Re: [atlarge-discuss] Membership fees

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Gilbert and all fellow members,

  INEGroup has many members in the Philippines.  We use
the mean average income of the perspective member to
determine what that member pays as his/her fee. Our
minimum however is $2.00 US per year. In the Philippines
as well as in other countries, we [INEGroup] collect those
membership fees locally.  As this organization is not
able to do that, some minimum membership that is
greater than $2.00US may be necessary for the time
being.  There are ways in which this can be handled
of course to minimize potential members from being
financially disadvantaged.  Pay Pal of course is not
one of the vehicles to effect such methods or means.

  If ask directly, I can provide some ways in which effective
low amount membership fees can be collected from
countries that have a low mean average income.

Gilbert Estillore Lumantao wrote:

> From: "James S. Tyre" <jstyre@jstyre.com>
> To: DannyYounger@cs.com, atlarge-discuss@lists.fitug.de
> Cc:
> >Danny, with respect, you are comparing apples and rutabagas.
> >At the bottom, you say "you get what you pay for," but what do you get back
> >from belonging to any of these three organizations, or hundreds of similar
> >ones?  Obviously it varies some from org to org,
>
> i agree. this boils down to what kind of organization are we building. isn't it enough that people are using the net to be allowed to join @large?
>
> 1$ is around 52 pesos in the philippines. that would be around the price of one meal. with that, i hope you can understand that 25$ or more can easily be a barrier of participation, at least in the philippines. and isn't participation what @large is?
>
> i would rather that we screen non-serious members through a minimum requirement of participation (like voting) instead of requiring them to pay unreasonable membership fees.
>
> gilbert
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Regards,

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Jeffrey A. Williams
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