In the context of Wikimedia DC, membership refers precisely to being a voting member of the corporation. You get the privilege of voting in annual elections and participating in membership meetings as a voting member. It costs $10/year and you have the option to contribute more. That being said, membership is not required to participate. You can go to every single event, be a very helpful volunteer, and do a bunch of other things, but never actually sign up as a member. There are different modes of participating, and being a dues-paying member is just one of them.
— James Hare President, Wikimedia DC http://wikimediadc.org @wikimediadc On Thursday, March 5, 2015 at 7:54 AM, Lane Rasberry wrote: > Hello, > > Most chapters that I have seen have some process for asking someone to pay a > small amount of money, typically less than the pay rate for one hour of > low-paying work in their country, to become members. Also most chapters try > to invite as many people as possible in any circumstances to become members. > > I think that any system which collects contact information from people at > events and then later invites them to join the organization by doing > something additional is what would be expected based on precedent. > > yours, > > > On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 1:59 AM, Pine W <[email protected] > (mailto:[email protected])> wrote: > > Great. I would make a distinction between those who want to register for > > the event only, those who want to subscribe to this list but not become > > dues-paying members, and those who want full membership. The last category > > we can't easily fill yet. I would suggest asking everyone who attends the > > event to, at the end of the event, (1) consider signing up for this email > > list if they have not already done so via the registration sheet, and (2) > > to follow as many of our social media accounts as they wish. > > Pine > > On Mar 4, 2015 10:42 PM, "Raymond Leonard" <[email protected] > > (mailto:[email protected])> wrote: > > > Hi everyone, > > > > > > In the [Wikimedia Cascadia] Outreach events and event logistics > > > (https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-cascadia/2015-February/000450.html) > > > thread, I wrote about how we should have CWUG flyers & a means to join > > > our user group at events like edit-a-thons > > > (https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-cascadia/2015-February/000458.html). > > > This weekend I plan to attend the Portland Art+Feminism edit-a-thon on > > > Saturday then the Vancouver Art+Feminism edit-a-thon on Sunday. I would > > > like to have a means to sign people up for being Cascadia Wikimedia > > > members. Right now this obviously needs to be informal, since we have not > > > yet decided how one formally becomes a member of our user group. I was > > > figuring on just a simple sign-up sheet, with columns for name, username, > > > & email. I do not know if I will have time to put together a flyer, but I > > > will try to get something put together. > > > > > > I was wondering if any of you have any input. > > > > > > Yours, > > > Peaceray > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > (mailto:[email protected]) > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list > > [email protected] > > (mailto:[email protected]) > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia > > > > > > -- > Lane Rasberry > user:bluerasberry on Wikipedia > 206.801.0814 > [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list > [email protected] > (mailto:[email protected]) > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia > >
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