Dues are Due!!!

[Brad Conley]

Hey folks. The 2008 dues are now due for the BPG. If your membership expires in 2007 or earlier, you need to pay your dues. You can check your membership status by going to the Membership Roster at:

http://www.buickperformancegroup.com/member_roster.htm

and see when you membership ends. If your membership date is 2008 or later, you need not do anything...you will continue to receive The Buildsheet and you are current in your dues. If, however, your membership year is 2007 or earlier, well, you need to pay.

Dues are as follows:

$35.00 for 1 year.
$65.00 for 2 years.
$90.00 for 3 years.
$500.00 for lifetime.

There are a couple of ways to pay. You can send a check, made payable to The Buick Performance Group and send to this address:

Buick Performance Group
1150 W Fifth St
PO Box 614
Marysville, OH 43040-0614

Or you can pay by Pay-Pal. Our Pay-Pal email address is:

paypal@buickperformancegroup.com

Since paypal takes 3% of whatever is sent to us, it would be nice but not necessary for you to kick in a buck or two for those paypal fees. We all would appreciate it!

If you would, please include your membership number on your check or in the remarks section of the paypal payment. This really helps me out.


Now, when I go to the Membership Roster page, which is current as of 3-4-08, I see many names on there that, well quite frankly, surprise me. This is your club, a non-profit club at that. We need everyone's support to keep a good time rolling for all. We do not mandate that you are a member to enjoy our national event, nor do we hit you with a non-member fee to participate in same, but your club needs the funds to cover the costs (which have gone up this year) for that national event, and payout to the racers a fair winnings.

Please get your dues in soon.

Thank you.

[stagetwo65]

I mailed you my check today Brad.

[joy51872]

I'll bust my husbands chops about not being paid up

One thing I'd like to suggest is for the club to include a separate sheet of paper letting us know dues are due in the last buildsheet mailing of the year. It would be really helpful for those of us who forgot or someone like my dad who doesn't get on here to remember to send dues at the end or beginning of each year. I've seen a section in some of the build sheets reminding us about dues but think a separate sheet would be much more effective.........

[Brad Conley]

Joy,

The issue of The Buildsheet that is at the printers now has that page in it. It's not a tear-out, but one of the normal pages you can photocopy or tear out and mail in (or use paypal). The cost of a seperate sheet inserted into The Buildsheet is pretty high, that's the reason we went the way we did.

Thanks!!

[70 gsconvt]

Just paypaled you my 2008 dues.

[Brad Conley]

And I just received the email you did so!

Thanks for your support!!!

[painekiller]

paypal sent for 2 yrs. and a few extra $$ to cover fees.

[TheFly]

Almost forgot, sent dues by paypal + extra for fees.
noted member number in payment.

[jamyers]

Almost forgot, sent dues by paypal + extra for fees.
noted member number in payment.

Ditto for me. Now I need to get busy and write up the story of the 2NABOT.

[tufbuick]

Merriam-Websters Definition:

CLUB: an association of persons for some common object usually jointly supported and meeting periodically.

If anyone has been remiss in paying their dues to support their club...here are a few reasons why the club needs your money NOW !

1-In (5) five short months our National event will be comming up...THIS COSTS MONEY...lots of "advance money" !
Very Important that we have all the money needed !

2-Our club has expenses that need to be met and paid for on time...PRINTING, POSTAGE, PHONE BILLS, PROMOTIONAL EXPENSES, ACCOUNTING SERVICES, EVENT APPAREL, WEB SITE COSTS, ETC., ETC., ETC.

3-Non of our Officers or volunteers get paid for doing all the behind the scenes chores that it takes to run this club...(some even foot the bill for certain things and ask nothing in return).

What I'm getting at here is there is a need for your monitary support of your club on a timely basis. Your Membership dues need to come in for the club to move foward and grow. New members need to be recruited by us in order for our club to also move foward and grow.

Wheather you attend your annual club event or not, your dues as a member are needed to make it happen. If you don't come you know you'll look foward to all the great photos that are voluntarily taken by some awesome photographers and then posted on our website.

Show the Officers and volunteers of our fine club how much you appreciate what they do. Show us all how you want to support this club and keep it growing year by year...without your support...there will be no club.

PLEASE send in your membership dues today, it is your resposibility as a member !!!

Thank you !!!

[Topcat]

I will be sending mine paypal this week.

Thanks and Peace WildBill

[gbsean]

We actually have recruited a member to contact those who mat have forgot and to v=contact those that used to belong but have not paid in a few years....This Club and its events are paid for by the members,,,the Build Sheet,,,the National and local events..we have some small clubs within this group that also step up to provide other entertainment at our events....if you are upping for only one year for $35...throw in another $5 or $10 for ther benifit of the club...it goes in no ones pocket but back to the members....

[455pev]

Hey Brad I payed my dues Yesterday and just want to make should you got it though paypal. Let me know thanks David(455pev)

[Brad Conley]

Hey Brad I payed my dues Yesterday and just want to make should you got it though paypal. Let me know thanks David(455pev)

Yep, sure did! I'll process them (I have several to do) later this week. I kind of like to do a group of them at once.

Thanks!!!

[jj455]

Brad, do you have an online registration form or must all applications be done by mail? Thanks Jim