Originally Posted by
John Coleman
I was an affiliate, maybe 20 years ago. I thought the program had lapsed, and was surprised to find it is still active. Probably needs reworking.
Maurice Smith went thru the handbook a couple of years ago, updating various sections with the latest motions. I suspect this section hasn't been looked at for 20 years or more.
With the recent changes in the CFC, the only significant benefit to an affiliate is the 10% rebate on memberships. Why not set the affiliate fee at a multiple of the current membership fee, whatever that might be. For instance, if the affiliate multiple was 2, then the affiliate would pay 2x the current membership fee, and if the affiliate collected 20 membership fees over the year, they would break even.
Something like that.