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Old 06-12-2014, 04:27 PM   #39
Mike V. Florida
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Default Re: MARC enforcing Region membership requirement

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The local club is the local representative of the national club. It is a place where those that belong to the national club meet locally.

By that statement then if you join the local club are you not in fact joining the National?

NO, because you did not finish the whole thought. If you join just a local club and the local club does not forward dues to the national club do you still get the national magazine? No of course not. So no if you join the local club are you are not joining the National

And if you are required to join the National to be affiliated with the local are you not then joining the National twice?

NO

I had a thought on this. As a past President of a local chapter of SPAAMFAA (antique fire apparatus collectors) I suggested that the National organization charge the local chapters a yearly fee (dues) to be affiliated with the National and its benefits and then the local chapter could adjust its membership dues to cover this yearly expense. A whole new can of worms opened up with that one.
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