[atlarge-discuss] Membership fees

[DannyYounger@cs.com]

Responsible organizations understand the need for realistic membership fees.  
Examples follow:

1.  American Library Association:  64,000+ members
     Fee structure:  
     $50 First-year Members Only 
     $75 Second-year Members 
     $100 Third-year+ Members 
     $25 Student Members 
     $35 Non-Salaried Members 
     $45 Trustee and Associate Members 
     $60 International Librarians 

2.  Association for Computing Machinery:  75,000+ members
     Fee Structure:
     $50 Student
     $50 Hardship
     $53 Retired
     $99 Professional

3.  Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers:  380,000+ in 150 
countries
     Fee Structure:
     $143 USA
     $133 Canada
     $121 Africa, Europe, Middle East
     $114 Latin America
     $113 Asia, Pacific
     $35  Student

As these membership numbers demonstrate, a reasonable fee is not a barrier to 
participation.  Icannatlarge can continue to bury its head in the ground, or 
it can decide to grow up and become a responsible organization that offers its 
members rights, benefits, and all those services that accrue from having a 
proper budget in place.  

You get what you pay for, and when you pay nothing that's usually what you 
get...

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