Ms. Allen, of the S.B.D.C., echoed this point: community groups "are like small arteries, marketing to their membership instead of in onesies or twosies," she said.
Facing this prospect, businesses on both sides of the English Channel would be impelled to campaign openly for Britain to keep full EU membership, instead of quietly lobbying for special deals for their own sectors.
A last-minute procedural challenge by Antigua and Barbuda, a staunch Japanese ally, so confused the Swedish delegation that it mistakenly supported Iceland's membership instead of blocking it.
The method has a good computational performance by modifying the membership instead of modifying the objective function.
These benefits alone can justify the cost of membership instead of being overcharged for your typical airport terminal food and drink.
And indeed, if you go to this page, you can see that the sign-up button now reads "start trial membership" instead of "accept free carwash".
Some people feel the need to pay for a gym membership instead of just running outside for safety reasons.
Currently Idle No More is a peaceful and cultural protest movement, but while the government is busy spying on Idle No More activists, visiting pandas instead of meeting with Idle No More leaders on hunger strike and complaining about the UN including an Ontario MP who suggested we "review" our membership— instead of taking action, aboriginal anger is mounting.
Not only does NextFab offer fabrication services-for-hire and a membership program for supervised self-use of its facilities (imagine a health club membership, but instead of treadmills you have access to state-of-the-art laser cutters, 3D printers, and the like), it operates in a closely meshed partnership with Breadboard, a community-focused program of the Science Center.
You call someone up and get a doctor's appointment in less time because you are a member of a private club that charges a membership fee instead of requiring health insurance.
