You are completely right River.
We want as many people as possible to become members in order for our membership to better represent the community of UK Wikimedians. By becoming a member you get a democratic say in the running of the chapter, which gives you the power to influence what we spend our money on, what we do, who we vote for for the chapter board seat etc etc.
-----Original Message----- From: wikimediauk-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimediauk-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of River Tarnell Sent: 18 February 2010 2:29 PM To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Membership Fee Cut
Thomas Dalton:
The idea is that members join to support us with their time, their ideas, their moral support, etc. People that want to support us financially do so by donating.
I don't really follow this. You want to charge people to let them support you with their time? Why can't they donate their time to you without joining?
- river.