Report of the Dues Task Force

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Report of the Dues Task Force

• Presented to Board of Direction
• November 2, 2005
• by
• Melissa Smith, TF Chair

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Dues Task Force Members

• Melissa Smith, EA Engineering and Technology,
  Inc.
• Matthew Wallace, ETI
• Jeanne LeBron, LEO A DALY
• Steve Shepard, SAME HQ
• Melody Jordan Carr, SAME HQ
• Natasha Rocheleau, SAME HQ
• Bob Wolff, SAME HQ

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Purpose of the Dues Task Force

• Explore how the Dues Structure can be used to
  support SAME in meeting its mission and obtaining
  its goals.
• Reverse the decline in Individual Membership
• Simplify the dues structure
• Provide greater flexibility to Sustaining Members

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Assumptions

• Maintain Recent Dues Changes
• Public IM Sector 50
• Private IM Sector 75
• Public Agencies 250
• Retain Small Business Company Size
• 1-10 Employees

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Individual Membership
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2005 Individual Dues Rates Information Sheet
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Current Individual Membership Post Dues Structure

• 122 Posts
• Individual Dues
• No Dues 16 Posts (6 are overseas)
• 5.00 45 Posts
• 10.00 52 Posts
• 15.00 2 Posts
• 20.00 2 Posts
• 25.00 2 Posts
• Young Members/Non Commissioned Officers
• No Dues 70 Posts
• 5.00 51 Posts
• 10.00 1 Post

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Post Dues Restructuring Concepts

• To Address Our Two Goals
• Reverse the declines in individual membership
• Simplify the dues structure
• Alternatives for Post Dues Restructuring
• Eliminate Post Dues altogether
• Eliminate Post Dues with National contributing a
  of IM Dues to Posts
• Set Post Dues at one uniform rate

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Eliminate Dues Altogether

• Impact on Posts Financial Stability
• Posts with large Individual Memberships and
  greatest Post Dues will be hardest hit (New York
  City, Washington DC, San Francisco)
• Post have the ability to offset this impact
• Requires mechanism to limit number of Posts per
  Individual Membership
• Allow each Individual Member to join two Posts

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Eliminate Dues Altogether Cont.

• Currently only 66 of 8,316 members (less than 1
  of IMs belong to three or more Posts)
• Increase communications and participation
• c. Eliminates complexity of administration burden
  at National and to members

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Eliminate Post Dues with National Contributing a
of IM Dues to Posts

• Eases negative impact on Posts financial
  stability
• Places negative impact on Nationals financial
  stability
• Only avenue to offset is Sustaining Member Dues
• Continues administration burden at National
• Provides no financial incentive to the Post to
  recruit IMs

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Set Post Dues at One Uniform Rate

• Mixed impact on Post financial stability
• Mechanism to limit number of Posts per
  Individual Membership
• Continues administration burden at National
• Uniform(s) rate

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Sustaining Membership

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Current Sustaining Member Dues Structure

• Sustaining members do NOT become members of the
  National organization - they become members of
  Post
• National retains 80 of dues/Posts 20
• 5 Member Representatives per Post
• Two tiered pricing system based on office size
  (initial Post plus additional Posts at reduced
  rate)
• 1,420 Sustaining Member Companies
• 80 in Small Company Category (1-10 employees)

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Sustaining Member Dues Restructuring Concept

• To address two of our goals
• Simplify the dues structure
• Provide greater flexibility to Sustaining Members
• Conceptual Plan
• Sustaining Members join SAME-National
• Dues based on corporate size
• Creation of corporate representatives
• Number dependent on corporate size
• Quality not Quantity
• Puts SAME in corporate headquarters

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Sustaining Member Dues Restructuring Concept Cont.

• ii. Sustaining Members join individual Posts
• Dues based on corporate size
• Designated number of representatives
• Additional representatives available for a price

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Conceptual Plan
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Task Force Recommendations

• Obtain Board consensus on dues restructuring
  concept for IM and SM
• Dialog with Posts (Nov 05 Jan 06)
• Task Force members speak with (SM) companies and
  run scenarios (Nov 05 - Jan 06)
• Board Comments and voting via e-mail by Feb 21st,
  2006