Heather,

We (Discovery World Museum, Milwaukee, WI) have what we call an Educator
Membership that is free.  We started it in the spring of 1999 and gave each
teacher a two year membership so we will be reviewing the pros and cons of
the program soon.  Teachers receive all of the regular member benefits plus
free IMAX movie previews, a curriculum guide to our programs and access to
teacher inservices here at the museum.

We've had a huge response (obviously since it is free) and have seen our
school group attendance rise dramatically.  It is, however, a considerable
budget burden on our membership department and one of the things we are
considering for the future is charging a very low price or asking our
educator members for donations to our annual campaign.

Hope this info helps.
KateTrumble
Discovery World Museum

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> From:         Heather Price[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
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> Subject:      teacher memberships
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> We are investigating the possibility of adding a special TEACHERS
> category to our membership levels.  It would include our regular
> benefits plus some specific ones for educators such as one or more free
> rentals of our resource kits.
>
> Does anyone have a special category such as this, or have you tried it
> in the past?  If so, what are the special benefits you include?  Do you
> feel this category is a good idea?
>
> Thank you in advance for your help.
>
> Heather Price
> Ella Sharp Museum
> http://www.ellasharp.org/
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