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RAFBEA

• Membership Secretarys Report 2007

Roy Gooden 25th Entry 1955 to 1956 RAF Cosford
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Thank you all for attending this AGM, especially
those members who have travelled here from
overseas enjoy your reunion. This is my 5th
presentation as Membership Secretary and we
still seem to increase our membership numbers
slightly each year. Finding new things to report
is getting more difficult, so you may recognise
some of the Clip-Art. For that reason the next
slide is completely different
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My Old Flight Commander
Thought that might grab your attention actually,
she was nice to work under!
For some reason I keep remembering my old flight
commander
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Back to Business! The membership now stands at
2,078 - 48 more members than at the 2006 AGM
nice to know we are still growing as an
association. 1,964 members are fully paid up
or exempt with the remaining 114 having been sent
reminder letters. This means 94.5 of members
are receiving full membership benefits such as
newsletters and access to RAFBEA web-site
members area. I predict we will achieve over 95
by December 2007.
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Naturally, there are fluctuations in membership,
this year so far we have gained 126 new members,
far outweighing losses by deaths and lost
contacts. By December will know how many non
renewals we have, hopefully taking over 2,000
members into 2008.
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Two good sources of gaining members has been via
insertions in the RAFA Air Mail and RAF News (At
negligible cost to us). In this electronic age,
many members are also finding us through the
RAFBEA web-site by the use of searches.
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John Ward our Web Manager, collects a
considerable portion of our subs through the
RAFBEA Web-site via PayPal system, especially
welcomed by overseas members as an alternative
method of sending their subs . Thank you John!
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Although 2007 has been a good year for subs, I
still had to send out more reminder letters, some
as recently as August. Postage and stationary
averages around 140 as mentioned, this
additional work diverts my time from other
membership duties and increases association costs.

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January 1st is the annual subs renewing date,
well publicised in the newsletter, membership
list and on the RAFBEA website - reminders should
not be necessary!
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As I asked last year - Please send me your
updated E-Mail addresses e-mailing members can
reduce our running costs, ultimately keeping your
subs down.
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RAFBEA

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Subs breakdown figures Not yet paid for
2007--------------------------------------------
109 Standing Order with still at
5-----------------------------------5 Fully paid
to December 2006 and beyond ----------------1,904
Honorary, Pre War life, and Presidents
Fund---------------60 Total ----------------------
----------------------------------------2,078
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RAFBEA

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2007 has been a good year for attracting new
members . All defaulters have been sent
reminders, those not paid by the end of 2007 will
have their membership suspended. An exception to
this rule is for those very ill members, or any
boys experiencing hard times The Presidents
Fund can assist these members when we are aware
of their problems. If you know anyone with these
circumstances please inform a committee member
That is what the fund was set up for!
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Dont forget your 2008 Subs
At present we have 2078 members. More are
finding us each year!
Next years target could be even higher!!
Thats All Folks!