Hoss
<...> Dues are a certain fixed amount. No list of operations is provided for the individual member to check off how his fixed dues will be used in the various operations.
IMO, and just that MY OPINION the plans definitely should pay for that department and possibly even subsidize other operations. That makes it easier for me to recruit new AMA members to my club/s with lesser dues than if AMA's plans department should sell the plans at a less than department cost-basis which my dues would then subsidize. Let the individual desiring the service pay for it. Such could apply to several other "services."
That seems like the logical way to look at it.
If we want to start a subsidy of Plans, we will have to cut some other spending or raise dues.
However, this is AMA we are talking about
:
2006 Dues $58
2007 Dues $58
2008 Dues $58
2009 Dues $58
Now, which years did HQ initiate a ~$130000+ subsidy of a program they wanted
and why is that extra $130k spent not cutting back services nor raising dues?
Can HQ just start subsidizing things without raising dues?
Seems so.
If they can start shelling out well over $100000 for one subsidy, just how much subsidy dollars are we talking about to cut the Plans prices in half? What kind of volume of trade are we talking about..... cause if it is just $20k or less, pshaw fa'gettabou'it