Angela (beesley@gmail.com) [050615 05:48]:
The fees for members should probably be something similar to those for the French and German chapters, which are 35 ? and 24 ? per year respectively (approx £23 and £16), with discounts for those on low incomes.
Sounds plausible. Any concession reasonable ("you say you're a student/benefit recipient? we'll trust you"). And of course, once it gets deductible charity status, that's a good way to get cash coming in.
One important function will be minor British language support and encouragement. Welsh, Scots (there's a test wiki on meta:), the Gaelics, Cornish, even Anglo-Saxon ... the Welsh area will be a good one. Is Arwel Parry on this list? I've also been trying to recruit Scots enthusiasts I know for the Scots one, without much success as yet.
Then there might be support for British content in non-native languages commonly spoken in Britain. Does anyone know of a list of languages spoken in Britain with estimated number of speakers?
- d.