The membership definition got re-worked at the meeting. The dues structure is also being revised. The board if directors is in the process of reviewing the minutes.<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 7:30 AM, Nicole Engard <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nengard@gmail.com">nengard@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I know it's too late since this meeting was held already, but I'm with<br>
Brooke & MJ on this - seems like things are being run a bit too much<br>
like a proprietary users group - which is what we all know and are<br>
comfortable with - but which is not how an open source project works.<br>
Also - the name should be KUG (Koha Users Group) if it's going to just<br>
be a users group and not include developers - which is also silly<br>
because many developers are actually users as well ... sorry - I'm<br>
going around in circles because that's kind of how I feel when reading<br>
through all of this.<br>
<br>
I hope to see that some clarity came out of the meeting.<br>
<font color="#888888"><br>
Nicole<br>
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On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 8:19 AM, M. Brooke Helman<br>
<<a href="mailto:abesottedphoenix@yahoo.com">abesottedphoenix@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Salvete!<br>
><br>
>>>><br>
> Standard, voting membership:(sorry these may not line up right via the<br>
> email.)<br>
><br>
> Number of Biblios Annual cost Votes<br>
> 1 - 49,999 $5 1<br>
> 50,000 - 99,999 $10 2<br>
> 100,000-149,999 $15 3<br>
> 150,000-199,999 $20 4<br>
> 200,000-249,999 $25 5<br>
> 250,000-299,999 $30 6<br>
> 300,000-349,999 $35 7<br>
> 350,000-399,999 $40 8<br>
> 400,000-449,999 $45 9<br>
> 450,000-499,999 $50 10<br>
> 500,000 - 549,999 $55 11<br>
> 550,000 - 599,999 $60 12<br>
> 600,000 - 649,999 $65 13<br>
> 650,000 - 699,999 $70 14<br>
> 700,000 - 749,999 $75 15<br>
> 750,000 - 799,999 $80 16<br>
> 800,000 - 849,999 $85 17<br>
> 850,000 - 899,999 $90 18<br>
> 900,000- $100 19<br>
>>>><br>
><br>
> Is a plutocracy based on Library size really the way to go on an Open Source project? While it's nice to implement a sliding cost scale so that small Libraries can afford a membership (which should probably be free with a suggested donation for all Libraries) I can't see a rationale behind a Library 18 times as large as the smallest bracket getting 19 votes for a payment that is 20 times more costly. About 3/4s of the US Libraries are small rural Libraries, and again about 3/4s of those have collections of about 10,000, depending on where you get your statistics.<br>
><br>
> Cheers,<br>
> Brooke<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
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