REGISTRATION “MATTERS”! By Rick Fritsche Promotional Memberships! Several years ago your board of directors voted to create a new membership category: Promotional! The basic idea was for a TLBAA breeder to “sponsor” a non-member, first time Longhorn buyer when they purchased a registered Longhorn from them. This applied to only adult, non-member first time Longhorn buyers and not “juniors”, and a person could only receive one “promotional” membership. All regular membership benefits would apply such as receiving Trails Magazine and member pricing for shows and registrations. It was assumed that the benefits of the “free” membership would be: 1)Increase interest in the Longhorn breed. 2)Increase interest in TLBAA. 3)Increase membership dollars and totals as the promotional member would have to renew when the promotional membership expired. It was also anticipated that the sponsoring breeder would take the new breeder under their wing and offer them their Longhorn knowledge, experience and expertise, involving them in all Longhorn and TLBAA related activities. You can sponsor a promotional member and still register or transfer a registered Longhorn to them using HORNS. The only difference is you have to call or email the TLBAA staff first with the new promotional member’s name, address, telephone and/or email information and the staff member will assign them a member number for you to use! Simple! Don’t forget to use those Pesky Prefixes in registration numbers if mailing in registrations and transfers!
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