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PLEASE READ: 2017 Mailings

Greggers

SAOCA Vice President
Platinum Level Sponsor
I’m getting the sponsor mailings ready to send out in the next two weeks. The 2017 calendar looks quite lovely (if I do say so myself), and I can’t wait to get it into our members’ hands.

2017 Calendars
We’re doing something a little different this year. So that everyone whose sponsorship level comes with one – receives a fresh calendar (as opposed to one mailed as many as 8 months after the year begins), we’re sending all Gold, Platinum and Diamond sponsors a calendar at the beginning of the year. For many of you, we’re doing this on the faith that you’ll be donating again later this year.

If you'd like an additional calendar, let me know soon and I'll include it in your shipment for an additional $10. After that, calendars will be available for sale at $12.50 shipped.

2017 Membership Dues
To simplify life for everyone, we’re working on amending the club by-laws so that all membership fees for Gold and above are due on October 1. Those of you whose renewal dates fall within January through September are asked to donate half of what you normally would to cover your 2017 dues and then in October, you’re asked to return to your normal donation amount to cover 2018. At PayPal, you can make a payment directly to membership@sunbeamalpine.org. See the next post for instructions

This is especially important, because this year we’re facing some $4,000+ in outside costs for updating the website in addition to the cost of the $1,000+ invested in on-faith mailings.

You can donate using PayPal or by mailing a check to DanR, our treasurer.

The Bronze and Silver levels, because they automatically renew, will continue as they currently do.

2017 Mailings
To ensure the mailing goes as smoothly as possible (during the busiest mailing time of the year), I need to confirm two things:

  1. That you want anything or everything mailed to you (or if, as some members have, you’d rather forgo the mailing so that the full value of your donation goes to supporting the club)
  2. Your current address (If you’d PMed me your address, I have it. However, some members are donating for the first time in several years, and I know some of you may have moved.)

Please PM me if your address has changed within the last several years. Below is a list of those Diamond, Platinum and Gold sponsors and what you’re due to receive from the club. If there are any errors, of if you feel you’re missing, let me know.

FORUM NAME————RENEWAL DATE————2017 MAILING
1finealpine————2/24/16————Sticker, Calendar
65beam————7/5/16————Sticker, Calendar
65sunbeam————5/31/16————Sticker, Calendar
67Survivor————7/27/16————Sticker, Calendar
67Beaner———— Exempt until 10/17————Sticker, Calendar, Diamond Certificate
69boss————9/13/16————Sticker, Calendar, Platinum Certificate
99ZoomR————Exempt until 10/17————Sticker, Calendar
Alpine 1789————2/22/16————Sticker, Calendar, Platinum Certificate
Alpine Ian————Honourary————Sticker, Calendar, Diamond Certificate
Alpine66————Exempt until 10/17————Sticker, Calendar
aservfortom2————8/10/16————Sticker, Calendar, Platinum Certificate
Ashfried————Exempt until 10/17————Sticker, Calendar
Barry————Exempt until 10/17————Sticker, Calendar
bashby————Exempt until 10/17————Sticker, Calendar, Diamond Certificate
beamin63————5/9/16————Sticker, Calendar
Bill Blue————Exempt until 10/17————Sticker, Calendar, Platinum Certificate
bing————Exempt until 10/17————Sticker, Calendar
beamS3————Exempt until 10/17————Sticker, Calendar
buddy————5/19/16————Sticker, Calendar, Platinum Certificate
bulldurham————2/27/16————Sticker, Calendar, Platinum Certificate
captainvolvo57————3/14/16————Sticker, Calendar, Platinum Certificate
carsareapain————7/31/16————Sticker, Calendar
connanhomer————Exempt until 10/17————Sticker, Calendar
crs————8/24/16————Sticker, Calendar, Diamond Certificate
cruhlin————2/27/16————Sticker, Calendar
DanR————2/12/16————Sticker, 2 Calendars, Platinum Certificate
DennisO————7/25/16————Sticker, Calendar, Platinum Certificate
Derek————2/8/16————Sticker, Calendar, Platinum Certificate
dmich2————Exempt until 10/17————Sticker, Calendar, Diamond Certificate
dwalls————4/20/16————Sticker, Calendar
dwolff706————5/19/16————Sticker, Calendar
Fordtoosie————12/14/16————Sticker, Calendar
fred1725————9/20/16————Not Wanted
Geoffers————3/17/16————Sticker, Calendar, Platinum Certificate
George Coleman————12/2/16————Sticker, Calendar
Green67Alpine————5/9/16————Sticker, Calendar
greggers————Exempt until 10/17————Sticker, Calendar, Platinum Certificate
hartmandm————1/20/16————Sticker, Calendar, Platinum Certificate
Hillman————Exempt until 10/17————Not Wanted
Hodee————Exempt until 10/17————Sticker, Calendar
huli4321————7/27/16————Sticker, Calendar, Diamond Certificate
Jeb Stuart————5/24/16————Sticker, Calendar, Platinum Certificate
Jim65————7/25/16————Sticker, Calendar
Jimjordan2————1/31/16————Sticker, Calendar
john.hemsath————6/24/16————Sticker, 2 Calendars, Platinum Certificate
jumpinjan————Exempt until 10/17————Sticker, Calendar (Need Address)
junkman————Exempt until 10/17————Sticker, Calendar
Ken Ellis———— Exempt until 10/18————Sticker, Calendar, Platinum Certificate
LarryN————Exempt until 10/17————Sticker, Calendar, Diamond Certificate
mamoose124————Exempt until 10/17————Sticker, Calendar, Platinum Certificate
Mid Ohio Dan————5/5/16————Sticker, Calendar, Diamond Certificate
MikeH————1/31/16————Sticker, Calendar, Platinum Certificate
mototron————7/27/16————Sticker, Calendar
Oldskool979————Exempt until 10/17————Sticker, Calendar (Need Address)
Paul A————2/21/16————Sticker, Calendar, Platinum Certificate
paoloRI39————10/29/16————Not Wanted
pavarmy————Exempt until 10/17————Sticker, Calendar
pcmenten————Exempt until 10/17————Not Wanted
Phile 46————Exempt until 10/17————Sticker, Calendar
PJ62————Exempt until 10/17————Sticker, Calendar
raceatr3————Exempt until 10/17————Not Wanted
Rick Young ————7/1/16————Sticker, Calendar
rixter————Exempt until 10/17————Sticker, Calendar
Rjmobley————Exempt until 10/17————Sticker, Calendar, Diamond Certificate
sd_pace————7/10/16————Sticker, Calendar, Platinum Certificate
Series3Scott————Honourary————Sticker, Calendar, Diamond Certificate
Series6————Exempt until 10/17————Sticker, 2 Calendars, Diamond Certificate
SeriesIIIgt———— Exempt until 10/17————Sticker, Calendar, Platinum Certificate
SIVAllan————2/22/16————Sticker, Calendar, Platinum Certificate
SoCal'beaming————3/27/16————Sticker, Calendar, Platinum Certificate
srbaker————5/13/16————Sticker, Calendar, Platinum Certificate
T L Alfreno————7/3/16————Sticker, Calendar
T2C Alpine II————8/8/16————Sticker, Calendar
Tom H————2/22/16————Sticker, Calendar
Toyanvil————7/12/16————Sticker, 2 Calendars
tylerite3124————7/19/16————Sticker, Calendar, Platinum Certificate
volvoguys————3/24/16————Not Wanted



Thank you all for your generous support. This club couldn't exist without you.
 
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Greggers

SAOCA Vice President
Platinum Level Sponsor
Paying directly through PayPal

  1. Log in at PayPal.com
  2. Click on Send & Request at the top
  3. Click Pay for Goods or Services at the left
  4. Type membership@sunbeamalpine.org in the box and click next
  5. Type your donation amount in the box
  6. In the notes, type your forum name, real name and mailing address

Note, these instructions work whether you'd like to donate $12.50, $22.50, $42.50 or $1.5 million. ;0)
 
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Alpine 1789

SAOCA President
Diamond Level Sponsor
1/2 dues till October 1 is a very nice offer, but I just re-upped my Platinum membership at the full year's rate. $45 for 9+ months of the support and friendship of this group is still a bargain!
 

hartmandm

Moderator
Diamond Level Sponsor
Greg,

My renewal is in January. I was planning to donate 9/12ths of the annual rate to get to Oct 1, unless that makes more work for you.

Thanks,
Mike
 

DanR

Diamond Level Sponsor
A Special Note:

FOR YOU GUY's & GAL's THAT DON'T DO PAYPAL CAN SEND A CHECK TO:

Dan Richardson, Treasurer SAOCA
123 Richardson Drive
Greenwood, South Carolina 29649

AND PLEASE:

Make Payable to: SAOCA

All other pertinent information such as your full name ; address and your FORUM Handle helps identify you so we can update our system. I immediately pass this onto our Membership Director so He can send you whatever appropriate.

Thanks always for your support both participation and financial.

Merry Christmas to all,
 

Greggers

SAOCA Vice President
Platinum Level Sponsor
Greg,

My renewal is in January. I was planning to donate 9/12ths of the annual rate to get to Oct 1, unless that makes more work for you.

Thanks,
Mike

What's the metric conversion on that? ;0)

9/12ths works just fine. Thanks for your support.
 

Greggers

SAOCA Vice President
Platinum Level Sponsor
if it saves you any money, don't bother sending me any stuff.

You'd be surprised by how much that helps.

Here's an example of how things work (numbers rounded up or down for simplicity):

Gold Donation: $25
Paypal takes: $1 U.S. / $1.30 non-U.S.

Cost of calendar + sticker + envelope: $10
Mailing cost to U.S. addresses: $2.50
For Canadian addresses: $6 plus a customs form
For European addresses: $12.60 plus a customs form

Of your $25 donation, the club receives:
$11.50 for a U.S. donor
$7.70 for a Canadian donor
$1.40 for a European donor


There's been talk of making dues a standard amount then allowing members to buy calendars, etc. only if they choose to. It's a little odd that everyone Gold and above automatically gets a calendar whether you want one or not. After all, if you throw it away, you're throwing away $10 that the club could put to good use.

Once the board formulates and formalizes a plan, we'll be putting issues like that up for all members to vote on. I encourage everyone to weigh in. After all, it's your club (and mine too of course, since I'm a member first and an officer second).
 

Greggers

SAOCA Vice President
Platinum Level Sponsor
Yesterday, 65 gold, platinum and diamond packages went out in the mail. The first ones should start arriving today here in the greater Atlanta area and over the next week everywhere else thanks to the holiday delay. Enjoy.

The sticker held things up because nobody makes static clings anymore, so I was getting the runaround from a number of different suppliers. Then weather-related shipping delays, then holiday-related shipping delays. I'm going to order the next batch earlier this coming year. I have it on good authority that they're going to call next-next year 2018.

And speaking of 2018, let's start sharing photos for the 2018 calendar. We're looking for all-new, never-before-seen photos in next year's calendar.


Oh, and as a response to myself, for whatever reason, Canadian shipments cost $3.50ish instead of $6ish this year, and they didn't require a customs form. Did I miss some law changes?
 
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Green67Alpine

Former SAOCA Membership Director
Platinum Level Sponsor
Envelope to Canada just goes as a letter, the tubes required the customs form
Tom j
 

Hillman

Gold Level Sponsor
While I listed myself as 'not wanted', I got a calendar and sticker in the mail. I'm glad you made the mistake, sticker goes on the car and I told my wife she can't write stuff on the calendar. Just hope someone who asked for them doesn't get missed.

Anyway, thanks for ovrer-riding my "don't bother" request.

Al
 
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