If they have so much desire to contribute why are they not members? Seriously,
why should dues paying members listen to people unwilling to pay the dues at 30
Euros? It's not as if it's required for access to the existing mailing lists.
Primary motivation is it provides for asynchronous official meetings by
conducting them on a mailing list using Robert's. This makes participation
easier than a synchronous meeting.
It also makes it the official minutes of the association. This avoids a lot of
work compiling the minutes. It merely spreads an official meeting out over
several days to accommodate time zones and work schedules. It makes serious
participation easier. You have time to research a reply.
I was an HOA president for 2 years. I was the only person eligible under the
by-laws ;-( It was "educational". I had to hire an off duty constable to keep
order at the annual meetings! And *very* necessary. Not much fun, but I did
learn about meeting agendas, order of business, etc.
So I'm looking at how to conduct this with the least effort as transparently as
possible.
Have Fun!
Reg
On Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 06:43:01 PM CST, Bob Friesenhahn
<graphicsmagick.proj...@gmail.com> wrote:
Why should posts only be done by dues-paying members?
Not everyone is able to participate, even if they want to. Some people who are
not able to participate make valuable contributions to the project.
It is useful for interested parties to be able to engage in the discussion.
Bob
On Feb 19, 2025, 6:29 PM, at 6:29 PM, Reginald Beardsley via
openindiana-discuss <openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org> wrote:
>
>
>Sorry, brain fart. Too much BS with groups.io lately. However, I think
>the association should exist as a dues paying mailing list which is
>open to public to read and dues paying members to post.
>
>Have Fun!
>Reg
>On Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 06:23:19 PM CST, Reginald Beardsley
><pulask...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>I should like to suggest that the association form a public presence as
>a groups.io list which is publicly readable, but only allows posts by
>dues paying members. At 25 people there shouldn't be any cost and it
>makes everything we do transparent to all.
>
>Have Fun!
>Reg
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