Saturday, October 02, 2004
HQ HOLDS DUES RATES -
STAFFING FREEZE CONTINUES
AFMA Headquarter staff announced today that there will be no dues increase built into the 2004-05 fiscal budget. “We’re happy to be able to pass on expense reductions at HQ on to the members in the form of a dues rate freeze for the coming year”, remarked Mike Weil, membership committee chair. Since it’s inception, AFMA has not increased dues, nor have they existed. “Over the past couple of years”, added Paul Graller, AFMA staffer, “we have been able to significantly reduce HQ costs and overhead by not employing anyone and not delivering any tangible member services. Sometimes we don’t even come in and turn the lights on. We have found that we have been able to manage members expectations in relation to the current dues structure.” Added Weil, “The whole mission statement of the membership committee was developed on exactly this principle…you get what you pay for.”
“We are confident that if all we do is turn out a couple copies of a newsletter on a fictitious schedule we don’t have to hire anyone”, said Graller. Copies of the 2004-05 FY budget are available for members only in a downloadable .pdf format for Acrobat Reader 4.3.8 on the AFMA web page at www.afma.org/FY05/~pdf/3099bigloss34bkoke8h873scamx/haha.html
Claw of the Month
The Miami Seven Pounder - June 25, 1994
STAFFING FREEZE CONTINUES
AFMA Headquarter staff announced today that there will be no dues increase built into the 2004-05 fiscal budget. “We’re happy to be able to pass on expense reductions at HQ on to the members in the form of a dues rate freeze for the coming year”, remarked Mike Weil, membership committee chair. Since it’s inception, AFMA has not increased dues, nor have they existed. “Over the past couple of years”, added Paul Graller, AFMA staffer, “we have been able to significantly reduce HQ costs and overhead by not employing anyone and not delivering any tangible member services. Sometimes we don’t even come in and turn the lights on. We have found that we have been able to manage members expectations in relation to the current dues structure.” Added Weil, “The whole mission statement of the membership committee was developed on exactly this principle…you get what you pay for.”
“We are confident that if all we do is turn out a couple copies of a newsletter on a fictitious schedule we don’t have to hire anyone”, said Graller. Copies of the 2004-05 FY budget are available for members only in a downloadable .pdf format for Acrobat Reader 4.3.8 on the AFMA web page at www.afma.org/FY05/~pdf/3099bigloss34bkoke8h873scamx/haha.html
Claw of the Month
The Miami Seven Pounder - June 25, 1994
