I appreciate the honest responses I have received from all. I am only
trying to weigh out what I have heard in the past with what others say is
going on in the present. With only so many dollars to go around I want to get
the biggest bang for my buck. I have 3-4 Bulletins and another on the way in
the mail (Ebay and out of print) and enjoy them all. So I guess in short, my
concern was sending money and getting told, oops no publications this year, vs
sending the same amount of money and buying a number of Bulletins I could use.
I tried to join the BRHS yahoo group but was told to take a hike because I am
not a member, no invitation to join or information on how to join, just a
simple hit the road jack!
I appreciate your insight.
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "Charlie Vlk"
<cvlk@...> wrote:
>
>
>
> > So what is the
point of joing when you pay the same fee to own one as the
> membership
itself?
>
>
>
> Some organizations inflate the
price of materials to non-members to
> discourage people from not
joining. Thankfully, the BRHS has not adopted
> such a policy in the
hopes of increasing interest in the Burlington. There
> are some
specific reasons people chose not to join the BRHS and also why we
>
lose membership, but I'd rather focus on the positive aspects of being
a
> member.
>
> The price of the Burlington Bulletin is not
the only tangible material
> benefit you get for the dues; the Zephyr
not only covers Society activities
> but contains valuable information
and is the vehicle for modeling content
> which is not appropriate to
carry in the Bulletin.
>
> Leo and Dave (and perhaps others that
I haven't gotten down far enough in my
> emails yet to read) have made
excellent arguments for becoming an active
> member in the BRHS. I look
forward to seeing present and new members
> stepping forward and sharing
their talents to make the Society stronger and
> better than it is
today. We know there is still great material and
> information that is
yet to be uncovered and we need more people actively
> researching and
sharing their finds with us and thus inspiring more people
> to do the
same. The level of modeling and documentation of it could be
> vastly
expanded if we look to other groups like those modeling the PRR,
>
C&NW, B&O, SOU and N&W. And we sorely need people to get a
permanent,
> accessible archives to serve as an anchor for the
preservation of all things
> Burlington.
>
> Charlie
Vlk
>