US-POLITICS - AOPA Membership Decision
David Hendricks
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US-POLITICS - AOPA Membership Decision
Creator:
David Hendricks
Date:
11/13/2006
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Dear O&P Colleagues:
I am deciding whether my company, HOPE Orthopedic, should join as a supplier member of AOPA. This cost is several thousand dollars each year. Part of the benefit is that we would be supporting our industry, which is good, but shouldn't we, the member company, also benefit?
The decision-line I have decided to draw is at 50%. If I can determine that an AOPA membership is worth half it's cost to our company, then it's a go. I don't mind contributing to the good of our field, but I think such a membership should accrue to the members benefit as well as to the organization's benefit. I've decided half and half is a fair deal.
Which brings me to my question, which is directed to - and only to - employees of AOPA members (whether supplier or patient care facility). If you divide your company's annual AOPA membership fee by two, do you think your company directly benefits by the amount of that quotient each year?
I will post a summary of responses, so please let me know if I should include your name in that summary. (If you feel you don't want AOPA oficials to see your candid response, even without your name, let me know that too, and I will honor that by not including your posting in the summary.)
Thank you, in advance, for your responses.
David
BTW: Please don't rant and rave that I should support my association, no matter what. This is a business decision. I'm already allowing 50% as pure donation. Besides, my company is one of the few O&P suppliers left who honor our profession by refusing to sell outside of it. We say no almost every week to someone who wants to buy direct. Each time we do it costs us sales - which amounts to lost profit - which is a donation in itself. So I ask that you restrain yourself from patriotic outbursts and stick to the specific question, if you would be so kind. Thank you again.
David Hendricks, CPO, FAAOP
<Email Address Redacted>
HOPE Orthopedic
6439 Milner Blvd.
Orlando, FL 32809
ph: 800-613-8852
fax: 888-440-1217
ph: 407-850-0411
fax: 407-851-8922
I am deciding whether my company, HOPE Orthopedic, should join as a supplier member of AOPA. This cost is several thousand dollars each year. Part of the benefit is that we would be supporting our industry, which is good, but shouldn't we, the member company, also benefit?
The decision-line I have decided to draw is at 50%. If I can determine that an AOPA membership is worth half it's cost to our company, then it's a go. I don't mind contributing to the good of our field, but I think such a membership should accrue to the members benefit as well as to the organization's benefit. I've decided half and half is a fair deal.
Which brings me to my question, which is directed to - and only to - employees of AOPA members (whether supplier or patient care facility). If you divide your company's annual AOPA membership fee by two, do you think your company directly benefits by the amount of that quotient each year?
I will post a summary of responses, so please let me know if I should include your name in that summary. (If you feel you don't want AOPA oficials to see your candid response, even without your name, let me know that too, and I will honor that by not including your posting in the summary.)
Thank you, in advance, for your responses.
David
BTW: Please don't rant and rave that I should support my association, no matter what. This is a business decision. I'm already allowing 50% as pure donation. Besides, my company is one of the few O&P suppliers left who honor our profession by refusing to sell outside of it. We say no almost every week to someone who wants to buy direct. Each time we do it costs us sales - which amounts to lost profit - which is a donation in itself. So I ask that you restrain yourself from patriotic outbursts and stick to the specific question, if you would be so kind. Thank you again.
David Hendricks, CPO, FAAOP
<Email Address Redacted>
HOPE Orthopedic
6439 Milner Blvd.
Orlando, FL 32809
ph: 800-613-8852
fax: 888-440-1217
ph: 407-850-0411
fax: 407-851-8922
Citation
David Hendricks, “US-POLITICS - AOPA Membership Decision,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 2, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/227650.
