HL Falbaum wrote:
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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




An all electronic version of SOARING Magazine (in PDF format) would be
a cost-saver, but I suspect some members do not have access to a
computer, or know how to load the correct software (Adobe Acrobat
Reader and others....) to read and print the files. I work in the
printing industry and you would be amazed how many folks are not "up to
speed" in this technology driven environment. Most people equate
"installing software" on the same level as a "prostate exam."

Lloyd Smith
Odessa, Texas