As Jean mentioned in the President’s Corner, we “jumped the gun” when we announced an increase in our membership dues last month. The dues increase will not take place until next January.

However, a few of our members had already paid $20 for their 2005 dues. For these members, I have credited an extra year of membership to their accounts. If you paid the higher rate for dues and would rather have your $10 refunded back to you, please contact me at (616) 656-2457 or webmaster@wmshp.net.

In the meantime, I would encourage members to help WMSHP by signing up for our email newsletter. Roughly $500 each year goes toward postage for the paper newsletters; not to mention the considerable effort needed to print and assemble them every month. The email newsletter contains all of the same information as the paper version, and is typically delivered a few days earlier.

If you’d like to sign up for the email newsletter, go to wmshp.net/address (all lower-case letters) and sign-in with the Member Code on your mailing label. Then, change the “Contact Via” section below your name to “Email”. Please note that you will still have items like our Annual Spring Seminar brochure mailed to your home, and you may go back to receiving the paper newsletters at any time. Also, we will never give your email address to anyone else.

If you have questions, or are unable to sign up for the email newsletter online, you may contact me at (616) 656-2457 or webmaster@wmshp.net.

Thanks, and I hope to see you at our upcoming events.