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Big raffle item for expo
Name tags
Donations for raffle items at expo
Easy food for expos
 
Could always add something to the bylaws stating after a certain amount of inactivity lifetime membership is possibly revoked or suspended and if continued inactivity will be revoked after certain amount of inactivity under suspension. If that made any sense.
 
That is better than getting rid of it completely for those of us that would still like to become lifetime members and will be active in doing so.
 
VikingsCrazy said:
Could always add something to the bylaws stating after a certain amount of inactivity lifetime membership is possibly revoked or suspended and if continued inactivity will be revoked after certain amount of inactivity under suspension. If that made any sense.
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Although i understand the sentiment, but i know there are a lot of Lifetime members who might not post on forums as much, but certainly step up during expos, tank moves, even during tank crashes etc.

Now when one brings up 'inactivity', what exactly would constitute inactivity anyways? Not logging in? not posting? not being able to host a meeting? It starts getting too ambiguous.

If the club wants to move away from lifetime status, i propose a term status. Say if you host a meeting or something you get 3 years (you can name it whatever). Solid set number. Pretty cut and ry. Not a lot of peeps stick around in reefing past 3 years anyways.
 
That is what I meant. Not penalize people in any way. Just change the rules on lifetime membership. If you do not so much as log in for 2 or 3 years you shouldn't be on the books costing the club $$$. At that point you have to renew your membership in some way.
 
Sorry.. I know I am new to the club. Just suggestions. I have run many fantasy football leagues in the past 20 years, so I know how inactive people can become dead weight and bring everyone's fun down.
 
VikingsCrazy said:
Sorry.. I know I am new to the club. Just suggestions. I have run many fantasy football leagues in the past 20 years, so I know how inactive people can become dead weight and bring everyone's fun down.
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Please dont apologize - I for one LOVE as much input as possible.

Thanks for joining in the convo
 
acharpenter said:
I for one LOVE as much input as possible.
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nrupaw said:
Although i understand the sentiment, but i know there are a lot of Lifetime members who might not post on forums as much, but certainly step up during expos, tank moves, even during tank crashes etc.

Now when one brings up 'inactivity', what exactly would constitute inactivity anyways? Not logging in? not posting? not being able to host a meeting? It starts getting too ambiguous.

If the club wants to move away from lifetime status, i propose a term status. Say if you host a meeting or something you get 3 years (you can name it whatever). Solid set number. Pretty cut and ry. Not a lot of peeps stick around in reefing past 3 years anyways.
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I'll agree with Ryan and Nox here.
 
nrupaw said:
How hard would it be to have a couple of food trucks show up instead? do they charge us to show up?
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You usually have to guarantee a certain amount of $ spend or traffic and if you don't meet that amount, you cover the difference. We usually don't make much on food, people generally don't come to the swaps to eat. :)
 
I'm supposed to have a lifetime membership!!!!! It never was added. Used to be on the event committee and got the venue for the fall expo for free, this was the weekend my kid went through the ice....for those that remember that horrible weekend.
 
The pre cooked burgers and hotdogs/brats was about as easy as it gets. Pre cook everything then keep warm in a Nesco.
 
Regarding the Lifetime membership...I think a time period would be more than reasonable ie 1-2 yrs free membership. This keeps folks motivated to stay involved. Just my opinion.
 
I'm new. I haven't attended any meetings yet and just getting my tank going. I thought I'd throw in an "outsider" perspective FWIW. I'm strongly considering membership and would like to host early 2019 if this turns out to be all I hear and hope it is.. I was looking at the lifetime membership for the ease of once and done, not having to worry about payments and paperwork every year. If I were to lose the option of lifetime membership, then I'd like to see the following:
1) Decide on what activities/contributions could earn an endorsement for the following year's membership fee. My thought would be host once or twice or maybe help with frag swap set up & tear down. I would phrase it as EARNING endorsement/waived fee/similar rather than REQUIRING hosting/helping to maintain membership. We humans are funny. Makes it a requirement and it feels like obligation; but make the same work something you do to earn or win something and it switches from obligation to a positive thing I chose.

2) Have the group clerk or similar track qualifying events you helped with and email you when you earned half way and again when you fully earned endorsement. Additionally, have that qualify for all needed paperwork, so nothing is needed from you. This could be sent out monthly or quarterly. It would have to be after every meeting. I could easily code a program to automate that for you if you want.

3) For some prestige is a motivator. Those who help 2x earn annual silver status, 4x gold status, etc. Give silver, gold, Platinum stickers out at end of year or quarterly and display status on site. I'm not strongly motivated by status. But I'd definitely be excited to slap a "TCMAS Gold Member" sticker on my laptop at work. Additionally, it had the benefit of a little advertisement and conversation starter for the group. And stickers are cheap to print.

Thanks for listening to a noob perspective.

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All that is truly required to maintain standard membership is to attend one meeting a year. The last meeting attended shows on your profile page so you can check anytime to know when you have to attend another to keep the membership active.
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Since you mentioned you want to host a meeting early next year, I will let you know you must attend a meeting before you can host one (the paid supporter option doesn't allow you to host)
 
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After my last post and thinking about it, I would like to add a discussion about supporters being able/not being able to host meetings.
 
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