[DeTomaso] POCA Membership Dues Analysis

Will Kooiman will.kooiman at gmail.com
Sat May 28 23:58:57 EDT 2016


If POCA wants to know, they should ask when people don¹t renew.

I think the rebate is a good thing.  Most of the POCA events are going to
be local anyway - club meetings, tech sessions, drives, track days,
cookouts, etc.  This helps build the local clubs, plus it gives people
more reason to join.

I think making the newsletter color is a waste, though.  There¹s nothing
wrong with the newsletter the way it is.


On 5/28/16, 3:32 PM, "DeTomaso on behalf of cuvee"
<detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com on behalf of
cuvee at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>   Be interesting to see how many people do not renew with POCA?
>
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>   -------- Original message --------
>
>   From: Rod Kunishige <rkunishige at hotmail.com>
>
>   Date:05/28/2016 11:53 AM (GMT-08:00)
>
>   To: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
>
>   Cc:
>
>   Subject: [DeTomaso] POCA Membership Dues Analysis
>
>   It is interesting that this President changed a generous
>   grace period without notice.
>   The so-called "shortfall" is created in part by the $10 increased
>   rebate to the chapters that was NOT requested in the first place.  The
>   return
>   of this sum places the club at nearly breakeven.  Simply, use the money
>   to
>   pay for our publication costs.
>   PROPOSED:  $75 dues
>   less $15 to chapters yields $60 to fund the $62.52 publication estimate
>   - per
>   MS.
>   Our $100,000 reserve would easily fund the $2.52 per year.  Carrying
>   853
>   members at $2.52 is $2,149.56 per year.  Divide that into 100,000 means
>   funding covers 46.5 YEARS.
>   OPINION:
>   I do recognize that Mr. Shortt controls the Board by a 5 to
>   4 vote but there I think that this is a better solution than what MS
>   has
>   proposed.  Finally, kudos goes to him
>   for at least publishing the actions he intends to take so we may make
>   positive
>   suggestions for improvement.
>   (Information taken from the President's Blog.)
>
>      It is interesting that this President changed a generous grace
>   period
>      without notice.
>      The so-called "shortfall" is created in part by the $10 increased
>      rebate to the chapters that was NOT requested in the first place.
>   The
>      return of this sum places the club at nearly breakeven.  Simply, use
>      the money to pay for our publication costs.
>      PROPOSED:  $75 dues less $15 to chapters yields $60 to fund the
>   $62.52
>      publication estimate per MS.
>      Our $100,000 reserve would easily fund the $2.52 per year.  Carrying
>      853 members at $2.52 is $2,149.56 per year.  Divide that into
>   100,000
>      means funding covers 46.5 YEARS.
>      OPINION:
>      I do recognize that Mr. Shortt controls the Board by a 5 to 4 vote
>   but
>      there I think that this is a better solution than what MS has
>      proposed.  Finally, kudos goes to him for at least publishing the
>      actions he intends to take so we may make positive suggestions for
>      improvement.
>      (Information taken from the Presidents Blog.)
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