Re: "Joining" vs "becoming a supporter"

2017-12-01 Thread Carmen Bianca Bakker
(Re-sending this e-mail because I wrongly addressed the first) Op 30-11-17 om 16:26 schreef Gergely Székely: > I think it was not a good idea at all to change the "Join the ..." to > "Become a supporter". > > My point is that "being a member" of something (even if just an > associate one) suggests

Re: "Joining" vs "becoming a supporter"

2017-12-01 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 01/12/17 10:28, Carmen Bianca Bakker wrote: > (Re-sending this e-mail because I wrongly addressed the first) > > Op 30-11-17 om 16:26 schreef Gergely Székely: >> I think it was not a good idea at all to change the "Join the ..." to >> "Become a supporter". >> >> My point is that "being a memb

Re: "Joining" vs "becoming a supporter"

2017-12-01 Thread Matthias Kirschner
* Daniel Pocock [2017-12-01 11:32 +0100]: Another idea that was raised: keep the "Join" buttons and the "Join" page, but make it very clear on the page what people can do, e.g. give them boxes they can tick: [ ] I want to become a financial supporter but not voting member [ ] I want to volun

Re: "Joining" vs "becoming a supporter"

2017-12-01 Thread Matthias Kirschner
* Daniel Pocock [2017-11-30 16:43 +0100]: I think recruiting members and encouraging people to donate is important. So it worth making extra efforts to doing it right. What do you think? # Donations About donations, yes, you are right, we are behind our schedule this year and hopefully you'll

Re: "Joining" vs "becoming a supporter"

2017-12-01 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 01/12/17 13:20, Matthias Kirschner wrote: > * Daniel Pocock [2017-12-01 11:32 +0100]: >> Another idea that was raised: keep the "Join" buttons and the "Join" >> page, but make it very clear on the page what people can do, e.g. give >> them boxes they can tick: >> >> [ ]   I want to become a fi

Re: "Joining" vs "becoming a supporter"

2017-12-01 Thread Max Mehl
# Daniel Pocock [2017-12-01 13:27 +0100]: https://fsfe.org/fellowship/ams/join.php?ams=join and that page has "join" in the URL and it doesn't provide any link to the /contribute page Yeah, the /join pages lack a lot of useful information, features, and links. This is because it is built on ou

Re: "Joining" vs "becoming a supporter"

2017-12-01 Thread Florian Snow
Hi Carmen, Carmen Bianca Bakker writes: > However, I would be in _full_ support of reinstating the usage of > "fellow" for volunteers who contribute time and effort. But then, > maybe "volunteer" also cuts it? We discussed this choice of terminology many times. Some people really like it, som

Re: "Joining" vs "becoming a supporter"

2017-12-01 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 01/12/17 16:06, Florian Snow wrote: > Hi Carmen, > > > Carmen Bianca Bakker writes: >> However, I would be in _full_ support of reinstating the usage of >> "fellow" for volunteers who contribute time and effort. But then, >> maybe "volunteer" also cuts it? > > We discussed this choice of

Re: "Joining" vs "becoming a supporter"

2017-12-01 Thread Johannes Zarl-Zierl
Hi, Didn't we have that discussion half a year ago? On Freitag, 1. Dezember 2017 16:15:44 CET Daniel Pocock wrote: > For me, these words have clear meanings: > > Donor = somebody who gives money > Volunteer = somebody who gives time > Member = somebody who has a vote in the AGM Supporter = some

Re: "Joining" vs "becoming a supporter"

2017-12-01 Thread Florian Snow
Hi everyone, I agree with everything you wrote, Johannes. I wanted to write the same thing but you saved me some time. :-) Happy hacking! Florian ___ Discussion mailing list Discussion@lists.fsfe.org https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion