Dear Rob;
For the record you are correcto and Bruce did it this way because the LPN is trying to pump up its membership lists. So Bruce did this to help them out.
However, he did state way down at the bottom of his email:
Thanks very much, and I hope you can join, rejoin, and/or extend your Membership.
(Heck, I'll even count donations if you don't need to renew!)
Ron Getty - SF Libertarian
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