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I recommend an increase for 40+ riders. A "Senior Premium" Most of us are out of our struggling college/early family days. I know retirement looms, but I suspect as a group we can afford to subsidize some of the younger participants.
Ed Lanton
Todd.Dye@CH2M.com wrote:
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 _______________________________________________ OBRA mailing list obra@list.obra.org http://list.obra.org/mailman/listinfo/obra Unsubscribe: obra-unsubscribe@list.obra.org _______________________________________________ OBRA mailing list obra@list.obra.org http://list.obra.org/mailman/listinfo/obra Unsubscribe:
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