On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 6:02 AM, Elizabeth Dodd <[email protected]> wrote: > I can see the legal line of thought for paying to belong to a company / > organisation.
I can too. Annual membership dues provide a mechanism for a member to 1) show who they are (thereby making it more difficult to obtain multiple votes), and 2) show that they continue to be interested in being a member. Providing 1 and 2 without any payment at all would wind up costing the organization money. I certainly don't think every contributor should be instantly admitted to the organization. That would be a legal nightmare. On the other hand, a provision for the waiver of annual dues in certain situations would be appropriate. Most of all I just wanted to point out that "candidates welcome" was a ridiculous comment, though. The vast majority of the volunteers are not even members in the OSMF, so our voice to express disagreement with the policies and management of the OSMF is appropriately on the mailing lists. _______________________________________________ Talk-au mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
