Excerpts from Bernie Innocenti's message of Sun Jun 05 06:33:40 +0200 2011:
> > > * Membership fees > > > > Could you elaborate what you have in mind here? :-) > > It's a prototype idea, not yet discussed anywhere yet. I'd like to know > what the board members would think about asking a yearly fee from > members and, in case there's interest, how it could be implemented. Whatever you choose to do, please do not *require* membership fees. Their existence alone is enough to make it impossible for a lot of people to join. They might even be able to afford the actual membership fee, but not necessarily the associated costs of transferring the money to Sugar Labs - given that's possible at all. I wouldn't mind *optional* membership "fees", i.e. yearly donations. But it should be the decision of the member. Don't require proof of being too poor to pay the fee. It's impossible to do; been there, tried that, failed to convince to other party. Besides there's a high psychological barrier to admit that you're poor. Instead just *encourage* people to donate a recurring amount of their choosing. Do a direct debit from their bank account, with a minimum amount to cover banking costs (they still have the option not to donate at all). Publish donations above a certain threshold on the website, maybe using several different thresholds and calling them bronze / silver / gold sponsors (or some sweet equivalent). Sascha -- http://sascha.silbe.org/ http://www.infra-silbe.de/
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