[chapter-delegates] New Membership Level

[Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond]

Vittorio Bertola said:

> Also, I think that there should be some solution to avoid that ISOC-HQ
> and Chapters start to compete for membership fees (as I see it quite
> hard to convince someone to pay, say, 50 Euros to the Italian chapter -
> that's what we ask - and then 75 dollars to the HQ). Perhaps individuals
> who are already members of the Chapters could get, say, a X% discount on
> the HQ membership fee? After all, thanks to .org ISOC-HQ does not have
> financial problems any more, and I think that in the end the actual
> revenues for the HQ would be higher - as most people would not pay
> additional 75 dollars, but would maybe pay 25 or 40.

If ISOC HQ is not relying on $$ generated from membership, I suggest that
members could joint at the $75 if wanting to join directly through the HQ,
or join to the same level of membership through a local chapter who will
bill at an appropriate local rate, whether it is $2.50 in, say, Ecuador, or
50 Euros in Italy. Each chapter could then transmit a percentage of the
local membership cost to the HQ, say 10%, so for each membership,
Ecuador would transmit 25 cents, and Italy 5 Euros to ISOC HQ.

Just ballpark example figures, but the concept is what I'm suggesting.

Warm regards,

Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond
ISOC England Membership Director

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