WHAT THE?!?!?! I thought membership was for a year... At least I believe thats what the membership form said. Those are exorbitant membership fees for only half year... Meh this sucks...
jesus hasn't it been cleared up sufficiently for you? "the shorter your membership will be, the cheaper it will be", is essentially what's been said so far.
Quote from paladin: jesus hasn't it been cleared up sufficiently for you? "the shorter your membership will be, the cheaper it will be", is essentially what's been said so far.
After looking at the table NOW I understand .. sorry we arnt all at your leave of knowing it all pala. Do appologise will try harder next time for you.
The middle is what no body said .. So thats the bit that confused me and well others as well .. But of course I was saying it where as you could have written what you did up early instead of saying what pro rata isnt and you could have helped the situation. Instead Ive now come asking for it.
srry i dont want to annoy u any more then u are. but i dont quite understand "i was told iam paying $35 for a year? i figure now that by becoming a member iam not saving money from entry fee discounts because of it expirery in june. If i payed $35 in july would that mean i have till june next year?
u guys are going to have a problem with this... im not a member and now i see whats happened im glad im not.
i would say its plain unfair for the people who paid 35 bucks and then only recieving half of what they paid for.
dont flame me. it doesnt bother me. i didnt register. what happend to the fun in dga. all it seems to do at the moment is cost lots!!! you do realise your target audience are people who arent likely to earn a lot of moneY!!!!
Because DGA is an association it has to abide by certain laws... unfortunately, it's not quite like an internet service where you rollover at the anniversary date and DGA can't help that.
Personally, I agree, it's shitty. But there is nothing DGA can do now except decrease the price for membership as the date for renewal comes closer.
I was the first person to sign and fill out a form, and my form is dated the 18th October. (same date as that post)
It clearly states membership is for the 2004/2005 financial year.
regardless of when you join, you still have the opportunity to re-coop your membership costs in LAN discounts, sponsor discounts, free coke/sausage sandwich, etc before it expires.
Obviously joining in July - Decemeber is more financially beneficial for you, and us.
DVD - it's very common for memberships to expire simultaneously. For one it neatly sidesteps any issues of who is and who is not a member at a given time. This solves or at least simplifies a lot of legal issues (eligibility to vote, ownership of property) that can arise from a disputed membership list.
Quote from Ritz: Thats ****ed... i'll go with out. i dont care what laws you got to follow thats uber gay in the head...
No, it's reasonable and necessary.
Think about it. DGA was growing fast and needed legal structure to hold assets, make binding contracts possible and to limit the liability of its organisers. You can't do this with pixie dust and happy thoughts. You need legal personality - you need to incorporate.
So once DGA has chosen to incorporate, it needs members. In theory they could have restricted membership to the admins only. This would be completely legal, however, uninformed dills like you would complain. So in democratic style they threw it open to the gaming masses.
What did you do? You complained that you could be a member, and have the right to vote out the very people who work hard to make you happy.
Certain clubs and associations renew their members at the same time. Its just easier to deal with everything at once rather than continuously dealing with it all year. You dont do a tax return 1 year after you start working. You do it in July. The only difference is first year members (like me) will only wait months to renew, but I joined cheaper anyway. And how about that free sausage... :)
i joined at the last evo and i still cant login on the site properly :( just im too slack and inconsistent with the forums to actually fix this issue...