[Koha] KUDOS - ALA—Boston Public Library at 3 PM on Saturday, January 16. Proposed Agenda

[M. Brooke Helman]

Salvete!

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Standard, voting membership:(sorry these may not line up right via the
email.)
    
Number of Biblios    Annual cost      Votes
1 - 49,999      $5                    1
50,000 - 99,999    $10                    2
100,000-149,999 $15                3
150,000-199,999    $20                  4
200,000-249,999    $25                  5
250,000-299,999    $30                 6
300,000-349,999    $35                   7
350,000-399,999    $40                 8
400,000-449,999    $45                 9
450,000-499,999    $50                     10
500,000 - 549,999    $55        11
550,000 - 599,999    $60           12
600,000 - 649,999    $65         13
650,000 - 699,999    $70        14
700,000 - 749,999    $75        15
750,000 - 799,999    $80         16
800,000 - 849,999    $85        17
850,000 - 899,999    $90            18
900,000-                    $100            19
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         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. 

Cheers,
Brooke