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Sarah Lee, CAE, MPA, deputy director of National Volunteer Fire Council, explains the organization's membership restructuring and how it affected membership numbers, its small staff, and its visibility on Capitol Hill. For more membership restructuring experiences, read "Rethink Your Membership Structure" by Lynda McDaniel in the August issue of Associations Now. http://www.asaecenter.org/associationsnow

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