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

[Dick Hardt]

The fee is $50 for students.

https://openid.net/foundation/members/registration

-- Dick

On 18-Sep-08, at 1:23 PM, Julian Granger-Bevan wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> As an "individual outside of the board", I have to admit that I  
> considered membership because I wanted to support the work of the  
> foundation, but did not do so because of the $100 fee (I am a  
> student).
>
> Thinking about it now, I think I would have probably paid up to  
> about £25 ($50), or perhaps would have chosen a more reduced option  
> if that were available.
>
> The Drupal Association offers membership for individuals at 22EUR  
> ($31), and organisations for 73EUR ($104). Perhaps that is a better  
> level.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Julian
>
>
>
> Martin Atkins wrote:
>> 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.
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