for a
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MUG to charge?
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It's kind of difficult to judge the trade off between membership
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enrollment vs MUG budget. Our MUG has just over 90 members if we
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charged $20 per year we would need to have 180 members to break even on
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our gross intake however our expenses for post cards and newsletters
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would increase dramatically.
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If $40 is too much how have MUGS decided on membership fees?
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Joe Ferguson
I am on the Board of One User Group and a longtime member of another and
that is the ball park of what is charged here in Michigan area.
Michigan Apple - $35 (about 70-80 members)
MacGroup Detroit - $40 (about 375 members)
Flint Apple Club - $25 (about 25-40 members, not sure)
A lower price doesn9t always dictate the number of members, if you charged
less would you get more members?
Maybe.
But you may be worried about your Treasury for programs/demos and
reimbursements. If you run a quality User Group with information that is
meeting the needs of the members, a $5 or $20 price difference shouldn9t
matter.
I still continue to pay my dues to MacGroup Detroit YEAR after YEAR without
hesitation even though I hold a Board Position on the Michigan Apple because
I personally get a different experience from both groups.
Would I drive 60 miles one way every month to join the Flint Apple Club for
$25? Probably not, but I plan to attend a meeting this spring/summer just to
check it out. I9ve met them and they are a fun bunch.
Just my .02"
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Art Payne
Director of Vendor Relations
Michigan Apple User Group
http://www.TheMichiganApple.com
E-mail: email@hidden
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