From arj@nvg.org Fri Dec 16 02:36:49 2005 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list llg-board); Fri, 16 Dec 2005 02:36:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from sabre-wulf.nvg.ntnu.no ([129.241.210.67]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.54) id 1EnCwt-0005JL-Vw for llg-board@lojban.org; Fri, 16 Dec 2005 02:36:39 -0800 Received: from hagbart.nvg.ntnu.no (hagbart.nvg.ntnu.no [129.241.210.68]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by sabre-wulf.nvg.ntnu.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6225C94790 for ; Fri, 16 Dec 2005 11:36:11 +0100 (CET) Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 11:34:50 +0100 (CET) From: Arnt Richard Johansen X-X-Sender: arj@hagbart.nvg.ntnu.no To: llg-board@lojban.org Subject: [llg-board] Re: Someone beef up the donations page, please. In-Reply-To: <43A248B5.9030408@lojban.org> Message-ID: References: <20051216005436.GS3616@chain.digitalkingdom.org> <43A248B5.9030408@lojban.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-NVG-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-NVG-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-MailScanner-From: arj@nvg.org X-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-archive-position: 19 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: llg-board-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: llg-board-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: arj@nvg.org Precedence: bulk Reply-to: llg-board@lojban.org X-list: llg-board On Thu, 15 Dec 2005, Bob LeChevalier wrote: > (For new Board members, a few years ago we passed a measure allowing us > to set up sustaining memberships which could be purchased at a moderate > amount like $50 per year. This surprises me. I sort of assumed that the bylaws prevented us from calling anyone a member, except those who are voted in and have the right to vote in the AGM. > But we've never implemented them because no > one can figure out anything noteworthy to offer such regular donors, > other than perhaps their name on a web page.) Off the top of my head: - Fancy looking membership cards - Discount on JL (or JL included) - Discount on books - Exclusive ability to pre-order books (they are the first to get them when they are published) - Free food on Logfest (only a fraction of supporters will come and actually cash in on it, giving the rest a warm, fuzzy feeling with no cost to us) Except if some of these suggestions that actually cost money are implemented, I think $50 is maybe a bit on the high side. $25 is more like it. (But then again, I'm a student.) -- Arnt Richard Johansen http://arj.nvg.org/ Some of these motions "pass" as easily as kidney stones.