On 10/27/10 12:02 PM, Daniel Golding wrote: > 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).
Agreed in principle, and in addition it is needed to justify the corporate purpose as a 501c(3) educational non-profit. However, the task of the membership WG wasn't to define the mission of the organization, and IMHO this really doesn't belong in the section of the bylaws relating to membership. Part of the early feedback was that there were too many classes of member. By leaving the setting of dues and discounts out of the membership definition we give flexibility for the BoD to offer student discounts and the like. We can continue to offer student discounts without creating a separate "class" of member. The flip side of this coin has been brought up as well, that full-time students are often more interested in beer than in gear. We can certainly educate and be educational without a separate class of membership for students. I for one have learned a lot from NANOG sessions, both live and archived on the web. Also consider that being a member is primarily for the purpose of defining governance of the organization and is not a requirement for attendance at meetings or for learning. -- Jay Hennigan - CCIE #7880 - Network Engineering - j...@impulse.net Impulse Internet Service - http://www.impulse.net/ Your local telephone and internet company - 805 884-6323 - WB6RDV _______________________________________________ Nanog-futures mailing list Nanog-futures@nanog.org https://mailman.nanog.org/mailman/listinfo/nanog-futures
