[at-l] Lookin'

[JPL]

One of my pet peeves is exactly this: send an organization some money, and they will spend that and double, sending you solicitations for the next couple of years, seems like once or twice a month.  Some are better than others.  Local trail groups seem to be pretty good.  Local Sierra Club groups are fine, by SC rules, they are very limited in what they can solicit.  Virginia for instance can only solicit its members once a year, and the local groups can't at all.  

J Lynch
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Felix J 
  Cc: at-l at backcountry.net 
  Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 9:03 AM
  Subject: Re: [at-l] Lookin'


  Slyatpct at aol.com wrote: 
       I think it's OK to let memberships laspe from time to time, but if you continue to hike the trail it's probably best to set your personal aside differences and donate.

  What if I 'donate' some other way? Or, 'give back' some other way?  
   


        maybe you can direct it towards a maintainer club.
  I would love to, and may, keep giving to Weary's MATC. The downside of that is that I HATE the constant begging/pleading/asking for money that donating seems to initiate.   If some organization had an "I'll give you money if you won't ask me for money" form for donating....I'd be right there!  



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