Samantha,
You have made a serious mistake. Having 121,523 certified members and, correspondingly, $10,329,455 budget, you have decided that $10 mil is not enough and want to increase the budget by 47% taking money out of the members' pockets.
As you may find from the reaction of the CISSP members, your sudden "modest" membership fee increase was met with quite a negative reaction.
You may bring all kind of arguments but the facts are:
1. We don't need your webinars to earn the CEU and pay for them.
2. We don't need your "perks" that are useless. People have no time to browse hundreds of pages to locate where they can save a few bucks.
3. We don't need the magazine that is also used for adding the opportunities to earn more CEU and pay from our pocket. There is a large number of useful IT Security publications we can use.
4. We feel that you push the members to the wall and force them to pay higher fee (like alliance with DoD that forces experienced IT professional to get the certification as a requirement).
5. It used to be a respectable certification. NOT ANYMORE.
6. We feel the ISC2 is a money-making machine for the CEO and those who surround him. You don't really need $10.3 millions (or $15.1 millions after the fee change) to maintain "long-term credibility, impact and relevancy of your certification". People are not stupid, especially those who have passed CISSP exam, and can see through where money goes.
I can guarantee that you will lose substantial chunk of members. Count on me: I am the first one.
