I support this, but with reservations and those depend on the numbers of apprentices taking advantage of the free membership. Possibly we could rename that category of membership to something else, like maybe "introductory status" or something more dignified than"free" In any event they should not be called regular members and should not be able to vote. Unless they want to extend free membership to seniors and other retired persons like myself that have paid in for a great many years. I would give up my voting privilege for that.