Please do NOT leap down the board members throats even if they do open both sides of their mouths widely. Lets be gentle and coax them into rational debate. If the IJA really wants to encourage affiliate clubs, I think they should add a new benefit. Take the case of Les Jongleurs Associes du Quebec, the Montreal affiliate.
Full members pay a membership fee to the club.
I'd like to see the IJA waive, or reduce the requirement that you have to be an IJA member to attend the IJA festival for members of affiliated clubs.