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I am writing you today to introduce you to our new membership and dues submittal process. Up until our 2006 annual meeting (the last meeting that SUG was responsible for the costs associated with the meeting itself), it was possible for your site to become a member in one of two different ways. If at least one person from your site attended the annual meeting or if you did not attend but your site paid the annual dues - your site was a member of the user group for a one year period. With the 2007 meeting where the registration money was paid to Misys as meeting event coordinator and now with the 2008 meeting where the registration money is paid to Sunquest, the user group has had to develop a revenue stream that allows us to function, pay our bills and carry on the remainder of our mission that isn't directly related to the cost of paying for the annual meeting.
Some of those expenses that we have are accounting and attorney fees, tax return preparation, web site licenses and development, liability insurance, the fees associated with SUG teleconferences and other costs associated with continuing our prime objective of working with Sunquest and the SIG/RUG processes, helping to educate our users and to guarantee a successful annual meeting.
Membership in SUG, Inc. will now be on a yearly basis ending on the last day of the annual meeting and the annual dues for the 2008-2009 time frame have been set at $200 per site. From a benefits standpoint:
- As a member, you and any person from your site utilizing a Sunquest Information System product are automatically entitled to receive any documentation and presentations from the SUG annual meeting. Only clients current with their dues will be able to access and download this information.
- SUG, Inc. members are eligible to nominate candidates for the SUG, Inc. Board of Directors or to serve as an officer on the Board. As a member of the Board, you will help guide future development and enhancements of the Sunquest products and determine the future of the SUG, Inc. organization.
- SUG, Inc. membership entitles the site to one ballot to vote for SUG, Inc. officers, SIG leadership positions and any SUG, Inc. By-law changes that are brought before the general membership.
- Only SUG, Inc. members can participate in the SIG (Special Interest Group) process. The SIG process is instrumental in the development and enhancement of the Sunquest suite of products that we use and the product road maps that are developed with Sunquest.
- As a member, your site has complete access to the SUG, Inc. area on the Sunquest Home page. The ability to view all links within this Members Only area is limited to SUG, Inc. members.
- As a member, your site has complete access to the Members Only section of the SUG, Inc. web site which includes the SIG meeting process as well as the ability view the master enhancement list and to place your enhancement votes when that time comes.
If you have any questions, let me or any of the board members know. Please consider all of the above information and join, rejoin or renew your membership in SUG, Inc. - your user group.
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