It is possible to differentiate things like pricing outside of the bylaws. I think everyone is mostly in agreement that the bylaws isn't the place for dictating fees, but is the right place for dictating how fees can be set.
Dan's point on student classes and the educational mission of this organization might need some more explication to get the support it needs. Its use isn't very clear right now since we're not actively participating, say via working groups we create, in areas such as curriculum recommendations. Kris On Oct 27, 2010, at 12:23 PM, Leslie wrote: > You can have student pricing and members without needing a separate > class of membership. Education is useful even for existing network > engineers. > > Leslie > > On 10/27/10 12:02 PM, Daniel Golding wrote: >> >> I suspect the board will set some kind of a discount for students. >> Personally, I would support a very large discount for full time students. >> >> That being said, I'm also a bit disappointed that the specific student >> membership didn't survive. I think the educational mission is extremely >> important from both an altruistic and a business point of view (business >> == our real businesses, not NANOG). >> >> - Dan >> >> On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 1:36 PM, Chris Malayter <ch...@terahertz.net >> <mailto:ch...@terahertz.net>> wrote: >> >> Kris, >> >> Could you outline the changes for those who might not have seen the >> original bylaws yet. >> >> Two issues I have, >> >> 1) The ED has to be a member in good standing? So he has to pay to be a >> member to keep his job? :) >> >> 2) I'm not sure how happy I am to see student memberships gone. I like >> the idea that a student could pay a reduced fee to be a member, yes I do >> realize that the student can still attend the meeting without >> membership. >> It's not really a deal closer for me. >> >> For what it's worth. >> >> -Chris >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Nanog-futures mailing list >> Nanog-futures@nanog.org <mailto:Nanog-futures@nanog.org> >> https://mailman.nanog.org/mailman/listinfo/nanog-futures >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Nanog-futures mailing list >> Nanog-futures@nanog.org >> https://mailman.nanog.org/mailman/listinfo/nanog-futures > > _______________________________________________ > Nanog-futures mailing list > Nanog-futures@nanog.org > https://mailman.nanog.org/mailman/listinfo/nanog-futures _______________________________________________ Nanog-futures mailing list Nanog-futures@nanog.org https://mailman.nanog.org/mailman/listinfo/nanog-futures
