My comment on the value of SLAS membership was meant to be a general question about our marketing approach. Whether or not to raise prices or lower costs are issues that every institution faces. In this case I favor raising prices. Also at issue is how to attract new members, finding new customers. It has the related question of how to keep them coming back, repeat business. I feel that SLAS does a poor job of retaining membership, not just old members but just getting new members to renew at their first year anniversary. We don't send out renewal notices and I think it is costing us a lot. I would favor dues high enough to cover the mailing and handling of membership renewal as well as a hard copy of Nova. My comments seem to have stepped on a sore spot within SLAS and for that I apologize. I also greatly admire Tom Sevcik. Some have money to give, some give of themselves. Tom gives both selflessly, and I wish we had more like him. DT __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com