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But it 's a one euro , 10 minute bus ride into Venice so this was n't a bad option . There had been several dues increases since the 1963 merger , both in the general membership dues and the regional assessment which supported professional activities , although the aggregate increase was less than the rate of inflation . In 1985 R.W. Russell II , of the Richmond Section , was awarded the RAB Innovation Award for a special project conceived and carried out by the Richmond Section and Virginia Council . Faced with a fait accompli , we chose not to hinder it , conscious , obviously , of the confusion it was leading to , but also of the need to avoid any untimely statement , in the very interest of the two hostages . The membership persistency rate ( defined as the number of memberships in force at the end of a 12 month period as a percentage of the total of memberships in force at the beginning of such period , plus new memberships sold during such period ) was 71.4 % for 2006 . " On December 9 , Joann Young was killed and her husband , Ross , was seriously injured when their pickup was struck by a tractor-trailer at the intersection of St. Paul Drive and U.S. 287 , near Mansfield . The staff was kind of bland , but Venice is great ; a nice place to stay even if you do n't have a Hostelling International membership ( you can buy a stamp when you get there ; when you collect six they consider you a member-at-large ) . Baxter , whose work was dubbed " intelligent , original , gracefully written , always moving , frequently funny and — the rarest of compliments — wise " in the New York Times book review , was on the U-M English Department faculty for 13 years and previously taught at Wayne State University in Detroit . Upsides abound : my private room ( I think I paid around 40 euros ) , was small but not too small , very clean , bright , well decorated , with a tv and a sink .