[Board] Back in the office...

[Michael P. Gerlek]

Not to be pedantic, I think we nixed the term "Supporting Member" in
favor of just "Supporter" -- the idea being that "Membership" classes
should not discriminate based on ability to pay.  "Supporter" is like
"Sponsor", in that regard -- just that one is for humble individuals and
the other is for multinational capitalist conglomerates.

-mpg

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: board-bounces at lists.osgeo.org 
> [mailto:board-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Tyler 
> Mitchell (OSGeo)
> Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 11:48 AM
> To: Frank Warmerdam
> Cc: OSGeo-Board
> Subject: Re: [Board] Back in the office...
> 
> 
> On 18-Sep-07, at 11:10 AM, Frank Warmerdam wrote:
> > I'd be interested in experimenting a bit with the membership  
> > application.
> 
> You should have a CiviCRM set of tools in your menu on www.osgeo.org  
> when logged in.  I am in the middle of setting up the ability to  
> accept donations through the site.
> 
> > I think offering a t-shirt/hat to supporting members is good.
> >
> > Note we don't have "Associate" members.  We have "Members", and  
> > "Charter
> > Members".
> 
> Good - I don't like the "associate" term anyway, but what about  
> "Supporting Members"?  It's already implied in our membership page,  
> but would be great to unveil as an option at FOSS4G.
> 
> For more background, there was some discussion here:
> * http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Membership_Package
> and the official membership page is here:
> * http://www.osgeo.org/membership
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