[ATMoB-discuss] Emailing Monthly Newsletter

[Kenneth Launie]

I completely agree with Peter; in the 20 or 25 years we've had the clubhouse at Westford, and in the years before at Drumlin Farm, The Schwamb Mill, George Wood's house or wherever we've met, there has generally been a welcoming atmosphere for all which is one of the things that has kept me as a member for so long, even though I'm not nearly as active as I once was because of work and family commitments. People will join the club because they want to be a part of it or they won't, but I think they'll be less likely to want to join a restrictive "us vs the outside world" group. I should think we'd WANT folks joining us to observe, so let's continue to be welcoming and not petty about these things.

Regards,
--Ken Launie

 
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> Peter Bealo
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> Roberts'; 'Bernie Volz 
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> Subject: RE: [ATMoB-discuss] Emailing Monthly Newsletter
> 
> I prefer a philosophy that allows all interested parties to 
> visit and set up at our facility at no cost and without 
> anyone hounding them to become a member. If we treat 
> them well and they see value in membership they'll become 
> members...if not, they'll eventually (probably pretty
> quickly) stop coming and not become members.
> 
> Asking the clubhouse gang to police who can plug into a 
> wall and who can't strikes me as kind of soup-naziish..."No 
> electricity for you, you no good NHAS or NSAAC person, or 
> even worse, a club agnostic!"...not that some of our 
> members don't gravitate toward that approach anyhow...
> 
> Just my opinion, and its probably wrong anyhow.
> 
> Peter