I hope that by now you have recieved your membership confirmation and newsletter. I also hope that you do not request a refund as you have considered. I will be the first to admit that our organization is not perfect by any means. We struggle to keep things going, getting good speakers at our meetings, getting new members, etc. We certainly need more members like you to help us in any way you can. Please keep in mind that what we do is strictly voluntary, not our full time jobs, and we do not recieve any monetary compensation for time spent. Many of us in the Inland Empire Branch work in the field and out of town much of the time, and sometimes can't even make it to the meetings (which has been my case for the past several months). We do the best we can with what we have to work with. I also feel that any organization is what you (the individual member) make of it. The more proactive you and other members are regarding meeting attendance, open discussions, field trip recommendations and organization, etc. the better. Please be sure to make our up-and-coming meetings so that we can discuss this issue in more detail in person.



Sincerely and best regards. I look forward to meeting and speaking with you soon.



Mike Wilcox

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• Wondering about membership - Jungledancer, Thu Jun 12 21:53:09 2003
• I have some of the same issues... - mnlobrien, Fri Jul 4 11:25:43 2003
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