Membership dues for OSGeo could very well work, but they would change the nature of the organization. While it makes sense for those who are professionals and thus want to belong to professional organizations, many OSGeo members are not "professionals" in the sense of depending upon OSGeo's projects for their living—many are educators, volunteers, govt. folks, hobbyists and so on.
That said, not everyone has to be a member of OSGeo to enjoy its products and its community, and believe in the ideals of the community. I have no particular objection to membership dues, but it is not something I would pay. Hence, I would agree to forsake my Charter Membership, if that is what's entailed. On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 4:36 PM, Howard Butler <how...@hobu.co> wrote: > > On Jun 23, 2014, at 9:25 AM, Bart van den Eijnden <bart...@osgis.nl> > wrote: > > > Good food for thought Howard, can’t say I disagree with anything you say > here. > > > > The only thing we need to consider is that for some countries 50 or 70 > USD can still be a lot of money > > Yes. Something equitable could be arrived at. Let the membership committee > come up with the membership dues rules. I would assume there's student > memberships, grants, etc. > > Howard > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -- Puneet Kishor Manager, Science and Data Policy Creative Commons
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