Re: Other Sport Horse Organization Membership Fee Structures

[Teddy Lancaster <Teddy@runningbear.com>]

Barb, did any of these organizations list their non-member fees? 
I know USCTA had one years ago.  I believe their novice division
at that time had NO non-member fee...they considered it
"entry-level" and a "learning" competiton, but at Training Level
(the next level up) there was a non-member fee.  I am not sure,
but I think you HAD to be a member to compete at Preliminary or
above.

Teddy

Thomas, Barb wrote:
> 
> I'm another member of the team of people who would like AERC to review the
> membership structure and how the fees are used.  I also took a look at how
> other sport horse organizations fees were set up.  Since endurance is a
> growing sport that competes both nationally and internationally as these
> other groups do, I feel that it's fair to take a look at sports of the same
> caliber as we are.  I looked at U.S. Combined Training Association, U.S.
> Dressage Federation and AHSA annual membership fees.  Here's what I found:
> 
> USCTA
> Full member $75
> Family member - $50 each person*
> Junior member - $50
> Canada, add $22; Mexico, add $95; others, add $80 to the above fees.
> *Family member:  Up to 4 persons with the same address but must also include
> at least one full or life member to qualify. (I think life fee was $1000.)
> USCTA was the only group that had foreign rates posted.
> 
> USDF
> one year participating member - $40
> junior - $25
> horse for life - $50
> change of horse's ownership or name - $10
> 
> AHSA
> Senior member - $40
> PLUS:  for senior members, $45 to participate in all disciplines or fees
> from $10 to $35 for individual disciplines.
> Junior member - $35 (can participate in all disciplines)
> 
> As you can see, only one of these groups offers a family rate, all offer
> junior rates.  I didn't see any restrictions on the junior rates and they
> didn't have to be part of a family membership to get the discount.  Of the
> one group who offered a family rate, there had to be at least one full rate
> included, a single address, and the difference between the full and family
> rate was $25 each compared to AERC's difference of $65!  I know that keeping
> the price reasonable for our Canadian neighbors is important, too and maybe
> the way USCTA did it should be considered.
> 
> Here's some legwork done for comparison purposes and maybe some
> restructuring ideas, too.
> 
> Barb Thomas