APSE survey on membership and dues

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About two years ago, under president Gary Potosky, we updated our dues structure, and believe it or not, we may need to do it again for the financial stability of the organization and to continue to better reflect the state of our industry. We said last year at this time that we would send about 3-4 membership surveys on various topics, and this is the third one. Thanks for your feedback. Your responses will be shared with APSE officers. This topic will be discussed at the APSE membership meetings in Las Vegas on July 9 and 12.

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What type of APSE dues did you pay for 2022?

Division A ($325): daily circulation 90,000 and over, stand-alone websites with more than 2 million unique month visitors, wire service individuals

Division B ($250): daily circulation 35,000-89,899; 750,001 to 2 million unique monthly visitors

Division C ($175): daily circulation 15,000-34,999; 250,000 to 750,000 unique monthly visitors

Division D ($115): daily circulation 14,999 and under; under 250,000 unique monthly visitors; weekly newspapers

Educator ( $150)

Student chapter adviser ($100)

Student ($25)

Alumni ($30)

Writers wing ($50)

A/B/C Additional Member ($75)

D Additional Member ($50)

Associate Member ($395)

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Membership dues

Should all APSE member organizations pay the same membership rate regardless of size?

Yes, everyone should pay the same

No, rates should be tiered based on the size of the organization, as they are now.

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Should all APSE members pay the same amount to attend the summer conference, regardless of the size of their organization?

Yes, everyone should pay the same full conference fee

No, members from smaller organizations should pay less, as they do now.

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Do you believe APSE membership costs too much?

Yes

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Are you reimbursed for your APSE membership fee?

Yes

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Would a modest increase in dues ($10-25) prevent you from maintaining your membership?

Yes

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Would moving up to the next division from where you currently are (thus paying up to $75 more in dues) prevent you from maintaining your membership?

Yes

Not applicable

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What factors do you consider when deciding whether to renew your membership?

What do you expect from your APSE membership?

Has APSE delivered on those expectations? In other words, are you getting your money's worth? If APSE hasn't delivered for you, how can we better serve you?

Membership metrics

Should APSE keep using daily average print circulation as one of its metrics for assigning an organization's membership rate and contest division?

Yes

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Should APSE use number of subscribers instead of daily average circulation to determine dues rate?

Yes, print subscribers

Yes, digital subscribers

Yes, print + digital subscribers

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Should APSE consider staff size as a factor to determine dues rate and contest division?

Yes

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Which of the following metrics is easy for you to determine accurately for your organization? Check all that apply.

Number of print subscribers

Number of digital subscribers

Total subscribers (print + digital only)

Daily average print circulation

Unique monthly visitors to your website

Staff size

To help us better understand our members, please share any of the above metrics for your organization as you are able.

Does your organization have other APSE members besides you?

Yes

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If you answered yes, how many APSE members are in your organization? Please include their job titles.

Now, for some radical ideas….

Please indulge these fits of whimsy.

Would you prefer APSE to have a cheaper membership fee, and a separate entry fee for the contest?

Yes

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Would you still be an APSE member if contest entry was a separate fee?

Yes

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Should individual members or writers wing members be allowed to enter the annual APSE Contest on their own if their organization does not enter them?

Yes

Only if they pay an additional entry fee

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Should individual members or writers wing members be allowed to enter the contest if their organizations are not members?

Yes

Only if they pay an additional fee

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APSE is gauging interest in a "Best in Show" portfolio writing contest, with its own entry fee and during a different time period than the annual contest.

Do you like this idea?

Yes

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Do you believe your writers would like this idea?

Yes

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If this contest came to fruition, would your organization participate in it?

Yes

Maybe

Depends on the entry fee

Depends on how we did in the other contest

Our writers would have to pay for their own entries

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Would a contest of this nature discourage you from having an APSE membership and only enter this contest?

Yes

Maybe

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Have any radical ideas? Leave them here!

Thank you for participating in this survey. Please leave any additional feedback on membership, dues or metrics for APSE officers here.

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