On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 16:47, Sotiris Sotiropoulos wrote: > Stephen Waters wrote: > > >If dues are required, we should have a hardship application process for > >those of us in lowly brackets... > > > > Please explain in detail. I cannot divine the meaning of a "hardship > process". I need you to explicitly state what you intend, before I can > comment. Because most of the people whom we purport to support by means of this organization are poor, we need a process for determining hardship memberships, i.e., memberships with reduced or zero dues. Of course, this is only necessary if voting is conditional upon membership. If you can vote without becoming a dues-paying member, I'm ok with it. For the record, I'm against membership dues, but it may come to pass that they will become necessary. So, I propose the following tiered approach: 1) Try a sponsorship/donation system, ala public radio. (Thanks Abel Wisman) 2) If that fails, try sponsorship + donations + member dues. Dues should not be required of the poor. To determine who is poor, there needs to be an application process for such a "hardship membership". Either way, I think we should register as a charitable organization in the United States as the U.S. is where we'll likely garner the most money. I.e., this is a pragmatic thought, not a moral one. $0.02USD, -s
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