On Oct 4, 2010, at 6:45 PM, "Randy Bush" <ra...@psg.com> wrote:
>>> and what about lifers, the other long-term unwindable commitment? >> Specifically what is your objection to offering life membership? > > i thought i was pretty clear, if terse. > > we do not have consensus over membership categories. life membership is > unwindable should we decide against it. > > personally, i am not strongly against it, but am sceptical. it may get > a cash infusion now, but what will it do to income down the road when > folk don't need to renew? [0] > > does newnog actually need the infusion up front? are there other ways > to deal with the financial problem that the attempt to create of this > class of membership implies? > > randy > Short term cash supply is important; we have a decent lag between now and NANOG 52 where there will be a significant outflow of cash for salaries, hotel contracts, etc. without any meeting revenue. Having lifetime members commit early will help the balance sheet through this period. In the long run I don't believe it will have a detrimental effect because meeting and development revenue will be coming in. Regards, Mike finance-wg member hat _______________________________________________ Nanog-futures mailing list Nanog-futures@nanog.org https://mailman.nanog.org/mailman/listinfo/nanog-futures
