[OpenID] Q&A: Who gets to vote?

[Martin Atkins]

Dick Hardt wrote:
> 
> We may not have picked the right price point for membership -- don't  
> know that until after we have promoted the membership. This is the  
> first negative reaction I have heard from an individual. For someone  
> that cares about identity, is attending things like the internet  
> identity workshop -- $100 did seem nominal to be a voting member. It  
> is definitely much less then a corporation has to pay, and the  
> corporation only gets one vote, just like the individual.
> 

With my "individual member of the community" hat on rather than my OIDF 
board member hat on, I must admit I thought $100 seemed like quite a big 
number for an individual; at the exchange rate when I paid mine, that 
was around £50 GBP, which while not a massive amount of money is not 
pocket change either. I think it'd be much less of a decision if it were 
£20 or less (~$35 at current exchange rate).

However, as you say it will be interesting to see how things develop 
once the membership drive kicks into full swing. I'd be interested to 
hear from any other individuals outside of the board that have a view on 
the current individual membership pricing.