Nagpur association cuts entry fee to Rs 5,000

DQW News Bureau Mumbai, Sep14

In an attempt to increase its membership Nagpur IT Association - Vidharbha
Computer Manufacturers and Dealers Welfare Association (VCMDWA) has cut down on
its entry fee. The fee was reduced to Rs 5,000 that is Rs 10,000 less than what
it is otherwise.

“We decided to concentrate on increasing our member base and organized a
membership drive. As a part of that initiative we offered a discount on entry
fee. Earlier it was Rs 15,000 but to encourage new members we have now offered
an entry fee of Rs 5,000. However members have to pay an annual fee of Rs 1,000
per annum.

This offer is available only for a months time,” said Vinod Verma,
President, VCMDWA.

The drive has proved to be a huge success as in a short span of time they
managed to add 50 percent more members. The association earlier had a membership
strength of 60.

“We managed to add 34 new members in just one month bringing the member
strength to 94,” informed Verma.

After experiencing such phenomenal response the association is planning to
conduct the membership drive biannually.

“This will help us get rid of fly by night members and have consistent and
quality members in the association,” explained Verma.

Another ambitious effort on the association level was getting discounts
offered by car companies like Tata and Hyundai under a special scheme for
corporate.

“The member dealer and their employees can avail discounts of up to Rs
20,000 on these cars. Companies do offer discounts and we dealers would not
otherwise qualify for the same, so we projected our association as a corporate
entity and after seeing the list of the members registered, they were
convinced,” Informed Verma. A circular announcing the same has already been
passed.