In the past, a frequent discussion question about LOPSA seemed to be summarized as "what benefits am I provided through my membership". Often, the answer seemed to be that the 'community' (as exemplified by the mailing list, now with the addition of the mentorship program) was the most valuable benefit.
Many people said that their membership was solely a function of attending a conference. I find it extremely difficult to imagine a future sponsorship count that's consistent with the current membership count, unless the future free membership increases tremendously. I also find it highly unlikely that the diminished number of sponsors would collectively contribute as much income to the organization as the current members, particularly in the absence of valuable benefits for the sponsors. Personally, I don't see voting privileges as being a 'benefit' worth a great deal of money. Hmmm....maybe there should be a voting scheme where the number of votes per-sponsor is in proportion to their contribution.... -- Mark Bergman _______________________________________________ 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/
