On 01/08/11 4:22 PM, Jeffery Nichols wrote:
We don't really need a formal two-tier payment system. We can just have a low membership fee and strongly suggest that people who are gainfully employed make an additional donation.
I agree with this approach. A $10 membership fee should be more than enough to cover the costs of administering memberships, including reminder mailings at the end of a year. I expect that when we are able to receive tax-creditable donations, membership fees will only be a tiny segment of our revenue. The most significant reason for charging membership fees at all is for keeping track of members. People who can't be bothered to pay a small annual fee provide us with a convenient criterion for dropping them from the membership lists.
As for which documents to post online, I don't think most organizations post the documents themselves, but they do have a press release page that gives information about them. We'll have a "news" link front and centre on our new website.
In the spirit of openness official documents should be posted unless there is a legal impediment against it.
Ray