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George, Your probably right, I just don't care for it when I don't have the option to decide if I want those things. Perhaps if the option was available, those things we don't normally see would be clearly seen. -t On Oct 5, 2008, at 1:24 PM, George Haddad wrote: > I would bet that there IS a lot that the MEA does for us that we do > not normally see. And in unions, having an affiliation with a LARGE > one is USUALLY to one's advantage. > > Bosman, Don wrote: >> We currently pay $54.00 per month. "Commencing with the October 31 >> paycheck, dues will need to be accessed at a flat rate fee of >> $60.00 per >> month for each FTE"... page 1 >> There is a lot of MEA provides this and that and several other >> things in >> the newsletter which conveniently overlooks the fact that MEA >> actually >> gives us nothing. APA members will now be paying the MEA over a >> million >> dollars a year. >> Don >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: MSU Network Administrators Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] >> On >> Behalf Of David McFarlane >> Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 5:09 PM >> To: [log in to unmask] >> Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] APA raise >> >> Matt, >> >> >>> I know that this is a IT list but most of you are APA members and >>> I just got my special edition of the APA newsletter and could not >>> believe what I was reading. They want to increase our dues $72 per >>> >> year. >> >> Sorry, I don't know where I put my APA newsletter, so I can't look >> this up myself: So, we will have to pay $6/month more than we do >> now? What are the current monthly dues, and what will the monthly >> dues be after the increase? >> >> Thanks, >> -- dkm >> >> >> -- Troy Murray Systems/Database Administrator Michigan State University Biomedical Research Informatics Core (BRIC) 100 Conrad Hall East Lansing, MI 48824 Phone: 517-432-4248 Fax: 517-353-9420 E-mail: [log in to unmask] AOL IM: troymurray72 MSN IM: [log in to unmask] Yahoo! IM: [log in to unmask] GTalk\Jabber: [log in to unmask]