Original Hobo Nickel Society

Change in Dues for Canadian and Life Members

We have recently experienced significantly increased postage costs for mailing BoTales to our members in Canada. It is now approximately five (5) times the cost to mail our magazine to members in the U.S. although not as high as mailing the magazine to Europe and other overseas destinations. Our current dues do not cover all the costs of printing, stuffing, and mailing BoTales and, like other hobby clubs, are cross subsidized by other sales and activities we sponsor. We can not continue to subsidize the increasing postage costs with our current budget.

Since we increased dues for members in Europe and other overseas destinations to cover the increased postage costs for BoTales postage, we had to re-evaluate our dues structure for our members in Canada. After that evaluation, a motion was presented to our board to increase the dues of members in Canada from the current $15 a year to $25 to cover the increase in postage costs for mailing BoTales to their location. The board voted by email to increase the dues for our members in Canada from $15 to $25 per year. Life membership for Canadian and overseas members was increased from $250/year to $300/year for the same reason. The increase will be effective with the next member dues renewal after this notification is posted on our website and in BoTales.

Thank You,
Sandy Pearl, Treasurer

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