Are the proposers certain that raising the individual membership fee to $100/year will result in a net increase in revenue? I suspect that raising the fee from $25 to $100 will result in substantial dropoff in individual membership, resulting in less revenue and more dangerously, far fewer members.<div>
<div><br></div><div>I remember that a couple years ago, former Google board member Dewitt Clinton proposed reducing the fees to $5 to help drive membership. I personally think that the foundation would be better off lowering, rather than raising membership fees.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Allen</div><div><br></div><div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 4:44 AM, sakimura <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sakimura@gmail.com">sakimura@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div style="color: rgb(38, 38, 38); "><blockquote><div lang="EN-US" style="word-wrap: break-word; "><div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.3; "><font size="4"><span style="font-size:14px"><font face="Arial">3.</font></span></font><span><font size="4"><span style="font-size:14px"><font face="Arial"> </font></span></font></span><font size="4"><span style="font-size:14px"><font face="Arial">Resolution: As of March 30, 2011, individual membership fee will be $100/year. The Board directs the Executive Director to waive this fee in cases of hardship, professional courtesy or other reasons on a case by case basis.</font></span></font></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.3; "><span style="font-size:14px"><font face="Arial">Rationale: Establishes a community membership cost-to-value, offsets costs at current levels and discourages ‘join only to vote.’</font></span><font face="Arial"><br>
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