PROPOSAL TO ELIMINATE THE ANNUAL NNAUSA CONVENTIONREGISTRATION FEE AND CHANGE THE AMOUNT OF THE ANNUALNNAUSA MEMBERSHIP DUES
Umunne la Umunna, ndewo nu,Cognizant of the reality:∙ To the current challenge of realizing sufficient funds to host our conventions∙ To the present difficulty with financial analysis in the planning of our conventions∙ That our annual conventions are in fact our annual general meeting∙ Of the dwindling attendance at our annual conventions∙ To the confusion that has occurred to members of the Ngwa National AssociationUnited States of America, Inc. (NNAUSA) in recent years on the difference betweenannual membership dues and annual convention registration fees,We, the Ngwa National Association North New York Chapter, Inc. (NNANNY),respectfully propose an elimination of the annual NNAUSA convention registration fee.In lieu of the convention registration fee, NNANNY respectfully propose a change in theannual NNAUSA membership dues from the current amount of $100.00 to $150.00. NNANNY acknowledge that these proposals implicate the constitution and thus areconstitutional amendments.Changing the amount of the annual NNAUSA membership dues from the current amountof $100.00 to $150.00 will provide the requisite revenue to host our conventionsannually. Under the current method of $100.00 for each member attendee, NNAUSAwill realize $30,000.00 with 300 members registered to attend the convention. Under our proposal, NNAUSA will realize $45,000.00 from the additional $50.00 in membershipdues paid by 900 members. Note that the current method leaves a lot of uncertainty with respect to financial analysiswhich is largely based on the number of convention attendees. Recent history has shownthat many convention attendees do not pre-register irrespective of the amount of publicityand the early-bird/lower-registration-amount incentive provided. Quite a number of attendees only register on arrival at the convention venue. Currently, expense andrevenue computation in convention planning is fraught with estimations and guess work based on historical trends. For instance, the example of a convention with 300 attendeesis simply an estimate which varies from year to year based on many factors such as theconvention host city, population of nde Ngwa in a city, and whether a particular year isan election year. Under our proposal, NNAUSA has an excellent and factual projectionof what the revenue amount will be based on the membership number which hasaveraged 900 members for the last number of years. This will facilitate a better planningand execution of our conventions by the Executive Committee working closely, and inharmony, with the local hosting chapter.We at NNANNY are cognizant of the concern that some NNAUSA members may haveas to their paying dues part of which will be used to fund a convention they may notattend.
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