I write to tell you that the Alumni has moved its head office from Brisbane to the Gold Coast. We have revamped our web site, upgrade our systems and are ready for new business. If you have not paid your renewal for membership fees yet, then I encourage you to do so. We have a new executive board, full of enthusiasm and lots of new ideas. One major plan for the near future is to create a cooperative for buying products through the Alumni.
Members will be able to buy a range of health products at the usual wholesale price and automatically get credit accumulated against their fees and insurance. This means that members who buy their products through the co-op will actually receive a dividend or profit for their membership. No more, or at least reduced, Membership Fees or Professional Indemnity Insurance fees as these will be in part or totally covered by the co-op dividend to the individual Alumni member. This innovative plan is unique amongst associations and will help build membership and access to products at the best possible prices. Remember this is only available to Alumni members, so get your renewals in soon. If you have an idea for a new product, then contact us as we are talking to manufactures regularly.
The Alumni is soon to celebrate its 20th birthday and has proven to be a strong representative association in Natural medicine through many turbulent times. Many take associations for granted and assume that they will carry on doing their work without any participation from you or support. Wrong! We need your interest and support more than ever. To be able to give you the best political, departmental and health fund representation we need to you to be involved and be aware of the issues that face us every day. We only exist to represent you on all these fronts, so please take an interest and better still volunteer some time to assist with the work. We are all volunteers here who give up their time to provide the ongoing service for 20 years. Soon we will be advertising the special events we have planned for the birthday celebrations, so keep alert and join us for these seminars, dinners, parties and business opportunities through the co-operative.