Hognose
06-04-2004, 11:01 PM
Gentlemen (& Ladies)
I did hear from Pam this week that she got my Life membership request and (as far as I know) it's going swimmingly. My credit card still isn't showing the charge yet.
She asked me to do what I could to get the word on this life membership deal out:
"So, anything you could do to help us get the word out there, about the $400. Life Membership offer through July, would be greatly appreciated."
Peoples, if you are planning to live more than about ten years or so it's a good deal. If you think the PRA could be doing a better job the best thing you can do is get into the organisation and help. (As LBJ used to say, better to be in the tent p***ing out than outside the tent p***ing in). Many of the problems we have, both as gyronauts and in the organization, come from our small numbers and concomitant scant resources.
We've got too few people (especially young people -- not that I can help there) to get many more people interested. But if we raise the profile a little (and gyro covers on Popular Mechanics, for instance, don't hurt) maybe we can get the ball rolling. To quote another President (and a good one this time) "a house divided cannot stand; a house united cannot fall." (For the non-USians, that is from Abraham Lincoln, 16th President).
If you cannot lay hands on four hunge, or justify the whack on your charge card, consider an annual membership.
One thing we have to do, since it isn't very practical for our friends down under to join our org and vice versa, is to come up with some reciprocity for members who travel. And maybe we can swap newsletters among chapters, etc.
cheers
-=K=-
Hognose, the incipient PRA member.
I did hear from Pam this week that she got my Life membership request and (as far as I know) it's going swimmingly. My credit card still isn't showing the charge yet.
She asked me to do what I could to get the word on this life membership deal out:
"So, anything you could do to help us get the word out there, about the $400. Life Membership offer through July, would be greatly appreciated."
Peoples, if you are planning to live more than about ten years or so it's a good deal. If you think the PRA could be doing a better job the best thing you can do is get into the organisation and help. (As LBJ used to say, better to be in the tent p***ing out than outside the tent p***ing in). Many of the problems we have, both as gyronauts and in the organization, come from our small numbers and concomitant scant resources.
We've got too few people (especially young people -- not that I can help there) to get many more people interested. But if we raise the profile a little (and gyro covers on Popular Mechanics, for instance, don't hurt) maybe we can get the ball rolling. To quote another President (and a good one this time) "a house divided cannot stand; a house united cannot fall." (For the non-USians, that is from Abraham Lincoln, 16th President).
If you cannot lay hands on four hunge, or justify the whack on your charge card, consider an annual membership.
One thing we have to do, since it isn't very practical for our friends down under to join our org and vice versa, is to come up with some reciprocity for members who travel. And maybe we can swap newsletters among chapters, etc.
cheers
-=K=-
Hognose, the incipient PRA member.