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membership fees up for another vote??

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    membership fees up for another vote??

    I hear the board is putting the membership fee up for another vote??
    > What is going on here -- are they just going to put it up there for a
    > vote until they get the right answer? This was put up for vote when
    > some people thought there would not be enough people to vote it down --
    > didn't work, so now they just do it again?? Do I, as a lowly member
    > of the club, have the right then to request a re-vote if I don't like
    > the answer? This crap has got to stop.
    > And I also hear that they are not subsidizing rides for the first 6
    > months until they see how BBB does? Are they out of their minds?
    > They might think about cutting back on charitable contributions before
    > taking something away from the membership. Anyway you look at it, the
    > worst possible scenario for BBB would still leave us with a sizable
    > surplus (no facts to support this, but I feel this is the case). Is
    > this like retaliatory action for voting down the membership fee?
    >
    > Do they understand that what they are really being successful at is
    > alienating most of the long-time club members? They are going to
    > start losing the support of those members that make things like BBB a
    > success. Very frustrating -- hopefully, I am misinformed about all
    > this, but I don't think that is the case.

    I like this club, but I am getting somewhat disillusioned lately.

    Steve

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