I was just wondering what the current membership numbers are for the
NAR. All they say on their website is a cryptic note about "in the past
50 years over 80,000 people have joined the NAR" but not a word about
current member numbers. I am a BAR and got around to looking up the NAR
website and just about fainted when I saw the membership price for
'senior' members. Geez when I dropped my NAR membership right after
high school in 89 or 90 membership was only about $20, but hey when your
in school and busier than a bee every $20 counts so that's why I let it
go. Kids were only like $12 or $15 back then. When I saw that kids are
now $25 and adults are charged $62.50 I was shocked! Sure we have more
money now but with a two year old in the house that $62 is like 20-25%
of my hobby fund for the YEAR. When and why did they go up so much?
Also, when did they stop offering subscriptions to "Sport Rocketry"? Is
that to twist your arm into membership? All I can deduce from what I've
read is either 1) the NAR is so big that they figure they can charge
whatever they want and if somebody doesn't have the money to join it's
like "so what" (highly unlikely) or 2) the NAR has dwindled to the point
that to pay the bills they have to charge the remaining 'old-time
membership' an arm and leg to keep going, knowing they'll pay it
regardless.
Not trying to step on toes here but it's kinda rediculous. The only
reason I looked into the NAR was for the magazine; I fly on my own farm
and don't care about the insurance or competing and I'm not interested
in anything over F power anyway. But as sort of an outsider it really
looks like NAR is shooting itself in the foot. Just wondering:(
- posted 15 years ago