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Message: <blockquote data-quote="hrdware" data-source="post: 2004876" data-attributes="member: 24475">We have between 60 and 75 paid members currently.  The problem is that the things we do as an association benefit everyone, so even those who are not members still get many of the benefits members do.  It takes money to print brochures, informational packets, and other materials we use.  I would be willing to bet that most people on our facebook page don't think about the costs associated with these things, or they don't have extra money to go towards helping to pay for these.  When we first got started and were printing brochures, we were using our own supplies, but as we began to grow (like any start up business) the business was able to pay for these items.  It's hard to convince people they should pay to be part of an organization that is going to work on protecting their rights, when the organization is going to do that no matter if they join it or not.When we have events, more than just paid members show up.  We have a group of people who support what we do (even though not all are financial supporters), they exercise their ability to open carry as allowed by Oklahoma law.  We knew from the start it would be hard to convert all our facebook likes (or even 10% of them) to paid members.  Like I said, it is hard to get people to help pay for things that will benefit them when they will receive the same benefits without paying for them.  Just look at all the illegal immigrants who receive benefits even though they don't pay for them.</blockquote>

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