Re [at-l] RANT PATC''s Ongoing tradition of public serviceand volunteerism for sale

[bullard@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Jim Bullard)]

Perhaps, but I was talking about the ordinary paid up member vs the member
who volunteers time on top of dues.  "Patrons" will always receive
deference for substantial donations above the ordinary membership dues and
I have no problem with that.

At 06:43 PM 1/26/2003 -0800, Orange Bug wrote:
>In my heart, I agree with you. In my pragmatic mind, I know that
>the first $10,000 donor will get more perks than the 10 year
>volunteer.
>
>Its the Golden Rule.
>
>Bill...
><Him who gots the Gold makes the Rules>
>
>--- Jim Bullard <bullard@northnet.org> wrote:
> > I do think that the clubs could do something to make
> > volunteers feel a bit more appreciated.  It wouldn't take
> > much.  Perhaps some are better than my experience.  In my
> > case free parking when doing my clean-ups would have
> > been nice.  Perhaps in the PATC situation a different class of
> > membership for volunteers that gave a slightly better rate on
> > cabin rentals would do the trick.  It wouldn't have to be
> > much, simply some token that says "we recognize your
> > volunteer contribution".