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I think that the SSA would lose a lot of members without the magazine
since it is one of the only tangible benefits the SSA offers to a large
proportion of its members. At $64/year, the SSA costs more than the
AOPA or EAA. If you don't own a glider then you can't even get the
insurance coverage "discount". Since most of the SSA members don't
compete in soaring competitions, this aspect of the SSA organization is
of no utility either.

What the SSA cannot afford to do is lose a substantial number of
members. Losing the magazine would be like a failing restaurant
cutting back on its food quality to save money.....

Lindy

Lindy_--
Look closer- do you belong to a glider club that owns gliders or a towplane?
Then you, too, benefit from the insurance deal. have you tried to insure a
towplane without the SSA-Costello connection?
Not a competitor---how about badges?
I like the "hard copy" of the mag, as I can thumb through back issues from
time to time.

"Losing the magazine would be like a failing restaurant
cutting back on its food quality to save money....."

Well said--sums it up nicely!

Hartley Falbaum