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- Newsgroups: comp.org.decus
- Path: sparky!uunet!nih-csl!vger.niddk.nih.gov!ghc
- From: ghc@vger.niddk.nih.gov
- Subject: RE: Membership fee for DECUS?
- Message-ID: <26AUG92.17322460@vger.niddk.nih.gov>
- Sender: postman@alw.nih.gov (AMDS Postmaster)
- Organization: NIH K-LMB, Molecular Structure
- References: <1992Aug21.120610.974@beckman.com>
- Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 22:32:24 GMT
- Lines: 26
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- I was trying to respond to this a few days ago but my news reader
- balked. Is there a message in that ;-)?
-
- In a previous article, dsroberts@beckman.com wrote:
- >On a conference on DCS and DECUServe, a DECUS leader has begun a topic
- >discussing charging a fee for membership in DECUS. It sounds like a proposal
- >is gelling to have two types of member, a "full" and an "associate", where the
- >"full" gets things like DECUScope, can vote, etc. and pays the membership fee,
- >while an "associate" only gets notification of symposium and other such revenue
- >generating DECUS products. This appears to be a cost-cutting proposal (and
- >tree saving), as it seems to be expensive to mail EVERYTHING to all 50,000 US
- >members but only have a small percentage actually care.
- >
- >Anyone care to comment on this?
-
- I'm afraid that I'd loose my 15+ years of association with Decus. I have not
- been all that active - but I have attended two symposia, participate in the
- symposium tape distribution in my LUG, was an active participant in the
- PAGESWAPPER for a while and _enjoy_ the benefits of membership.
-
- I don't think, however, that I could get my employer to pay fees for this
- membership. I can't, as yet, even get on DECUSERVE. Please be careful before
- a number like me are forced off the rolls.
-
- Gerson Cohen, NIH
- ghc@vger.niddk.nih.gov
-