[MR] is it the value of membership or values in general?

[Hank Harwell]

On Sun, 25 Aug 2002 06:38:28 -0700 (PDT) Becky McEllistrem
<bmcellis at yahoo.com> writes:
> 
> This is why when worries about funds come along you
> change existing membership fees.  That way you're only
> changing something for people that have already
> decided they can afford to pay.
> 

I would caution you to be careful with this line of reasoning.  It could
be well interpreted that you advocate penalizing people who dutifully
submit their membership dues to the Corporation for the actions of those
who choose not to.

The sense I'm receiving is that "when money runs short, we can just
charge the drones more.  They will always pay more because they see it as
a great value at whatever the price."

I am not morally opposed to the NMS as others apparently are.  At the
same time I would love to see my membership count for more.  The recent
decision to "unbundle" publications from the basic membership plan means
that it means even less to be a member than it did before.  Therefore
there is less incentive to pay up.  Currently, my membership has lapsed. 
When I go to an event, as I hope to do in the next several weeks, if I am
asked to pay three dollars more, I won't fuss.  It's the price I pay for
not maintaining my membership.

What I am hearing is that folks are unhappy with the way decisions are
made and the Corporation is run.  There are development corporations
available that can examine how an organization is established and whether
or not it is meeting its stated objectives.  It could also present
options to assist in future growth, or ways to overhaul the structure to
return it to the original vision.

Of course the only problem is that these companies cost money.  Who's
going to pay for it?

Brother Cleireac of Inisliath

Devotion to the freedom of the people of God is nothing to be ashamed of;
otherwise when one is confronted by the devil it may be a case of 'you
alone, me alone'. -- Rule of St. Comghall

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