Originally Posted by SponPlague

Here's my maths 101:
11,000 mmberships in 2.5 years raised £100K for party coffers.
So pro rata, that's an average of 4,400 members/ annum and £40k / annum.
One of the promises of annual membership is 6 issues of Independence. I'm sure our own printing press isn't up to producing it, so I accept we need external help, and therefore Mark Croucher's 20K/ issue cost.
Around 20K/ issue, with around 20K members = 1£/ issue/ member.
4,400 new members means £4,400/ issue, therefore, and with 6 issues/ year, that's £26,400 - more than half the 40K for Independence alone.

So, If the memberships are multi-year, i.e. you don't get the £40K for them next year but they're still members, then we've made a loss, and no wonder the NEC are gunning for Ashford. No wonder, also, that the party treasurers were reportedly unhappy... :roll:

QED? Over to you, Intbel...