[Qgis-psc] Discussion around changing sponsors to members in QGIS.ORG

[Andreas Neumann]

Hi,

We can discuss it at the meeting - but depending on the general reaction 
before the next PSC meeting I could perhaps propose some wording for the 
changes in the statutes until the meeting.

Andreas


Am 21.11.18 um 22:10 schrieb Paolo Cavallini:
> It seems a good idea to me.
> Can we discuss it on the next PSC meeting, or you have reasons to 
> hurry up?
> Thanks.
>
> Il 21 novembre 2018 22:02:58 CET, Andreas Neumann 
> <a.neumann at carto.net> ha scritto:
>
>     Dear PSC (and active contributors),
>
>     I would like to discuss if we could change our statutes again (sorry
>     about that - and of course only if you agree - we can vote on it).
>
>     The idea is to change our current sponsorships we have to a membership
>     in the future. As it is now it would be purely voluntary - and they
>     wouldn't have voting rights. We could call them "sustaining members" or
>     "supporting members" and we could still keep different membership
>     categories. Instead of calling them gold/silver/bronze, we would could
>     them something like small (the current bronze), normal (the current
>     silver), large (the current gold) - or something similar (perhaps you
>     have better ideas about the naming) - just to make sure it is not a
>     sponsorship anymore - and gold/silver/bronze is quite attached to
>     sponsorships.
>
>     Why would I suggest such a change?
>
>     * There is a good chance that our sponsorship payments will reach a
>     limit (150k CHF = approx. 130k €), if we would surpass that limit, then
>     we would have to charge VAT on the sponsorship payments
>
>     * on the other hand membership fees of an association are not subject to VAT
>
>     * a membership could be easier for public authorities to pay, instead of
>     a sponsorship
>
>     * Maybe organizations are more likely to renew a membership fee than a
>     sponsorship (maybe more commitment) - but not sure about that.
>
>     * we would still have a public listing of sustaining members (with their
>     logos, website and location), but we wouldn't call them sponsors anymore
>
>     * Members are welcome to add a donation on top of the membership fee.
>     This would be similar to now. Some bronze sponsors maybe voluntarily pay
>     1500 instead of 500, but are still listed as bronze, until they would
>     surpass the threshold of the next level.
>
>     We can discuss or think about if we can give such sustaining/supporting
>     members some additional benefits (which would help attract more of them)
>     - e.g. a small member could name 2 bugs that get prioritized during bug
>     fixing time, for normal it would be 5 and for large some maybe 10. Or
>     maybe you would have some other ideas about benefits for such members
>     instead. I think they shouldn't have voting rights - that should stay
>     with the current voting members (the active contributors, user groups
>     and developers).
>
>     Thoughts?
>
>     Greetings,
>
>     Andreas
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