On Monday, March 11, Federico Di Gregorio wrote: > > I have a propostal I believe would benefit OASIS as a whole: why > doesn't OASIS accept Debian as an associate without requiring any > payement?
Because they can't afford it. The members services director informed me that the $1000 membership fee is mostly subsidized by the for-profit members, and doesn't cover the true costs of the membership. BTW, this is similar to the way the the tuition pricing model works for US state universities - student tuition & fees do not cover the true costs of attendance. > given the completely non-profit nature of Debian, that makes sense > to me. Me, too. But the idea's a no-go. I already pursued that path and was informed that the $1000 membership fee is mostly subsidized by the for-profit members. The $1000 fee is as low as we can get. Trust me on this. Mark _____________________________________ Mark Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian SGML <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Home Page: <http://dulug.duke.edu/~mark/> GPG fp: 50DF A22D 5119 3485 E9E4 89B2 BCBC B2C8 2BE2 FE81 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
