Didn't we all rebutt this proposal previously? Do I need to state my objections again?<div><br></div><div>Basically; look at who doesn't requre membership donations:</div><div><br></div><div> GNOME, Fedora, etc - Projects were most members contribute</div><div><br></div><div>Who even does membership donations? I think somebody said the GNU Foundation, but it's a *Foundation*, and people probably just want to donate to RMS. There are great people in the SL community, but I wouldn't say we have a person with an reputation like RMS.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Sam</div><div><br>On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 9:23 PM, Bert Freudenberg <bert@freudenbergs.de> wrote:<br>
<blockquote type="cite"><div class="plaintext" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">On 16.05.2016, at 02:06, Dave Crossland <<a href="mailto:dave@lab6.com">dave@lab6.com</a>> wrote:
<blockquote> I suggest develop a 'super list' with as many possible members as possible, and then make persistent attempts to contact them until they pay a membership donation, ask for a membership bursary so they don't have to pay the fee personally, or tell us to go away :)
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Where can I read more about the proposal to let only paying members vote? (I’m excited about the current energy in the community but can’t follow everything closely due to volume of emails)
- Bert -
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