Only kidding?!? Phooey. I wanted the signed Hawaiian shirt... -(a different) Adam
> On Feb 7, 2015, at 5:03 PM, Kent C. Brodie <[email protected]> wrote: > > Matt- thanks for the info. Still early, in discussion mode- perfect. > > MY input, for what it's worth: > > First, making base membership free - GOOD. I'd recommend offering basic > membership benefits for free- such as info on our activities, user groups, > mentoring, perhaps access to the lopsa site so new members can blog, etc etc. > The huge win here is-- growing our membership count, and exposure. Free > is good. > > Second, consider what would be beneficial to "paying" (or "supporting" or > whatever you want to call it) - members-- such as access to > training/books/etc discounts, USENIX membership discounts if possible, etc. > At least some true, tangible, financial incentives/rewards. I also would > recommend that only 'paying' members be allowed to VOTE in organization > events (elections, etc) - wheras the rest of the members be offered the > ability to participate in the lopsa-live events and so on. > > The primary decision to be made IMO is what free members vs paying members > receive. Make sure to make it an incentive and not a penalty. > > O! Lightbulb just went on: You might want to think along the lines of some > of the successful kickstarter campaigns and benefit levels (or for the older > crowd, PBS benefits during pledge drives). You could even have MULTIPLE > levels. Thinking out loud: > > * Free: Welcome! Join the dicsussions! Come to our user group > events! etc > * $10: Here's your LOPSA login id and password > * $25 ....and some storage along with that ID, and the ability to VOTE. > * $50 ....and a huge array of financial discounts useful to sysadmins > * $100 ....and an ugly Hawaiin shirt signed by a certain member of the > board :-) > * $1,000 .....and a seat on the board. :-) > > OK, kidding on the last two items, but you get the idea. I hope this makes > sense, in any way this works out, I think it's a win. > > --kent > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
