RE: [atlarge-discuss] Membership fees

["Abel Wisman" <abel@able-towers.com>]

Jan, 

Are you saying that only members who can afford to pay dues are allowed
to influence decisions and be a part of the governing structure ?

If so then forget everything about bottom-up and world-wide
participation, you just disqualified at least 1/3 of the world from
being an integral part of this organization.

Walter's idea is more friendly, the "I was there" t-shirt if you pay but
no restrictions if you do not want or can not pay. I can imagine quite
some people who can not afford to pay even the smallest amount but who's
contributions can be very valuable.

Can you tell me how much $ 5 is for a Argentinian and for a Vietnamese
or Chinese, or Russian for that matter ? In large parts of the world
this would constitute more then a month's salary, if they had a job to
go to.

Regards

Abel


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jan Siren [mailto:sirenj@earthlink.net] 
> Sent: 15 June 2003 14:37
> To: atlarge-discuss@lists.fitug.de
> Subject: Re: [atlarge-discuss] Membership fees
> 
> 
> Walter Schmidt wrote:
> > 
> > On Sun, 8 Jun 2003, Dassa wrote:
> > 
> > > But their could be two or more classes of membership.
> > 
> >    ...Dassa, a good idea! We could also:
> > 
> >  - Set suggested contribution levels by country
> >  - Those who join, join.
> >  - Those who join and contribute the minimum get a 
> > Certificate-of-Membership, along with...
> >  - Those who contribute at the Sponsor level get...
> >  - Those who contribute at the Major Sponsor level get...
> >  - Those who contribute at the Key Sponsor level get...
> > 
> 
> Not bad.  In my view:
> 
> "Those who join" can participate in (non-binding) on-line 
> opinion polls.
> 
> "Those who join and contribute the minimum..." can join and 
> chair committees, 
> have voting privileges including eligibility to vote for 
> Board members, and 
> can stand as candidates for the Board.
> 
> 
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