On Dues and Checks and Many Things
As of this date, July 4, 1990, there are still too many members
who have NOT paid their 1990 dues. It seems as though I repeat
myself in every issue. Will all members please rise and repeat
after me ...
DUES IN THE I.D.R.S. ARE
THE CALENDAR YEAR OF JANUARY I TO DECEMBER 31!!!
Regardless of what month you originally joined, all dues are due
at this time. You should have received all issues of your first
year or a letter from me explaining some alternative. As of now,
unless you have paid 1990 dues you are six (6) months behind.
I have already sent an official dues notice, clearly labeled as
such, and a postcard just this last month. Come on folks,
PAY YOUR DUES LIKE NOW!
I sometimes receive payments which contain nothing to tell me
WHO sent the funds! I try to put that notification in this report.
I still have a payment credited to our Swiss Account which was
not identified. Members from outside the USA, PLEASE read the
bottom of the application found elsewhere in this and every issue.
By using any one of the suggested means of dues payment you will
save the Society money it can ill afford to lose. The Society
recently paid $43.68 on a $250.00 check, and $3.65 on a $20.00
check. An incorrect payment to the Swiss Account cost us $7.00
on a $20.00 membership. If you have any doubts, just use a VISA
or Master Card which seem to go through very easily and cost a
great deal less.
Nominations for Honorary Membership
Please send nominations for Honorary Membership to one of the
committee members. This should be done prior to the conference.
Twilight Zone?
Please don't any more of you panic and write about not receiving
the first two issues of 1990. In our publications Vol. 12 is for
the 1989 year. Vol. 12, No. 3 is the last "The Double Reed"
issue of that year.
Vol. 12, No. 3
Winter, 1990 is a plain old-fashioned mistake which should have
read 1989.
Variety is the Spice of Life
I am continually amazed at the variety of our membership. We have
members from elementary school age to long since retired. We have
teachers of pre-school to advanced medicine. We have structural,
electrical, mechanical and recording engineers. We have dentists,
physicians, ophthalmologists, podiatrists, biologists, psychiatrists,
pharmacists, neurologists, and geologists. We have music therapists,
music publishers, music distributors, and music writers. We have
hardware salesmen, software salesmen, insurance salesmen, and
music salesmen. We have librarians, stockbrokers, attorneys, bankers,
veterinarians, chemists, and mathematicians. We have reed makers,
instrument makers, cabinet makers, case makers, and maybe even
a trouble maker or two. We have tax executives, financial advisors,
ministers, and Sisters. We have space scientists, social workers,
bankers, travel agents, and even a coroner. We have amateurs,
beginners, and professional performers in all areas, and we have
members in 45 countries.
With such diversity, why do I not see articles in our publications
concerning some aspect of your musical life? "Double Reeds
and the Common Cold," "Making Reeds as a Business,"
"My Life as an Amateur ... .. Medical Problems Brought on
by the Double Reeds," "How I Put My Oboe Into Orbit,"
or "Sell Your Bassoon and Invest in Something Which Will
Make MONEY," are all prospective titles! There are many members
who should consider, no, who should WRITE for our publications.
GET WITH IT!