Iaabo charter membership

[constable]

I'm speaking hypothetically...

All of our fiba resources come to us free of charge...

So even if IAABO did increase their fiba resources, we'd still get them for free from fiba.. So what sense is there in paying IAABO 35 USD if we get that stuff for free?



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[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by constable

I'm speaking hypothetically...

If wishes were horses then beggars would ride,
If turnips were swords I’d have one by my side.
If ‘ifs’ and ‘ands’ were pots and pans
There would be no need for tinker’s hands!

Originally Posted by constable

All of our FIBA resources come to us free of charge...

Free rulebooks. Free casebooks. Free mechanics manuals.

It's tough to beat free.

Why switch?

[constable]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

If wishes were horses then beggars would ride,
If turnips were swords I’d have one by my side.
If ‘ifs’ and ‘ands’ were pots and pans
There would be no need for tinker’s hands!



Free rulebooks. Free casebooks. Free mechanics manuals.

It's tough to beat free.

Why switch?

My point is now that we get our resources for free from fiba... AND we pay a membership to IAABO who since we have switched away from using NFHS (previously 50% of our ball was nfhs.. Now it is 0%) seamingly provide no benefit to us. A few years ago, the cost of the rule and case books along made the 35 USD investment easier to stomach.

I'm trying to see if I can come up with a point/counter-point arguement for ditching our board's iaabo membership (it's mandatory in our constitution all must join iaabo). So far I haven't found one single reason to justify us remaining with IAABO.


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[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by constable

So far I haven't found one single reason to justify us remaining with IAABO.

If you get the books for free, I can't either.

[LRZ]

"The rest goes to running my local board, paying the assignment commissioner, stipends for officers (secretary/treasurer, assistant commissioner, interpreter), membership in our state interscholastic sports governing body, Arbiter fee...."

With these costs already accounted for, I'm appalled by the additional 7% assignment fee. Whose retirement fund is the beneficiary of that? I'm with Raymond on this.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by LRZ

I'm appalled by the additional 7% assignment fee.

We pay our assignment commissioner $32,025 annually to assign 325 members to over seventy high schools (boys, girls, varsity, junior varsity, freshman), and many middle schools, and pay $2,300 to Arbiter.

(I wouldn't assign for twice the pay.)

Assignment fees generate $42,700 (about $130 per member).

The last time our assignment fee went up (from 6%) our annual dues went down.

One way or another, the money is raised. One way or another, the money is spent.

Money is raised as a fixed amount (dues, same from all members), or as a percentage (assignment fee, varies from member to member).

We have a committee of several smart accountants that set our budget every year, and audit it six months later.

This committee sets the annual dues amount, that does vary slightly from year to year, based on the budget.

The budget is well publicized. We all see where every penny comes from, and where every penny is spent.

What are some common assignment fees in other areas?

Do any organizations just pay annual fixed fees (dues) and no assignment fee percentage?

Or vice versa, and just pay an assignment fee percentage?

Running an organization of 325 members covering over seventy high schools, in a very high cost of living state, isn't inexpensive.

I don't live in Hawaii, but I don't live in Mississippi either.