I know I would certainly have appreciated some form of written communication
through the post on becoming a member, just, y'know, to reassure me you guys
knew I existed.
Even a welcome letter with a nice letterhead and a little card wouldn't go
amiss. While you're there, you could preach to your
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Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Membership Fee Cut
On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 3:52 PM, James Hardy wikimedi...@weeb.biz wrote:
I can not
really imagine any tangible benefits that WMUK can provide. After all
The AGM sets the fee but, in my experience of other organisations, I'd
expect it to be a rubber-stamping of a Board recommendation unless the
Board went rogue.
On 24 February 2010 09:00, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote:
Membership fees are a matter that concerns the Members.
The
I have just paid the fee and applied to become a member this week. The
reason I have not joined previously is not the cost, but that finding my
cheque-book and buying a stamp would have been way way to much hassle for
someone as disorganised as me. I only signed up after discovering through
this
On Fri, 2010-02-19 at 00:41 +, River Tarnell wrote:
Brian McNeil:
And this is an argument for what, exactly?
No argument; I'm merely pointing out that a direct comparison between WM-UK
and the NT might be misleading, since their fundraising methods and goals
are quite different.
There
On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 1:10 PM, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote:
On 19 February 2010 02:01, Tom Holden tom.hol...@economics.ox.ac.uk
wrote:
It seems there are quite a few people with quite serious concerns about
the low rate. I confess this is not something I envisaged when proposing
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 4:10 PM, Andrew Gray andrew.g...@dunelm.org.uk wrote:
* Demographics. Who are we targeting with reduced memberships? Is
there a definable group of people who can't pay the higher fee, and if
so, is it not being served by the existing two-tier group?
That would be key
Thomas Dalton:
The idea is that members join to support us with their time, their
ideas, their moral support, etc. People that want to support us
financially do so by donating.
I don't really follow this. You want to charge people to let them support
you with their time? Why can't they
WereSpielChequers:
However I have gone through your form, and got as far as realising
that unusually for a wikimedia project you want to know my real life
identity. Now I understand that I'd have to disclose that if I wanted
to be a check user, Arb or boardmember but I don't see why I should
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Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Membership Fee Cut
Thomas Dalton:
The idea is that members join to support us with their time, their
ideas, their moral support, etc. People that want to support us
financially do so by donating.
I don't really follow this. You want to charge people to let
On 18 February 2010 14:28, River Tarnell
ri...@loreley.flyingparchment.org.uk wrote:
Thomas Dalton:
The idea is that members join to support us with their time, their
ideas, their moral support, etc. People that want to support us
financially do so by donating.
I don't really follow this.
On 18 February 2010 11:32, Charles Matthews
charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com wrote:
Thomas Dalton wrote:
On 17 February 2010 22:15, Charles Matthews
charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com wrote:
The logic of soliciting donations is always that if there is more money,
more can be done. Money doesn't
On 18 February 2010 15:35, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm sorry if you interpreted my question as being rude. I simply
wanted to know what your point was, since you hadn't made it. You had
just made some general comments that did not have an obvious
conclusion.
It was in
Brian McNeil:
Look at National Trust membership fees:
http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-trust/w-support/w-jointoday/w-jointoday-categories_costs.htm
In my opinion, a little steep - but I believe they've secured a rather
nice members benefits package.
But the NT, as far as I know, do
Brian McNeil:
And this is an argument for what, exactly?
No argument; I'm merely pointing out that a direct comparison between WM-UK
and the NT might be misleading, since their fundraising methods and goals
are quite different.
You trimmed all the positive points I made to denigrate the
On 18 February 2010 16:16, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote:
monetary - and I don't think it's that unusual a group. Tom says we're
planning to email donors asking if they'd become a member at a reduced
rate - do we know they wouldn't have become a member at the current
rate if
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Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Membership Fee Cut
On 18 February 2010 16:16, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote
Tom Holden wrote:
Hi all,
We are considering cutting the membership fee to £5 flat. (It is
currently £12 waged, £6 unwaged.)
We would like to expand membership before the AGM and we feel cutting
the membership fee will help with this. It will also simplify our
administration.
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[mailto:wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Charles Matthews
Sent: 17 February 2010 3:59 PM
To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Membership Fee Cut
So, what signal does this send? For me, nothing very positive about
On 17 February 2010 15:59, Charles Matthews
charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com wrote:
So, what signal does this send? For me, nothing very positive about the
organisation. Setting a price below a typical cinema ticket isn't really
a claim on anyone's respect.
The idea is that members join to
Thomas Dalton wrote:
On 17 February 2010 15:59, Charles Matthews
charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com wrote:
So, what signal does this send? For me, nothing very positive about the
organisation. Setting a price below a typical cinema ticket isn't really
a claim on anyone's respect.
The
On 17 February 2010 22:15, Charles Matthews
charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com wrote:
The logic of soliciting donations is always that if there is more money,
more can be done. Money doesn't make the world of the WMF go round, but
in the real world money tends to be given to those who show they
Hi all,
We are considering cutting the membership fee to £5 flat. (It is currently £12
waged, £6 unwaged.)
We would like to expand membership before the AGM and we feel cutting the
membership fee will help with this. It will also simplify our administration.
We are planning to email everyone
On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 10:46 PM, Tom Holden
tom.hol...@economics.ox.ac.uk wrote:
Does anyone object to this? We appreciate that some of you will have
recently paid membership fees at the full rate, but if we are to make such a
cut it is inevitable that some people will have paid the full rate
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Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Membership Fee Cut
On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 10:46 PM, Tom Holden tom.hol...@economics.ox.ac.uk
wrote:
Does anyone object to this? We appreciate
On 17 February 2010 00:23, Tom Holden tom.hol...@economics.ox.ac.uk wrote:
We did not discuss PayPal in the meeting actually. The PayPal fee on £5 is
27p at the lower fee rate, though I expect we'll shortly be moved back up to
the higher rate at which it's 37p. I don't think there's any
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