Re: Book Sales to non-members

[krombhol@teclink.net (Paul Krombholz)]

>The next two messages relate to a request I received about AGA booksales to
>non-members. Are there any  alternative views?
>
>>Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 06:53:17 -0500
>>To: dave-g
>>From: Neil Frank <nfrank@mindspring.com>
>>Subject: Book Sales to non-members
>>Cc: karen
>>
>>Dave,
>>
>>The next message is from a non-member who wants to buy the Dennerle book.
>I think the AGA policy is a little wissywashy... if we have one at all :-).
>How about selling an AGA item to any person who says they are a non-member
>for an additional  surcharge.. like +10%. Of course, when people order from
>you, you assume that they are members.
>>I cc'd Karen, so if she thinks that this needs Management Committee
>discussion and approval, then she can bring it up.
>>
>>Neil
>>
>>PS. YOu can always get a current membership directory from Oleary if you
>want to be a policeman.

If Jack can send Dave the membership list in a form that is easily
incorporated in a database, such as tab-separated or comma separated, and,
if Dave has a database manager program, then Dave can easily and quickly
get the whole membership database, and it will be easy to search it anytime
he wants to see if a prospective book buyer is a member.  It shouldn't be a
time-consuming process at all.

A 10% surcharge to non-members sounds reasonable to me.

Paul Krombholz, in soggy, central Mississippi, starting on our third rainy
day.