On 2014/06/24 03:33, Mateusz Łoskot wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I still can't comprehend what actually is being objected in the
> proposal of membership fee. Moreover, I can't understand how the fact
> members financially support their organisation stands in
> contradiction with active volunteer-based par
On 06/24/2014 06:14 AM, Mateusz Łoskot wrote:
> On 24 June 2014 14:38, María Arias de Reyna wrote:
>>
>> But there is a big but:
>
> That's why I decided to ask, what are those "buts", as I haven't learned
> any concrete arguments from the original thread.
>
>> It happened to me with IEEE and
>>
Folks,
I'll toss my two cents into this discussion. I think a lot of this has
been already stated in part by others.
o while I don't object to a membership fee in principal it has to come
with some benefits for the member not for OSGeo. While it might be
beneficial to OSGeo by providing an i
On 24 June 2014 14:38, María Arias de Reyna wrote:
>
> But there is a big but:
That's why I decided to ask, what are those "buts", as I haven't learned
any concrete arguments from the original thread.
> It happened to me with IEEE and
> I still haven't returned to them after so many years. Once
Hi,
Interesting topic that raises quite a few questions.
I think that all people who have commented in that thread have not necessarily
agreed if membership fees would be something in addition to the nomination and
election processs, or if it would replace it.
If we switch to a paid membership,
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María,
good points, thanks. I strongly believe that paying a fee for one type
of membership must not estrange anybody else who wants to participate.
And I don't think that this is in the interest of anybody proposing a
paid scheme.
Trying to gauge the
Hi,
I have been reading this conversation silently and for my point of view, if
paying helps OsGeo, then subsctription fees are welcome.
But there is a big but: for students and people who are unemployed,
subsctription fees can be very discouraging. It happened to me with IEEE
and I still haven't
On 24 June 2014 14:02, Jorge Gaspar Sanz Salinas wrote:
> El 24/06/14 13:26, Mateusz Łoskot escribió:
>>>
>> Shortly, I see nothing wrong in expecting as an organisation
>> that if an individual aims and agrees to be nominated for
>> OSGeo Charter Member she/he also agrees to donate on yearly/mont
El 24/06/14 13:26, Mateusz Łoskot escribió:
>>
>> The problem I think is that we are talking about the membership, about
>> putting money as a requirement, instead of recognition being elected by
>> your peers.
>
> Right, that is something, an actual topic that we can discuss about.
>
> IMHO, sim
On 24 June 2014 12:52, Jorge Gaspar Sanz Salinas wrote:
> El 24/06/14 12:33, Mateusz Łoskot escribió:
>>
>> I still can't comprehend what actually is being objected in the proposal
>> of membership fee.
>> Moreover, I can't understand how the fact members financially support their
>> organisation
El 24/06/14 12:33, Mateusz Łoskot escribió:
> Folks,
>
> I still can't comprehend what actually is being objected in the proposal
> of membership fee.
> Moreover, I can't understand how the fact members financially support their
> organisation stands in contradiction with active volunteer-based
>
Folks,
I still can't comprehend what actually is being objected in the proposal
of membership fee.
Moreover, I can't understand how the fact members financially support their
organisation stands in contradiction with active volunteer-based participation.
What is the actual problem here, act of pa
El 24/06/14 10:58, Duarte Carreira escribió:
> Well I just have to chime in...
>
> I do promote osgeo projects all the time. I don't get paid. I am a Charter
> Member. This sometimes is useful for people to understand the sense of
> community that exists in Open Source projects, as opposed to "o
Hi Kari,
some replies inline.
Best regards,
Bart
On 24 Jun 2014, at 11:47, Kari Salovaara wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I was following this thread with disbelief how most of the participants don't
> understand which is the situation of open idea, open source applications and
> open data in most countri
Hi,
I was following this thread with disbelief how most of the participants
don't understand which is the situation of open idea, open source
applications and open data in most countries round the world. And what
kind of support those people get when trying to bring message to
disbelievers. A
Well I just have to chime in...
I do promote osgeo projects all the time. I don't get paid. I am a Charter
Member. This sometimes is useful for people to understand the sense of
community that exists in Open Source projects, as opposed to "other
associations" who are in fact many times seen (an
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