This is great material to have in a meeting, bring it up there please! --BP
On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 4:19 PM, Courtney Lofchick <[email protected]>wrote: > The board is having trouble coming up with a proper definition, that's why > we're asking for help. > We have had a few members apply as students who are getting certificates > from corporations (Cisco, Microsoft) The board does not consider those > people to be students. > > > On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 4:14 PM, Ron Bowes <[email protected]> wrote: > >> It seems oddly difficult to define it properly. >> >> Is there some reason we're attempting to, or does this fall into the >> "fixing what's not broken" category? >> On 7 May 2014 13:53, "Courtney Lofchick" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> We don't want to say full time student because some of our members are >>> part time students and we don't want to exclude future part time students >>> either. >>> >>> >>> On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 3:52 PM, Nathan Wild <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> We agreed ages ago to accept members 16 or over. This change would >>>> exclude them. >>>> >>>> That being said, I think as long as it is worded in such a way as to >>>> define student as "full time student", in fine with it. >>>> >>>> I think the intention of adding the student rate was that full time >>>> students tend to not have incomes, but benefit greatly from membership in >>>> the community. >>>> >>>> Nathan T. Wild >>>> On May 7, 2014 3:35 PM, "Courtney Lofchick" <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi everyone, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> The board has been discussing the idea of updating our student policy >>>>> so that it is more specific about who qualifies. Please let me know what >>>>> you guys think. This shouldn't change the status of any current students >>>>> but if it does, please let me know. We don't want to lose any members due >>>>> to the changes. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Student Member Policy: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> In order to qualify for student membership you must be a student at an >>>>> accredited post secondary institution, including but not limited to: the >>>>> University of Manitoba, the University of Winnipeg, and Red River >>>>> College. Taking a certification course (for example Cisco, Microsoft) does >>>>> not qualify you for student membership. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> If you feel your specific situation warrants student membership please >>>>> bring it up with the board. Student membership may be granted at the >>>>> boards >>>>> discretion. >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >>>>> Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >>>>> Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >>>> Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >>>> Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >>> Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >>> Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >> Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >> Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >> > > > _______________________________________________ > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >
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