On 24 February 2010 07:52, James Hardy <wikimediauk(a)weeb.biz> wrote:
One model you may wish to consider is that which I the
Liberal Democrats
use. They ask for a donation, stating that any donation over £10 (or £6 for
concessions) entitles you to membership with a simple tick box to say "yes,
I wish to join"
We did consider that approach for the recent fundraiser and rejected
it because we weren't sure we wanted lots of members that hadn't made
a concious decision to join and had just blindly ticked a box. Having
large numbers of active members would be absolutely fantastic, but
having large numbers of inactive members can make things difficult
(eg. it would be difficult to get 50% of members to sign a written
resolution, so any emergency business that requires a resolution of
members would have to take place at a physical emergency general
meeting with all the expense and hassle that goes with that).