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Industry Group Forecasts Winds of Change as Wildfires Rage

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Last year, the cost of fighting those fires wore a $2 billion price tag, for which the United States Forest Service bore the brunt—spending more than half of its entire budget on firefighting. Even this year, the wildfires torching regions in the West and even Alaska are “unprecedented,” said Hill, in their early outbreak.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 5.29.20

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In a recent webinar, Reggie Henry introduced many in the association community, including WBT Systems, to the “ reboarding members ” concept—taking time each year to reacquaint yourself with a member’s goals, needs and interests, and reintroduce them to membership benefits and resources. Two words: crunchy rice. More info/register.

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TSA’s Fee Changes Are Causing Headaches

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such as Hawaii and Alaska, along with those entering from foreign countries. In comments on the changes, A4A General Counsel David Berg said that TSA had discounted the challenges caused by the pricing change, which he said “were extremely complex and required extensive changes to existing systems.”

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Association Brain Food: 4.22.22

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WBT Systems suggests offering introductory industry education to industry partners and to support, operations and shared services staff at member companies. Because of privacy changes to Apple’s operating system , “your open rates will show 100 percent, even if those readers don’t actually open those emails,” says Ashley Wucher at PropFuel.

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Membership Marketing Blog: Membership Marketing Response.

Membership Marketing

Pricing Your Product, Service, or Membership. Does Wal-Mart Announce a Price Increase? price testing. (5). Renewal Systems. (14). The top responding states were: 1. South Dakota. Rhode Island. The lowest responding states were: 1. West Virginia. California. Washington DC. Network with Me. Popular Posts. Let"s Talk!