Another interesting thing... often employers will match, or completely pay for dues in professional organizations. Would someone be able to logically make that argument?<br><br>Christie<br clear="all">--- <br>Pigs can fly given sufficient thrust. <br>
- RFC 1925<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 4:03 PM, Christoph Maier <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cm.hardware.software.elsewhere@gmail.com">cm.hardware.software.elsewhere@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div><div></div><div class="h5">On Thu, 2009-08-20 at 14:03 -0700, Mitch Altman wrote:<br>
> Hi Folks,<br>
><br>
><br>
> Someone just emailed with a question that I thought could use group<br>
> input.<br>
><br>
><br>
> The company they work for offers matching donations to non-profit<br>
> groups that they (the employee) donates to. This person was wondering<br>
> if the matching funds could be counted towards membership dues. I was<br>
> thinking that this would be fine, but wanted to ask others' opinions,<br>
> rather than make a unilateral decision (as Treasurer of Noisebridge).<br>
><br>
><br>
> Best,<br>
><br>
> Mitch.<br>
<br>
</div></div>I'm not a member, but I would think that having an employer makes the<br>
difference between a starving hacker and a member paying full dues.<br>
Some employers take care of that difference themselves, it seems.<br>
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Christoph<br>
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