members to include a membership application with their shipment. You can either download a printable application from the club's website (link is here http://www.ccgtcc.com/printapp.pdf ) or ask & I can send you some of the fancy ones. In any case, make sure that you put your name on the "Sponsored By" or "Referring Member" line.

The club has tried numerous methods of getting new members to join from members donating portions -- and in a couple of cases, ALL -- of the new member's dues (those members don't tend to stick around much) or sending the new member new chip(s) if they join (as Archie Black & Andy Hughes have done...and those members have a tendancy to stick around longer). When the economy was booming, so was Las Vegas & so was the . Then as the economy shrank, so did our membership. Your BoD is always looking at & for new suggestions as this is a continual topic of discussion.

Thanks for asking, William.

Steve Bedo
Membership Officer