Subject: ADS MEMBERSHIP
From: "John D Haefele" <[email-masked]>
To: "Char Olson" <[email-masked]>, "Dan Boulden" <[email-masked]>, "George Vanderburgh" <[email-masked]>, "Henry & Pat Russell" <[email-masked]>, "James Roberts" <[email-masked]>, "Jim Kirchstein" <[email-masked]>, "Karen Nelson" <[email-masked]>, "Kay Price" <[email-masked]>, "Kenneth Grant" <[email-masked]>, "Mary or David Schweitzer" <[email-masked]>, "Perry Huntoon" <[email-masked]>, "Rodney Schroeter" <[email-masked]>, "Tracy Heron" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 13:00:56 -0500

There is one other item from the last meeting for which I feel compelled to
add 2 cents.  Someone brought up that we need to fairly quickly update and
reprint promotional ADS brochures.  My thought on this-whereas we may not be
ready to promote our new mission (in which case we should limit reprint
quantities for now)-we might want to consider adding a slate of perks,
privileges, and/or permissions (in addition to receiving the ADS newsletter)
to appeal to a greater number of potential new members; it seems to me there
are more who might join than just those content with making a
"contribution."  In addition, there might be ways to incent
partner-organizations.  For example (at little or no cost) we might offer
the following:

Individuals

.         Discounts on selected books

.         Opportunity to see first OP books we offer for sale

.         Membership listing on the ADS web-page (elect to be included)

.         Deeper level blog-access or participation

Organizations

.         Authorized web-site link

.         Free ad or promo in each of four ADS newsletters

.         Opportunity to insert ADS mailings (size & page limit)

.         Guest (print or blog media) editorials with pre-approval

.         Cross-event participation

o   Representatives

o   Displays (provide supplies only)

 

These are what I come up with in the couple of minutes it is taking to
create this e-mail-think what we as a group might brainstorm if we took 15
minutes at the next meeting!

Anyway, food for thought.

John