Todd.Dye@CH2M.com
Thanks Rick.
I was just going to respond, but you summed up my thoughts exactly.
There are a few groups where membership fee increase could hinder
participation, but honestly for the majority of us, a $5 increase (the
cost of one tube) isn't going to make much difference.
I don't ever want to see OBRA go to the type of fee structure that
USCF/NORBA has. Seriously, how much is it now to be able to race
Road/mtb/track/cross under their umbrella? OBRA is one heck of a deal,
and will remain so even with a $5 or more increase.
I think the donation option is a great start. If OBRA can generate
enough donations to cover rising costs, that is great. If not, then we
all know the answer.
However, I think keeping single day licenses the same would be a good
idea to keep encouraging new participants who hopefully then become new
OBRA members.
Does the OBRA Senior Citizen Discount kick in at age 35 or 40? (I
know that was below the belt but I couldn't help myself)
-Todd
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From: obra-bounces@list.obra.org [mailto:obra-bounces@list.obra.org] On
Behalf Of Rick Johnson
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 1:17 PM
To: cmurray@obra.org
Cc: obra
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] 2007 OBRA Registration Donations
Candi,
You just told me all I need to know, thanks for stating the specifics of
the costs OBRA is obligated to cover.
Also, since there has been no increase in membership fees for 5-10 years
I think it's very reasonable to consider an increase. Looking back on
all the things that have increased in cost over that period - some by
tremendous amounts - I find it amazing that OBRA is even coming close to
getting by on that amount. Wow!
If there is a concern over hindering participation then I'd support
tiered pricing. For instance beginners, juniors, and/or students could
enjoy a discount. The rest of us - with our thousands in hardware -
should be very reasonably be able to afford another $5-10 a year to race
it. With the majority of the membership being Masters aged I'd have a
lot of trouble believing the cost of one decent lunch an undue burden.
My check is in the mail. OBRA is too good of an organization to have to
beg for money.
Rick
Candi Murray wrote:
Somewhere between 5-10 years. It used to be $15
Candi
-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Johnson [mailto:RCJohnson1@attglobal.net]
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 12:49 PM
To: cmurray@obra.org
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] 2007 OBRA Registration Donations and
Signmeup.com
Just out of curiosity -
How long has it been since there was an increase in the
membership fee?
Rick
Candi Murray wrote:
Thanks for noticing that Todd, it was something that we
had no control
over.
Speaking of the donation program. The number of people
who have sent in
donations has dropped considerably.
I would really like to encourage everyone just to
contribute at least $5.
We
have had some huge expenses that is really sticking it
to our financial
bottom line
1. We have been required to replace our traffic signs
with the new ODOT
specific ones - our cost for 60 signs is $14,000.
2. Our insurance premium went up 368 % and we were
required to pay $11,000
in order for the policy to go in force for 2007.
3. Like always we have had to purchase the road and mtn
bike numbers and
the total cost for that is over $20,000.
I really argued that we not increase our membership
fees. I felt that it
would hinder participation. But if everyone gave $5 more
then we would
raise
almost $15,000.
C
-----Original Message-----
From: obra-bounces@list.obra.org
[mailto:obra-bounces@list.obra.org] On
Behalf Of Todd.Dye@CH2M.com
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 12:30 PM
To: obra@list.obra.org
Subject: [OBRA Chat] 2007 OBRA Registration Donations
and Signmeup.com
Hey OBRAland,
I noticed today that if you do the online registration
through
Signmeup.com and put in an OBRA donation the processing
fee goes up.
Obviously, Signmeup.com is a business and need to take
their cut to
cover expenses and profit, but if you're going to make a
sizable
donation to OBRA and want to see all that money go to
OBRA, you might
want to do it the old fashioned way with a check/letter.
The % that Signmeup charges decreases the more you pay.
Playing around
with their site I came up with the following:
$10 donation = $1.65 charge
$100 donation = $7.50 charge
$500 donation = $33.00 charge
$1000 donation = $66.00 charge
-Todd
-----Original Message-----
From: obra-bounces@list.obra.org
[mailto:obra-bounces@list.obra.org] On
Behalf Of Candi Murray
Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 12:04 PM
To: obra@list.obra.org
Subject: [OBRA Chat] 2007 road numbers
We have had 624 join for 2007 so far. As you know, we
will hold your
2006 number until Jan 15, after that date we will issue
numbers in
numerical order according to category. This will mean
that there will be
no 300 numbers available after 1/15 and very few 500
numbers. If you
want to retain your 300 or 500 series number please join
asap.
Candi
Ps Happy New Year, only 46 days until the first event
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