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Hmm, my club charges $20 a year, for husband and wife.
Braintree R&P is not making a profit per se, they are putting money away for the very expensive improvements that they need to make from time to time. At $100 a year, I think it is a pretty reasonable price for what I get as a member. As to range officers - do you volunteer your time to be a range officer? It is quite a commitment with no return other than a warm feeling inside.
So $500,000 a year, $300,000 to run the place and another $100,000 for "extra stuff" like new guns and vacations for the head honchos. Not even counting the new member dues that they rack up. That leaves $100,000 to pay someone to be a range officer during the week and another for the weekends.
If I volunteer as a range officer then I still wouldn't get range time. I think what's worse than not having a range officer is going into the club house and asking the guy with the badge if he doesn't mind coming out to the rage so you can shoot. Then getting rolling eyes and and a "sure" in response. Sorry your Saturday getaway from your nagging wife didn't go as planned.
If they marketed things as a business this wouldn't even be a discussion. But they don't. They shove it in your face that they're all volunteers and that you should be thankful that they allow you to pay them for shooting into their piles of dirt. But only when Fred, Joe, or Doug feel like standing out there with you.
But none of this really matters, I've moved away and have my own pile of dirt to shoot at now.
ETA- sorry if I hurt your gentle feelings by bitching about how your friends run a non-profit.
...and then we have some people who would bitch if they were being hung with a new rope.
I learned one thing as a multi term board member and that is I'll never do it again.
Don't you just how folks here pull that bullshit.
funny how it was started about Holbrook, and got derailed to Braintree.....
Every thread on NES gets derailed!
You and me both. I did that for 14 yrs as Legislative Chairman at one club, truly thankless job, nobody cared and it got me into arguments with the person who ultimately took over running the club. And I did it interim BOD member at Mansfield F&G, great club but never again!
Every thread on NES gets derailed!
Every thread on every board gets derailed!