# What will I get for my money? <br />NASPA is a player-run organization committed to expanding the playing community by continually improving its services and your playing experience.
# Should I renew my [[membership]] in the NSA? <br />Yes. If you let your NSA membership lapse right now, you will stop receiving the NSA newsletter, and you will not be allowed to play in sanctioned tournaments.
# What if my membership runs out one month or so before NASPA takes over and I sign up with the NSA for a whole year, will I get a prorated refund? <br />We have not decided No. However, you will continue to receive the details yet, but we clearly can't take steps that are universally unpopularNSA newsletter for the remainder of your subscription, and since we expect that as of when if you purchase an annual NASPA takes over almost all membership before July 1, 2009, it will be valid until the end of its prospective members 2010.# When will be current NSA membersclubs become NASPA clubs? <br /> July 1, some accommodation 2009, if they pay a fee. # Will the rules and lexicon change? <br /> The NSA [[Rules Committee]] and [[Dictionary Committee]] will have be transferred to NASPA, and continue their work as usual. There will be reached. (This answer regular updates to the Rules, and the [[Long List]] will be updated when we know what in the arrangement will next few years. # Will NASPA betaking over Word Gear too? <br /> Not in the foreseeable future. The NSA and Word Gear are separate businesses that happen to share staff and facilities.)
== B. Questions about how NASPA works ==
# How can I help? <br />If you would like to volunteer with any of NASPA's activities, thank you! Please contact a member of whichever NASPA [[committee]] interests you to see how your skills can best be put to use.
# How do I edit pages on this web site? <br />If you are a NASPA [[committees|committee]] member, then you should have a username and password to log onto the web site. Do so, click on an edit link, and follow the [[style guide]]. If you are not a committee member, please ask one to make your changes.
# Will there be executive stipends, will the members decide them, and will they be published? <br /> Yes, because there are and will be people working long hours and spending money for the association; no, the membership at large will not vote on compensation; yes, NASPA will report its budget in accordance with statutory requirements.
== C. Questions about the future of NASPA ==
# Will NASPA be adopting the Collins/SOWPODS/WESPA word list? <br /> NASPA has its hands full getting started as an organization this year, and there will be no changes to the tournament word list in 2009. In future, the word list will continue to be revised on a regular basis, by the [[Dictionary Committee]]. In the last update to the word list, some formerly SOWPODS-only words were added to our vocabulary, such as QI and QADI. In the next update, there will almost certainly be more.
# What relationship will NASPA have with cross-tables.com? <br /> [[Seth Lipkin]] is a member of the Steering Committee and is taking an active role in organizing NASPA.
== D. Questions about membership ==
# Should people buy NASPA memberships now? <br /> Yes.
# When will NSA clubs become NASPA clubs? <br /> July 1, 2009, if they pay a fee.