On 04/29/2007 07:12:36 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > yes, having 150 users requires more resources than > for 50, but as long as what we are using matches that and isn't setup > to handle many more users than we'll ever have in near future, then > all is good...let's not too big and fancy until we have the users to > support it, IMHO.
We have reached the limit of our current architecture and need to expand to grow further. We can't accept new members to support this without new equipment. Your stance leaves a chicken and egg problem: how do we grow without current members fronting costs? If this were a business from which you were purchasing hosting services, then the business itself would invest in new equipment and seek to recoup that investment through future user fees. But this is not a business from which you are purchasing services. You are a member/owner of a cooperative. YOU own a share of this organization. YOU are partially responsible for this organization. You have a vote on how it is run. If there is capital investment to be done to ensure the stability of the co-op, you are responsible for your fair share. Period. In the spirit of cooperation and fairness (and surely for more practical reasons), we have devised a progressive payment system that allows you to pay as little as you can while others pay as much as they can. I am not a board member, officer or anything else. I am a member. Insofar as I take an exclusionary tone here, it is certainly not the official policy of our co-op. Indeed, among the fundamental principles of cooperation is inclusiveness. Inclusiveness, that is, of those who accept the responsibilities of membership. Those responsibilities will continue for as long as the co-op exists; hopefully they'll go on as long as people need hosting services. In the future members may well be asked to invest more than $24. But for now, members are being asked to invest in their co-op to the tune of at least $24. That's hardly asking anything at all. frank _______________________________________________ HCoop-Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://hcoop.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hcoop-discuss
