Bob
the buck fifty of your dues that went to offset PPP start-up costs this year
Is hiring the new editor a startup cost?
Cause I didnt know we only pay a salary for muncie employees their first year then they work for free for the next 30-50 years. Did anyone tell that employee their salary is a one time startup cost?
The new EVP should be able to break down how much of the $quartermil we wont have to spend in a recurring nature... where did that money go? Advertizing/Marketing that we wont do in 09? Well, we heard the magazine was around $200k of the money sank so far, other than the OneTimeSalary employee what is a non recurring magazine startup cost? Or was the plan to hide the PPP salaries from being counted as PPP costs next year, making it a startup cost.
Was that the plan of the new EVP?
I dunno, but you like to send emails.... you could ask
what are these huge one time expenses.
The new EVP is supposed to be easy to work with, so we should have no problems having him work with us like this.
You could ask the Marketing Committee what their outline of the goals and cutoffs were when MarkS pitched it to the EC, or was it designed as an open ended moneypit from the get go.
RCmike
At least the PPP has brought in a few new members.
Really? Where did you see those numbers?
Of the 1100 PPP, how many actually became AMA members that pay the subsidy rather that recieve it.
Is the vision of our new EVP to put as many folks as he can on
<silly name removed by poster> some welfare flyer plan.
Here is a really scarey picture:
What if the new EVP's vision of the New World Order did have a fair chunk of success?
How much would the AMA have to spend to subsidize 20,000 PPP members?
Folks like Bob are happy to pay a buck fifty to have a 1k PPP,
will Bob be happy to pay $30 to have a 20k PPP?
Will Bob see there is somethig wrong when Muncie has to take $60 out of his $58 to subsidize a 40k PPP?
Do the Opens really want to buy the PPPs 40000 TShirts in the Renewal Payola scheme?
We hear the PPP was disapointing in reaching its goals (yet decreed a "Success" )
What was that goal? 10000? 20000?
Do we really want to get that many folks on
<silly name removed by poster> some welfare flyer plan on the backs of the Opens?
Does the New EVP?
If he does, I certainly do hope he 'falls flat on his face'. ...
-to borrow a phrase
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Bob
Glad to hear you see a house divided cannot stand.
Yes, the AMA should adapt to meet the need of current modelers if it is to survive,
it should not chop itself into AMA/PPP/TubineAMA/FFAMA seperate but unequal parts.
There can be no Us-Them if there is only one big We,
and that We must adapt to survive.