On 10/4/10 3:21 PM, Randy Bush wrote: > and what about lifers, the other long-term unwindable committment?
I was a rather inactive member of the Membership WG. Schedules prevented me from making any of the conference calls. I agree with the "Fellow" being something that can be dispensed with for the time being and perhaps considered in the future. I don't see why the life member situation is a problem. One goal in support of offering life membership is to front-load the funding of NewNOG. Ten years is a very long time in Internet years. Getting cash in hand of 10x annual dues now in exchange for no future dues in year 11 onward from those who both live long enough and remain interested in the organization and its goals doesn't seem like a bad idea. In my opinion there's more risk on the part of the person putting up the cash for life membership than there is for the organization. Will NewNOG/NANOG be around ten years from now? Can I invest the money for a better rate of return than likely dues increases? Will I live that long? Will I still want to be active in internetworking eleven years from now? As a reward for committing ten years' membership up front, having dues forgiven in year eleven onward seems like a win-win. Specifically what is your objection to offering life membership? -- Jay Hennigan - CCIE #7880 - Network Engineering - [email protected] Impulse Internet Service - http://www.impulse.net/ Your local telephone and internet company - 805 884-6323 - WB6RDV _______________________________________________ Nanog-futures mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.nanog.org/mailman/listinfo/nanog-futures
