Robert,

I think the difference here might be that you might more inclined to find a way to make an exception tothe payment of dues and not to the membership requirement.

Where the issue is the payment of dues (And I still doubt that $20 dues is a significant issue for a significant number of collectors -- even old people who only collect $1 tokens from their local casinos) then the solution may be to find ways to reduce the burden. Whether through making a new category of member who doesn't receive the magazine and thus pays less dues or through reduced dues for people who show a finacial hardship, we can address that issue while still requiring membership.