On 19/09/2007, Tom Holden thomas.holden@gmail.com wrote:
I asked the first question before (at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Andreww#Wikimedia_UK_Membership_query answered http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Cfp#Wikimedia_UK_2), and apparent students should just put themselves down as concessionary, no proof of status required.
Excellent.
As for the second question, £25 a year isn't that much, many charities suggest £5+ a month.
It depends if you think of it as a charitable donation, or as a membership fee. It's quite small for the first, quite large for the second. I would have set the membership fee quite low and encouraged discretionary donations of a larger amount. It's not a major issue though - especially as I apparently qualify for the concession rate anyway. ;)