Fw: Finances, Dues and Meetings

[Therese Brady Donohue]

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> One idea is to meet only three times a month, either the first three or
> the last three weeks each month. But if we are charged less for not
> meeting once a month, our members would also expect to pay less so I guess
> its a wash out to meet less. We don't need a dinner, but I understand that
> Hickory Ridge isn't willing to provide a lunch spread instead. $13 is a
> lot to pay for lunch considering most of us don't pile our plates and many
> just have the salad and cold cuts. Is there any other place we can go that
> is more reasonable? Tis a problem. If our membership fees go up again, we
> will lose a percentage of people, including me. Getting more members
> doesn't help if they charge $13 per meal. How is Rotary handling this?
> Therese
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael" <mlgree...@gmail.com>
> To: "Future of The Amherst Club"
> <future-of-the...@googlegroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 4:39 PM
> Subject: Finances, Dues and Meetings
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>> The Board today came face-to-face with some disturbing reality and a
>> real anomaly. The reality is that the annual dues barely cover the
>> cost of lunches. The anomaly is that the more members attending
>> lunch, the more trouble we are in. (This is because full members who
>> do not attend are really subsidizing the lunch costs for those who do
>> attend. If one attends every Tuesday, the real contribution to the
>> luncheon per member per week is about $8.35 while the restaurant
>> charges us $13 per diner per week, so there is over a $4 deficit.)
>>
>> What to do? Raise dues again? Reduce the number of meetings? Find a
>> new meeting place? Roger, our treasurer, says that we can make it
>> through this quarter, but clearly we need some planning for the near
>> future. A few good ideas came up at the Board meeting.
>>
>> What are your ideas?
>>
>> Michael
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