[Foundation-l] Membership fees proposal

Sat Jul 31 11:02:13 UTC 2004

--- Angela_ <beesley at gmail.com> wrote:
> mav wrote:
> > Going up each level should also mean the person gets more wampum (shirts,
> mugs, etc)....
> 
> This would require a change in the bylaws. Currently the only
> difference allowed between Volunteer Active members (who don't pay at
> all) and Contributing Active members is the entitlement to vote for
> the Contributing Member Representative in the next elections.

Why in the world would it? Nothing I said would be contradictory to the bylaws
since they only speak of voting rights in this area. And everybody who
contributes $30 a year will be able to vote for contributing and volunteer reps
and volunteer members would be able to to vote for the volunteer rep. Nothing
has changed.

And by-laws, btw, are supposed to be skeletal. Therefore when they are silent
on an issue they do not preclude any action in that area. This is also beside
the fact that the bylaws have not even legal yet - the signatures of a majority
of the board are needed. Thus changes will be easy. That is, unless things have
changed from two months ago when Jimbo mentioned that. 

--mav

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