It seems there are quite a few people with quite serious concerns about the low rate. I
confess this is not something I envisaged when proposing the rate cut, so my resolve to
push for it is rather diminished.
There are two options as I see it then. Either we just wait for the AGM and discuss there,
or we make the cut, but we treat it strictly as an experiment. When it got to the AGM we
could then ask the new members who paid £5 if they would have joined had the rate been
£12, and then we could make an informed decision on that basis. (You can't easily
perform the reverse experiment, as those who didn't join because the rate was £12 are
unlikely to be at the AGM.)
Would any of you who objected to the rate cut be OK with an experimental low rate between
now and the AGM? If not I guess we should probably leave it where it is.
Tom
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[mailto:wikimediauk-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Gray
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Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Membership Fee Cut
On 18 February 2010 16:16, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com> wrote:
monetary - and
I don't think it's that unusual a group. Tom says
we're planning to email donors asking if they'd become a member at a
reduced rate - do we know they wouldn't have become a member at the
current rate if asked?
They were already asked, although maybe not very prominently, and most
of them didn't join.
Comment on the donation form, I guess?
Optional stuff on a donation form is usually ignored regardless of the fine print of what
it says, and I suspect you'd have had virtually the same takeup if it said £5 or £10
or £15 - of course, this is practically untestable in any useful way.
Do we have figures for the distribution of our donors to hand? What proportion gave:
a) up to £5
b) £5 to £12
c) £12 or more
The proportions here might tell us something interesting about the prospective takeup at
any given price point.
Relatedly: how many members do we have at £6, and how many at £12?
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- Andrew Gray
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