[chapter-delegates] New Membership Level

[Jacek Gajewski]

Dear Veni,

Veni Markovski wrote:

>
>  It means is also that non-paid members (and chapters, thereafter) get 
> less value, less weight on the BoT (there will be 3 more Trustees of 
> which the chapters will not vote)

It's not only that non-paid members get less value, they will have to 
continue their work for ISOC knowing that:
- in their own organization there is group of rich members, who can buy 
the BoT power
- this group of rich members call themselves 'Members', whereas they 
(the majority!) have to bear the pejorative label of 'Associated Memeber'

> .
> I think that while it's important to have a paid membership (and thus 
> give memebrs the right to vote), it's also vital to keep the chapter 
> in good shape. I don't know about Poland, but I doubt anyone in 
> Bulgaria will join the $ 75 membership (which, btw, existed before, 
> too, when the "normal" membership was $ 35 (or $ 12 for developing 
> countries).

Also in Poland $75 is clearly price prohibitive [this will mean that we 
have to increase our fee by 600%]. I may additionally assure you that 
the majority of those few, who could afford $75 will deliberately not do 
it. In one of the previous postings, my ISOC collegues invited me, as a 
member of this same ISOC family, to share  his modest table.  I am also 
deeply touched by another my collegue, who is ready not to have his 
desert, to help his ISOC family members. Those people are my family, 
with them I want to share my table. And if I want to donate $75 to ISOC, 
I will do my best that it is received by those, who have some 
interesting projects, compatible with true mission of ISOC.


> I don't think ISOC needs this money, not with the .ORG funding via PIR.
>
I don't think ISOC should risk its integrity for as low as 1% of its budget.


> As for the other questions, it should be Jim to respond, as you ask him.
>
Yes, we still wait for Jim and/or David to answer the basic question:

Why ISOC wants to introduce $75 membership and degrade all its members 
to the class of 'Associate Members'?


With best regards,
Jacek Gajewski
ISOC-PL


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