Leif and Shidan, your concerns are noted and I appreciate the feedback. Regarding fees, I think you missed the portion of the web site which says the following:
"Details of CAVP membership requirements are being developed. Until complete membership requirements are developed there are no restrictions or membership fees required. You may simply join the CAVP mailing list ." The rest of the membership section is marked "DRAFT" to indicate roughly what we expect to be ratified but its still open for debate. The stage we are at now is that "core group of people" you suggested. If you would like to be one of them this is your opportunity to participate as a founding member. If you would rather wait until the "core group" has finished its work and we are fully operational I certainly understand. I think the by-laws on the web site (which also won't be officially ratified until the next meeting) pretty much spell out everything with regards to ownership etc. In short the Association will be owned by its members who will elect board members. The board members will then appoint people (volunteers) to the required positions etc. There are a lot of government requirements and we are slowly making our way through them all. If I can try to put your mind at ease, this is a real industry trade organization with full not-for-profit status (pending) owned and operated by the membership. You are welcome to join now and see how things go as it will probably be at least a few months before we start charing fees so really there is no risk. -- Regards, John Lange Canadian Association of VoIP Providers (204) 885 0872 On Fri, 2006-02-10 at 18:16 -0500, Leif Madsen wrote: > On 2/10/06, Shidan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > John, thanks for responding to my concern. Starting something like > > this is all about getting everybody to agree and join the table but > > the catch is that most people won't unless there is a real presence > > already, not to mention an agenda. My concern still is that at first > > it would seem reasonable to actually get a core group of people to > > agree on a charter, a plan of action before introducing fees. At > > minimum I personally would like to see a diverse board and a charter, > > and a clear statement of who owns this organization before I join. I > > don't know if you have already done this and will sign up to your > > mailing list to find out more, if that is the case then you can > > definitely count us in. As far as the concept goes I think an > > organization like this is 100% needed. > > I would agree with Shidan on this -- I'm definately interested in the > concept, but my concerns pretty much mirror what Shidan just said. > > -- > Leif Madsen. > http://www.leifmadsen.com > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/asterisk > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
