On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 8:49 AM, Davor Ocelic <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:55:19 +0100 > Michal <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > If the answer to these questions are both yes, then there is no issue > with > > > you hosting these websites under your account, even if you are charging > the > > > customer for creating or hosting the website. > > Great! > > > > > You may but are in no way > > > obligated to pledge more. > > I will consider it. It wouldn't seem fair to me that the business (and > > so me, indirectly) would be making money from a non-profit > > organization, without giving any money to it. > > In the past, we used a fee approach where we start with a total monthly > expense and divide it by the number of members (and later pledges) > to get a per-month/per-person fee. This was leading to fees that > were IIRC in the $2.41 to $7 range per month. > > Some time ago we have fixed the basic pledge at $5. It means that > after the colocation costs and the minimal costs of running a non-profit > are covered, new members or extra pledges put us in a position where we > can accumulate a "reserve" and use it for expanding our services > (through new hardware, colocation plans etc.). > > So, knowing the above, pledging more does help HCoop's prosperity, and may > as well make you feel you're getting just the right deal with HCoop, > without > hitting either end of the spectrum (paying too much, or unconsideratively > "abusing" HCoop's services). > > But, it is in no way mandatory to pledge more. Personally, I like to view > HCoop as an organization that is delighting its members base. So, as long > as you're paying the minimal $5 monthly fee to keep things running and > you're > not "reselling" the services, it is completely up to you to decide what > constitutes "fairness", how you want to use HCoop, and how much you want to > pledge for it, without judgement from any HCoop official or member I think its worth mentioning that a number of people are generously pledging above the minimum $5 per month. Although I don't know the status today, it used to be said that without those additional pledges the minimum pledge would have to be raised. I think it is completely reasonable to assume that there be an increase in membership dues for those members acting as a commercial entity providing services that piggy back on the core functionality of HCoop. -Rob
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