I am all for it. But I have an odd angle.... my boss informed me this year they will no longer be paying for professional memberships.
I think this has potential to grow us significantly. But I'm worried about the possible loss of revenue to cover lopsas expenses. only way to know is wait and see.. On Feb 6, 2015 5:01 PM, "Derek J. Balling" <dr...@megacity.org> wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA512 > > So I waited until the LOPSAgram was published, fully expecting there > to be some discussion of this topic in there, but it was missing. > > I direct folks' attention, on background, to: > > http://governance.lopsa.org/Board_meeting_Minutes/12_Jan_2015#Membership_vs._Sponsorship_Discussion_.28Rich.29 > > > Specifically the discussion of converting all paid members into > "Sponsors" and having membership be free. > > I have my own personal opinions on this topic, but I'm curious to hear > other people's ideas on this before I weigh in. > > D > > - -- > I prefer to use encrypted mail. My public key fingerprint is FD6A 6990 > F035 DE9E 3713 B4F1 661B 3AD6 D82A BBD0. You can download it at > http://www.megacity.org/gpg_dballing.txt > > Learn how to encrypt your email with the E-Mail Self Defense Guide: > https://emailselfdefense.fsf.org/en/ > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0 > Comment: GPGTools - https://gpgtools.org > > iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJU1UfnAAoJEGYbOtbYKrvQr5gP/i7WOnr40YGpFQbLlo5uFaJa > x/PBMjIcl+lFys+eA4Wb0pGtSCrr4hH4CDgCzggVoj+yQFZ5++1/tS3m6Qfh8KxS > InwQkx3ZwNFhcbKUxTAqN4wfZWJEEnyZ2/RspAq9T6uorU2J5DqzUlrlt+HLuQR3 > Py8z90k8vZduJAVH+hZGkbGbq87qLcCCjhn3EZ7kQ4TX1mrG9y7pD59TruaLPfOR > 0hcuhuZmMAOmdjlw1JID68056bk3c7Ob8xb8E9LM3iqXbexWkcMzUh7xQQDQcmeE > nBRDm61TzQXQPTpF7CpDR5JHajRG3H3aoZBdvNTr14U1JkyEIFI0FHVByLa9RJAS > NcqVrMM49hIleVazoBjkNKZcAMyXGW32O1nScYqD9r9Fha5vBu7K3lAMwhFLf5HP > JfEQqTka6QobyfuB0AfFoaA8ItaoV72h4Vvan298xY1nbAfwt6O3/aNbdU9tEAAm > yek3HQf+YOZIvqmwqQBbz6QysBksccV4Mtlxbkxl2hW3pMIF5PfD+sO1GLc68wty > wXsl6pnBqgjmKt2wuwRyuLTGmfCOl4GdwN2/8d1ZZ34Ia3hCkEiq7xcl3k6R//gV > b1ws1bUZCNL/CtbM1MzRidUfwSA1tI17TbZg+0DmP4ktN/LRSpopw8zrkr/JB9Ny > u/3jc/KAWOuIWiU+QvE9 > =rtG5 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.lopsa.org > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.lopsa.org https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
