On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 3:39 PM, P Lahiry <plahiry@gmail.com> wrote:

As reluctant as I am to use the "money talks" adage, a decent membership fee will ensure that the member is somewhat vested in the organization.

"Money talks" in a non-profit ... anyone else hear the ring of irony in that?

The downside to this is that students get screwed over. Maybe we could setup a two-tiered system - regular voting members and non-voting student "observers".

There was some proposals with respect to two-tiered systems before. I think this adds un-needed complexity and divides the community.

Much better would be crystal clear goals and objectives that WM Canada will be working towards, and a nominal fee to be able to vote for the "board".

It's better to solicit for a worthy cause, like the WMF does, in my opinion. Small fee for membership, but donate what you can to see

{some noble goal} achieved.