[chapter-delegates] New Membership Level

[Alan Levin]

On 1 Mar 2005, at 15:30, Veni Markovski wrote:
> At 08:05 01-03-05  -0500, Carlos Vera wrote:
>> In Ecuador the montly income for a professional is USD 250 in 
>> average. (range from USD 200 to USD 700)
>>
>> Impossible to pay USD 75... this is only another way to say digital 
>> exclusion and Internet only for those who can pay and live in 
>> countries that can afford such expenses.
>
> Carlos,
> I think we should be looking into finding a solution to the problem, 
> and not creating a new one.
> May be we should try to find a way to verify who are the actual ISOC 
> members?

Well surely this is a role of the chapters?
I can certainly validate every one of the ISOC-ZA members!

With this decision and at $75 I don't expect to see any ISOC members
.... certainly not unless they are from the privileged population group 
(usually with vested interest)

Alan


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