> On Mar 25, 2015, at 06:39, Will Hargrave <w...@harg.net> wrote:
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>
> On 24 Mar 2015, at 21:39, Martin Hannigan <hanni...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>> Is this a mutually beneficial exchange e.g. non profit? The fee structure
>>>> appears 4x nearest IX. That might be a challenge.
>>> I’m pretty sure the first year (at least) will be free anyway and
>>> subsequent years fees will be heavily guided by the membership
>> That has proven to be beneficial at least for year one. It's also proven to
>> be beneficial to advertise what the year two prices may be targeted for,
>> especially after community elections occur (which "should" be a priority).
>>> The whole IX / BDX is a mutual / CoOp arrangement - yes
>> Awesome. My employer likes participating in these when conditions are right.
>> /watchlist
>
> Hi Marty,
>
> On the one hand you ask if it is a not-for-profit/co-op, but on the other
> hand you say it’s good if the ports are free.
Six? Mice? Would be nice. It's not always possible.
> If it’s a co-op owned by its members, where does the money come from? Even
> the very minor 500 or so it costs to file the accounts.
>
> Aren’t you just wanting to both have your cake and eat it? :-)
>
Of course. :-). Its a business.
Best,
Marty
