Wednesday, July 2, 2014
How do you feel about amending ACE's Constitution to allow for Associate Memberships?
I have reservations, but I am tentatively in favor of this and am likely to vote to approve it. My deepest concern is that this could one day lead to a situation where ACE News and/or RollerCoaster! magazine cease to be available in hard copy form as a right of membership to all non-Associate status members. This could happen because, as the ratio of Associate members to non-Associate members goes up, the available budget for printing costs and postage for these publications decreases, potentially making them untenable going forward. If the amendment passes and the slightest indicator of danger that this scenario may play out becomes evident in the future (whether that be a month, decade, or century from now), it must subsequently be repealed or modified to prevent the end of printed publications. The death of ACE News and, especially, of RollerCoaster! magazine as hard copy publications would be tantamount to the death of ACE as the organization I know, love, and want to be the best it can for it's members.