Post by toynrnd on Sept 18, 2007 21:08:00 GMT -5
from the United forums...
~ ATTENTION ~
CLUB PRESIDENTS
ASSOCIATION PRESIDENTS
MEMBERS
2008 MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION
BACKGROUND:
UFWDA presented a 5-year business and marketing plan to club and association delegates in February 2007. Over the course of the five months following the rollout, discussions occurred between your delegates and the UFWDA Board of Directors (BOD) to fine tune the plans to make them fair and simple. These discussions included three webinars hosted by UFWDA for its delegates as well as communication through the UFWDA forum. Discussions can be reviewed on the delegates section of the UFWDA forum - www.ufwda.org/smf
2007 MEMBERSHIP MEETING:
At the 2007 membership meeting held on July 24-26, 2007 in Grand Junction, Colorado your delegates gathered for a face-to-face meeting to finalize the UFWDA 5-year plan, including important issues such as voting rights for clubs and associations, club/association dues, member dues, and marketing incentive programs. After caucusing with a professional facilitator, your delegates finalized UFWDA by-laws and requested UFWDA to finalize the details regarding “voting”, “dues”, and “incentives”. The delegates unanimously passed a confidence vote on both the business and marketing plans.
CONSIDERATION OF CHANGES TO PROPOSED PLAN:
The UFWDA board members carefully reviewed the suggestions of the delegates which consisted of in-depth consideration of the financial impact on UFWDA if dues were lowered from the proposed $25/member down to $20/member; eliminating the monetary incentive program dubbed the Organizational Incentive Program which would put $3.00/member back on the ground locally for member clubs and associations; creating a weighted voting scale for clubs and associations to retain voting priority through the delegate system. The BOD spent considerable time in the six weeks between the 2007 convention and publication of this edition of the Voice, giving grave consideration to all the suggestions offered by the delegates.
SIGNIFICANT FINDINGS:
Dues Rate: The cost per member for providing benefits in 2008 is $28.00/member. The proposed dues was $25.00/member. The gap of $3.00/member would be supplemented by business membership, advertising sales, and donations.
Your delegates questioned whether the proposed $25/member dues could be lowered to $20/member, particularly if UFWDA could save administrative costs by eliminating the $3/member rebate back to the clubs/associations and the overhead required to collect dues.
Through careful budget calculations and projections the BOD has determined that the cost of serving members cannot be maintained at $20/member, even with a reduction in some administrative and printing expenses.
The delegates questioned whether the gap between member dues and cost per member could be recouped through increased Organization Dues from the $100/organization proposed to something higher.
The BOD spent considerable time reviewing club membership history. The BOD determined that historically clubs with less than 35 members will NOT join UFWDA when required to pay more than $50/year/club. When the OIP rebate is considered, the $100 join fee is reduced to $0 for clubs with more than 33 members. Based on this history, the board determined that UFWDA would lose more revenue by raising the Organization dues than it would if it left the Organization dues at $100.
When raising the organization dues to $350, the revenue loss was $14,600 compared to the amount of revenue generated with the dues at $100. When raising the organization dues to $1,000 the revenue loss was $10,750 compared to the amount of revenue generated with the dues at $100 – because more clubs would join UFWDA because the cost was “free” after the OIP rebate. The loss of revenue from lowering dues to $20/member cannot be recouped until the organization dues are set at $3,900/organization. Organization dues at this rate, while helping to recoup the loss of revenue from member dues, would increase the risk of less organizations joining UFWDA – a risk too great to give serious consideration.
Organizational Incentive Program (OIP): The Organizational Incentive Program would give clubs and associations a $3/member rebate back to the club/association for UFWDA members indicating support for the club or association.
Your delegates questioned whether the OIP could be eliminated so that the dues per member could be kept lower.
The board created the OIP as a means for answering the age-old question, “What is UFWDA doing for me”? By creating pools of money to be distributed back to our clubs and associations, UFWDA is offering the greatest benefit of all – money on the ground, right where you live and play, to keep your trails open – in addition to the defense work done by UFWDA at the national level! This money can be used locally in addition to the work UFWDA does locally and nationally. There is no greater benefit to membership in a club or association than to keep your wheeling places open. There is no easier way to protect 4x4 access than to have money on the ground to fight closures.
Club and Association Voting: The proposed voting structure gave one vote to every member of UFWDA, whether that member is a person, a club, an association, or a business.
Your delegates suggested that clubs and associations, who represent the bulk of UFWDA members, should maintain significant voting powers within UFWDA. UFWDA agrees.
Votes will be allocated to clubs and associations joining UFWDA based on the 2006 and 2007 scale implemented by UFWDA. Votes will be tabulated based on the number of members joining UFWDA through the club or association.
2008 MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION – AT A GLANCE:
2008 DUES:
People - $25/person
Clubs or Associations - $100/club or association
Businesses – Graduated scale based on benefits selected by business as published in the UFWDA Business League Program.
2008 Organizational Incentive Program:
UFWDA will rebate back $3/member anytime the member indicates your club or association as the recipient of rebate. Clubs or associations who continue to remit UFWDA dues for their members will receive a rebate equal to the amount of members submitted on their roster PLUS any additional UFWDA members electing your club or association as a rebate recipient.
2008 Club and Association Voting:
1 vote for every organization PLUS:
Votes will be allocated according to this voting scale:
0 memberships = 0 votes
1-99 paid United memberships = 2 votes
100-499 paid United memberships = 3 votes
500-999 paid United memberships = 4 votes
1000+ paid United memberships = 5 votes
“Memberships” are determined solely by the number of members for whom a club or association remits dues to UFWDA directly. Through this voting allocation system, associations and clubs are rewarded for going to the trouble of collecting UFWDA dues and remitting them to us on behalf of their members!
2008 People and Business League member voting:
1 vote for every person who joins UFWDA
1 vote for every business who joins UFWDA
Please post any questions you may have regarding the new Membership plans here, so we may answer your questions in a timely manner and so all may benefit from the questions - and answers.
Respectfully,
Melissa
~ ATTENTION ~
CLUB PRESIDENTS
ASSOCIATION PRESIDENTS
MEMBERS
2008 MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION
BACKGROUND:
UFWDA presented a 5-year business and marketing plan to club and association delegates in February 2007. Over the course of the five months following the rollout, discussions occurred between your delegates and the UFWDA Board of Directors (BOD) to fine tune the plans to make them fair and simple. These discussions included three webinars hosted by UFWDA for its delegates as well as communication through the UFWDA forum. Discussions can be reviewed on the delegates section of the UFWDA forum - www.ufwda.org/smf
2007 MEMBERSHIP MEETING:
At the 2007 membership meeting held on July 24-26, 2007 in Grand Junction, Colorado your delegates gathered for a face-to-face meeting to finalize the UFWDA 5-year plan, including important issues such as voting rights for clubs and associations, club/association dues, member dues, and marketing incentive programs. After caucusing with a professional facilitator, your delegates finalized UFWDA by-laws and requested UFWDA to finalize the details regarding “voting”, “dues”, and “incentives”. The delegates unanimously passed a confidence vote on both the business and marketing plans.
CONSIDERATION OF CHANGES TO PROPOSED PLAN:
The UFWDA board members carefully reviewed the suggestions of the delegates which consisted of in-depth consideration of the financial impact on UFWDA if dues were lowered from the proposed $25/member down to $20/member; eliminating the monetary incentive program dubbed the Organizational Incentive Program which would put $3.00/member back on the ground locally for member clubs and associations; creating a weighted voting scale for clubs and associations to retain voting priority through the delegate system. The BOD spent considerable time in the six weeks between the 2007 convention and publication of this edition of the Voice, giving grave consideration to all the suggestions offered by the delegates.
SIGNIFICANT FINDINGS:
Dues Rate: The cost per member for providing benefits in 2008 is $28.00/member. The proposed dues was $25.00/member. The gap of $3.00/member would be supplemented by business membership, advertising sales, and donations.
Your delegates questioned whether the proposed $25/member dues could be lowered to $20/member, particularly if UFWDA could save administrative costs by eliminating the $3/member rebate back to the clubs/associations and the overhead required to collect dues.
Through careful budget calculations and projections the BOD has determined that the cost of serving members cannot be maintained at $20/member, even with a reduction in some administrative and printing expenses.
The delegates questioned whether the gap between member dues and cost per member could be recouped through increased Organization Dues from the $100/organization proposed to something higher.
The BOD spent considerable time reviewing club membership history. The BOD determined that historically clubs with less than 35 members will NOT join UFWDA when required to pay more than $50/year/club. When the OIP rebate is considered, the $100 join fee is reduced to $0 for clubs with more than 33 members. Based on this history, the board determined that UFWDA would lose more revenue by raising the Organization dues than it would if it left the Organization dues at $100.
When raising the organization dues to $350, the revenue loss was $14,600 compared to the amount of revenue generated with the dues at $100. When raising the organization dues to $1,000 the revenue loss was $10,750 compared to the amount of revenue generated with the dues at $100 – because more clubs would join UFWDA because the cost was “free” after the OIP rebate. The loss of revenue from lowering dues to $20/member cannot be recouped until the organization dues are set at $3,900/organization. Organization dues at this rate, while helping to recoup the loss of revenue from member dues, would increase the risk of less organizations joining UFWDA – a risk too great to give serious consideration.
Organizational Incentive Program (OIP): The Organizational Incentive Program would give clubs and associations a $3/member rebate back to the club/association for UFWDA members indicating support for the club or association.
Your delegates questioned whether the OIP could be eliminated so that the dues per member could be kept lower.
The board created the OIP as a means for answering the age-old question, “What is UFWDA doing for me”? By creating pools of money to be distributed back to our clubs and associations, UFWDA is offering the greatest benefit of all – money on the ground, right where you live and play, to keep your trails open – in addition to the defense work done by UFWDA at the national level! This money can be used locally in addition to the work UFWDA does locally and nationally. There is no greater benefit to membership in a club or association than to keep your wheeling places open. There is no easier way to protect 4x4 access than to have money on the ground to fight closures.
Club and Association Voting: The proposed voting structure gave one vote to every member of UFWDA, whether that member is a person, a club, an association, or a business.
Your delegates suggested that clubs and associations, who represent the bulk of UFWDA members, should maintain significant voting powers within UFWDA. UFWDA agrees.
Votes will be allocated to clubs and associations joining UFWDA based on the 2006 and 2007 scale implemented by UFWDA. Votes will be tabulated based on the number of members joining UFWDA through the club or association.
2008 MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION – AT A GLANCE:
2008 DUES:
People - $25/person
Clubs or Associations - $100/club or association
Businesses – Graduated scale based on benefits selected by business as published in the UFWDA Business League Program.
2008 Organizational Incentive Program:
UFWDA will rebate back $3/member anytime the member indicates your club or association as the recipient of rebate. Clubs or associations who continue to remit UFWDA dues for their members will receive a rebate equal to the amount of members submitted on their roster PLUS any additional UFWDA members electing your club or association as a rebate recipient.
2008 Club and Association Voting:
1 vote for every organization PLUS:
Votes will be allocated according to this voting scale:
0 memberships = 0 votes
1-99 paid United memberships = 2 votes
100-499 paid United memberships = 3 votes
500-999 paid United memberships = 4 votes
1000+ paid United memberships = 5 votes
“Memberships” are determined solely by the number of members for whom a club or association remits dues to UFWDA directly. Through this voting allocation system, associations and clubs are rewarded for going to the trouble of collecting UFWDA dues and remitting them to us on behalf of their members!
2008 People and Business League member voting:
1 vote for every person who joins UFWDA
1 vote for every business who joins UFWDA
Please post any questions you may have regarding the new Membership plans here, so we may answer your questions in a timely manner and so all may benefit from the questions - and answers.
Respectfully,
Melissa
