What Tim's response is what I was eluding to. Here's the relevant
article in the constitution.
*6.1 - * The Committee shall prescribe a list of equitable membership
entrance fee for different countries based on the UNDP’s 2005 Human
Development Index (HDI) of the country. The entrance fee payable for
membership shall be as follows (refer to List of Countries by HDI):-
*6.1.1 - Ordinary member*
Countries with High HDI USD10.00
Countries with Medium HDI USD5.00
Countries with Low HDI USD2.50
*6.1.2. - Associate member*
1.
*- Civil Societies & Professional bodies*
Countries with High HDI USD20.00
Countries with Medium HDI USD10.00
Countries with Low HDI USD5.00
2.
*- Corporations*
Countries with High HDI USD100.00
Countries with Medium HDI USD50.00
Countries with Low HDI USD25.00
*6.2 - * There shall be no monthly subscription payable. However,
members are encouraged to donate to specific projects as and when necessary.
We've actually made the entrance fees very very affordable. These
figures can be increased in subsequent amendments. However, as there is
provision for donations and also special levies for projects, we can use
those provisions for increasing contributions.
Molly
Tim.Churches wrote:
>Thomas Beale wrote:
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>>doesn't the fact of paying the same number but in your own currency fix
>>this? E.g. 50AUD, 50M$, 50Euro, 50rupiah, 50USD, 50yuan etc?
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>Not really, because the granularity of currency units varies greatly
>between countries - consider, for example:
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>50 Japanese Yen is only US$0.42
>50 Philippine pesos is US$0.96
>50 Mexican pesos is US$4.53
>50 Indonesian rupiah is US$0.00562895
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>>But Tim
>>seems to be saying start with e.g. 50AUD and convert this to all the
>>other currencies?
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>And then apply the HDI-based factor to reduce the amount for
>transitional and developing countries.
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>>My early concern (either way) would be the cost & resources of
>>accounting, $ transfer & processing etc. Even if the supposed income
>>covers the $-cost, will it realistically cover the human cost? Who will
>>do all this?
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>No, the membership fee for each of the three HDI classes which Molly
>proposes should be specified in only US dollars and Euros, or perhaps
>only in Malaysian ringgit (that would make a refreshing change!).
>Conversion of each member's local currency to the prescribed membership
>fee would be the responsibility of the member and/or the payment
>mechanism eg Paypal, or your credit/debit card provider. If I buy
>something on the Internet from a vendor in a foreign country, my
>expectation is that prices will be quoted in US dollars, Euros or in the
>vendor's local currency, not in Australian dollars.
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>Tim C
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