jon wrote:
> "As of March, we have 37 financial members. This represents a decline
> from 51 members twelve months ago. I suspect that this is merely due
> to inadequate promotion on our part. A challenge we currently face is
> presenting a good reason to become a member. Other than voting rights
> and a warm and fuzzy feeling, the benefit is admittedly minimal."
>
> I don't know if this is the place to raise this, but as a new member I
> can think of two things that might help:
>
> 1. Make it possible to obtain and renew membership online -- or even
> by snailmail -- rather than having to physically attend a meeting
> (right now, for instance, I'm not a member because I don't get into
> town when the meetings are on).
>
> <Snip>
>
> Jon.
>
In this area I must agree with Jon, I have been a financial member of
SLUG from the day we decided to have a financial membership and have
been a regular attender until a relatively recently when SLUG moved
about a bit. (I like the new venue by the way) I would love to be able
to stay a financial member and being able to pay my annual subs online
would be great as I was unable to make the AGM.
Also, SLUG should consider producing a magazine for members filled with
articles from members including tutorials, reviews of open source
software and code snippets, updates on what members are working on and
some basics. It could become a benefit of membership. It could be
emailed as a pdf to financial members at their slug.org.au email address.
{note to Jon: forget Scribus, it still crashes regularly. I have been
trying to use the "stable" version to produce a magazine I write for
another computer club and had to go back to using OOo as Scribus crashed
almost every time I tried to use the story editor to change the text a
little. It needs a lot more development to be usable.}
Heracles
PS. WHo is the treasurer now and can I organise to pay my subs online
please?
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