[atlarge-discuss] Re: membership fees

[Joop Teernstra <terastra@terabytz.co.nz>]

At 01:33 a.m. 25/07/2002 -0400, DannyYounger@cs.com wrote:

>Try not to duck the need to establish such fees (for one thing it will allow
>you to be paid for your webmaster duties).  Every organization that intends
>to succeed must raise revenues in some fashion.

Completely agree. This is one of the reasons why I have always pleaded that 
the organization *employ* professional staff, just like ALOC is employing 
Denise.
Even though my work has been helped as a private person by members 
privately, I have made a beginning establishing a pattern of public 
accountability that I would like to see maintained  by a new webmaster in 
the future.
Enough members have pledged willingness to support the self-organization 
financially. ($7480 worth of individual pledges by the latest count)
This is the evidence of self-sustainability that we have.


>For all we know, this organization may one day wish to apply to become a
>provisional constituency within a Supporting Organization -- that will
>require real cash (probably around $16,000 per annum if there are at least
>five such organizations within the SO since Secretariat and teleconference
>charges will need to be supported).

That should be feasible from  around 3000 members and up.

>Perhaps the candidates would like to comment on membership fees... how high
>should they be?  Should they be scaled?  How much cash will the organization
>require?  Should a budget committee be established?  Should a treasurer be
>elected or appointed?  Should the organization be incorporated to facilitate
>charitable donations?  Where should it be incorporated?  What will be the
>real transaction cost of currency conversion?

Good questions that I too would like to hear candidates' opinions on.

But the "where to incorporate" could be such an endless, divisive and 
fruitless debate that I would almost rather prevent it by simply presenting 
the incorporation as an accomplished fact.


--joop



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