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eefc-core-bounces@workingcode.com [mailto:eefc-core-bounces@workingcode.com] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Todd Brooks<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Sunday, May 24, 2009 4:53 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Eagle East Flying Club Core
Team<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: straw poll update and
reminder<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>My vote is Yes.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>Either scenario still gives us the ability to fly a
much better (and more) plane for less than what we can now. If we are
optimistic, and charge ourselves an upfront initiation fee and then a fee of
only $110/mo, I think that would be great.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>We have to remember that we are trying to get s
flying club started (and a better flying club). So, our initial
investment into it should be a little more just to get it started right, but
it should get easier and cheaper as we go along and get more members and more
planes.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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--- On <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sat, 5/23/09, James Carlson <i><span
style='font-style:italic'><carlsonj@workingcode.com></span></i></span></b>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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From: James Carlson <carlsonj@workingcode.com><br>
Subject: straw poll update and reminder<br>
To: "Eagle East Flying Club Core Team"
<eefc-core@workingcode.com><br>
Date: Saturday, May 23, 2009, 1:52 PM<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>We're still looking for responses to the straw poll
that I sent out on<br>
Thursday:<br>
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<a
href="http://www.workingcode.com/pipermail/eefc-core/2009-May/000243.html"
target="_blank">http://www.workingcode.com/pipermail/eefc-core/2009-May/000243.html</a><br>
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Please don't forget to weigh in as soon as possible, even if you're<br>
not planning to join at this time. A simple "yes" or
"no" will do.<br>
I'd like to wrap this up early next week so that we can get a message<br>
out to the rest of the prospective members -- and so that we can start<br>
moving on that nice airplane. It might not last!<br>
<br>
So far, we've got two "yes" and one "maybe" vote. I
was talking<br>
off-list with one of the participants who suggested a slightly<br>
different plan to offer. It includes a non-refundable[1] buy-in of<br>
$400, and uses low-side estimates to get the monthly dues down to<br>
$110, relying on that buy-in to provide a cushion in case the low-side<br>
numbers are wrong. It also turns that "maybe" into a
"yes." The<br>
updated spreadsheet (showing both options) is here:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.workingcode.com/eefc/spreadsheet-jdc.xls"
target="_blank">http://www.workingcode.com/eefc/spreadsheet-jdc.xls</a><br>
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If that change (from $175 to $110 per month) makes a difference in how<br>
you'd vote, please do comment on that in your reply. (The total<br>
savings in the first year for each member would be $380, primarily<br>
coming out of those lower cost estimates.)<br>
<br>
Either way, the plan would be to run the club for one year under this<br>
scheme, and then re-evaluate the financial situation based on actual<br>
expenses and reserves required in a member's meeting. We would then<br>
have to agree to modify dues up or down as needed to maintain a<br>
solvent club. (The spreadsheet should be helpful in doing "what
if"<br>
tests to see how those changes might come out.)<br>
<br>
1. The "non-refundable" part is probably something that could
be<br>
dealt with on a case-by-case basis if members must leave the<br>
club. We may need to deal with contingency plans later.<br>
<br>
-- <br>
James Carlson 42.703N 71.076W
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