Dues and such

[Sal Atticum]

I'll let Karin bug everyone for dues, but I was thinking about this early this morning.  We decided last year to allocate a certain amount of money to both the team and the club, so combining dues might get complicated.  $15 for club members is solid, but if they want to race, team dues should be separate.  If $35 is all it takes to be on the team, then by all means get both for $50, but if $50 is more in line with helping people commit and paying for travel, then we should charge people $15 for club (to cover club costs) and $50 for team (to cover team costs).  Does that make sense?

As a dues-paying member, you get:
- a UND Cycling cap!
- percent off of entry into UND Cycling events
- to be emailed directly if important things are happening (we are abandoning the old email list)
- meeting food on occasion

[Alaska Unicyclist]

so your saying we should have $50 for team + $15 for club. Making a team member pay $65? I'm cool with that, I'm just trying to clarify whats going on inside your noggin.

[Sal Atticum]

That's what I'm saying.  If we're keeping the team books and the club books separately, this makes it easier.  Club benefits come out of the club side, team benefits are travel assistance, and helping you commit to the team. 

The second part is that, if you really want team members to only pay $50 total, just make team $35.

[Jake Cooley]

So if I want to be part of the club and take part in racing (school taking priority) how much do I pay? And when and who do I pay it to?

[Mario]

Jake, since youare exception (you had a TT bike that cost about $8000 as a college student!!!), you can afford to pay a bit more than $50-$65. Say, your dues will be more like $100  . Beside, to race on a team it takes a bit more than just dues. You need to commit time, effort, and heart, be a team player, and support both club and team in the activities and events.    This of course, applies to anybody who would like to be a team member. However, who am I to say it...

[JakeCooley]

Well I'm actually selling my expensive TT bike so I can afford a road bike and triathlon bike for next year! Yeah I understand that, last year I really wanted to race but just never fully committed to being gone on all the weekends and was working a lot so didn't make it to much stuff at all during the week. Im trying become more involved this year. I understand you can't just pay dues and say you race for UND but I was out of town for 1 meeting and working the night of the other meeting. Need a heads up on when next meeting is so I can make sure I'm not working that day.. Does the club know yet?

[Sal Atticum]

I'm not sure why Mario has to answer Jake's questions instead of the current club leadership division.

Jake, you should call up Logan and see what's going down.  You can ride without dues; at some point there will be a meeting and we will all be able to pay.  The alleycat is tomorrow if you are able to make it; you could pay dues then and we can all talk about stuff.

The other officers are Jordan Riley, Andrew Mills, and Karin Hensellek.
The new people who've shown interest are Levi, Alex, Peter, and Gina. 
I hope you can find some people to ride and train with.

[Mario]

Jake. I'm pretty sure the gusy will let you know how much it is and where to pay as soon as they figure it out. Be part o fthe club, be part of the team, and you will be fine. It takes commitment, quite a bit of it, but at the end it's worth every minute.