Membership Information

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=47 BGCOLOR="#FFFF33" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Membership Information</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=165 BGCOLOR="#FFFF33" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Yellowstone Trail"><B>Home</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id82.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Yellowstone Trail Association"><B>The YT Association</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>Membership Information</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id89.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Trailman Information"><B>Trailman Information</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id87.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Membership application"><B>Membership Application</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="response_1.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Response FormThe Yellowstone Trail"><B>Response Form</B></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=433 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="06100c00egerdp.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Invitation to Join                           </B></FONT><B>New membership benefit---</B><A HREF="id219.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Membership Benefit"><B>click here</B></A><B>.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Chose one of the three categories of membership:</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>1)  a Regular-Individual</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >  </FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Historians and history buffs, auto enthusiasts, back-road travelers, preservationists, </FONT></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>     b Regular-nonprofit</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT>organizations  Museums, history associations, libraries, antique auto clubs, </div> <div> <B>     c Regular-Small Business</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >  Businesses along the Trail wanting to support the Association and attract members to their business.</FONT></div> <div> <B>2) Tourist Promotion Agency</B><B> </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Tourism-related Organizations, such as CVBs, C of C, economic development corporations, and others assuming major tourism promotions.</FONT></div> <div> <B>3)</B><B> Corporate    </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Larger businesses  providing services along the Trail or have an historical connection with the Trail.</FONT></div> <div> See the several "<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >Invitations,</FONT>" below, for more information.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Each category of membership has different activities but all share the f</B><B>ive purposes of the organization:</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>1)  Public Education:</B> to increase public knowledge of the Trail and its importance in both local and national history, <B> </B></div> <div> <B>2)  Historical Research:</B> to acquire information and stories about the Trail and its historical context, </div> <div> <B>3) </B> <B>Historical Preservation: </B>to<B> </B>promote the preservation of appropriate sections of the Yellowstone Trail and buildings or other artifacts along the Trail, </div> <div> <B>4)  Communication:</B> to<B> </B>provide a medium of communication and support among its members, and </div> <div> <B>5)  Heritage Tourism:</B> to promote heritage tourism along the Trail to support the other purposes, and</div> <div> <B>6)  Related Events:</B> to sponsor or support various events related to the history of the Trail to support the other<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > purposes.</FONT></div> <div> See the membership application for important information about dues!</div> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="636" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 23 ><NOBR><div> <B>Category/ Dues</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="469"><div> <B>Information and Benefits</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 35 WIDTH="148"><div> Regular   </div> <div> $15</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="469"><div> Eligible to apply for position of Trailman. Receive National Arrow. Share information and ideas.  Be a part of rediscovering the Yellowstone Trail.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 70 WIDTH="148"><div> Tourism Promotion Agency  </div> <bR> <div> $50</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="469"><div> Receive permission to use Yellowstone Trail logos and designs in tourism promotion material.  Get assistance in acquiring YT-related national, state and local historical information.  Join in cooperative, shared-cost promotional ventures.    May appoint a Trailman, but Trailman must have separate Individual membership.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 115 WIDTH="148"><div> Corporate</div> <div>   </div> <div> $100</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="469"><div> Corporate sponsorship will be acknowledged in Arrows, on the web site and in other materials, such as press releases. Potential participation in major commercial and/or preservation projects along the Trail.  Receive permission to use Yellowstone Trail logos and designs in advertising material.  Get assistance in acquiring YT-related national, state and local historical information.  Receive copies of the National Arrow as appropriate.  Pathfinder annual membership:   $500 or more.</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B><U>Invitation for Individuals</U></B></FONT><B>. Membership in the Association will provide a way for individuals interested in the Yellowstone Trail (and other named highways) to share that interest with others by communicating stories, news of related events, maps and descriptions of accessible parts of the Trail, and ideas. Many of you have stories and information to share, and the Yellowstone Trail Association would like to know about that, and perhaps publish your information in the </B><I><B>National Arrow</B></I><B>.  People in your own community would like to know more. You could be a source of information and a “Trailman,” or local correspondent.  Note that the original term Trailman is used because of its historic origins but with the clear understanding that it is to be gender neutral.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Invitation for DMO’s</U></B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> [Destination marketing organizations, including convention and visitors’ bureaus, chambers of commerce, tourism offices and similar in states and towns along the Trail.]  Promotion of heritage travel will be a major concern of the Association. Membership in the Yellowstone Trail Association has considerable usefulness for DMO’s, just as it did 90 years ago.  Heritage tourism is the leading motivation for visitors to our towns along the Trail.  Members will learn what other Trail DMO’s are doing to promote heritage tourism in their areas.  Opportunities for joint marketing efforts are plentiful: Begin with simple state or regional guides to “antiquing along the Trail” or “B and B’s Along the Trail” and work up to federal designation of state sections of the Trail as Scenic Byways.  There are several opportunities for acquiring grants.</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Invitation for Education/Associations</U></B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> [Museums, libraries, historical societies, old auto clubs and similar.] One focus of the Yellowstone Trail Association is to learn about the local history of the Trail, advocate the preservation of sections of the Trail and of related buildings and artifacts, support public history efforts, encourage heritage tourism which includes visits to local and regional museums and historical attractions, and promote history-related events such as Trail Days and old car runs.  Membership could assist in your effectiveness.</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Museums, local or major, can parlay membership into good programs to integrate history of  local involvement in the Trail and National history of transportation as part of their role to provide public education.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Invitation for small businesses in towns along the Trail</U></B><B>.</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>  This would include, say, advertising agencies, businesses with related products or services or those wanting to promote their area.  What ideas do you have?  Something as simple as restaurant placemats to promote your business to travelers along the Trail?  Signs showing your support of the Trail?  You will find others to help in such ideas. Cooperative advertising and regional guides are proposed. As a business member you will have permission to use logos provided by the Association.</B></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>Invitation for corporations.</U></B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>  Corporations can consider two reasons for joining the Association.  One is simply that the purposes of the nonprofit Association are worthy of support.  Support of public history directly improves our culture.  The second, which can be combined with the first, is that the Association can work with corporations, such as a motel chain, or a restaurant chain, to promote business along the Trail and promote the Trail. </B></FONT></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>