Kurt,
My response was exactly that, a response to Bwoodbury’s comments. No where in that response did I refer to your situation. I told of what was paid for, a 2001 dues, and what will be given for that. What I did not list were the many other benefits that come with 2001 dues. The fact that the “July newsletter” that was given (as an addition benefit) to the person I commented to, was that each of those issues take a number of people weeks to write, edit and then print, sort and then get to the post office. And o yea, they are done in COLOR. An extremely nice piece with a ton of work involved, and the person who makes the post belittles the fact that they received it. Now please keep in mind that not only did they receive an issue that they were not due, but to make sure that the person didn’t have to pay for two years of dues, the membership was held back to get them a full year and part of this year, all for the big amount of $90. Now keep in mind, this is still 2000.
Now I see your situation and it is vastly different. The first time this person made a post that they had a hard time getting any information I responded direct to them, then called Rich and informed him that he needed to make sure that they were taken care of. Within a week, they had the last newsletter that this region put out (they do 3-4 twenty page newsletters a year) and were being saved $90 towards this years dues. Rich did not want to ask them to pay for this year since there is nothing that they would get other than faster service.
This is why I take exception to the above post. I do not like the fact that someone went out of their way to provide more value, then in turn that same person comes under attack.
It is because of all of these reasons that I have spent the better part of a year getting a standardized operational procedures designed and approved by the VCA. They will be going into affect as of 2001. Hopefully, this will cure some of the delays. But people saying they got nothing on the VCA WEB SITE, obviously tells me that they do not understand that this site is also provided by the VCA. So, please tell me how someone using this site got nothing? Maybe I am missing something?