The idea of "Affiliate Membership" has been brought up before. I think somebody mentioned $20/mo to be an affiliate member, which didn't give you consensus rights but you were for all intents and purpose a member. I think the reason this hasnt happened is "well anybody can just donate $20/mo". But I do agree, it might be nice for some people to say they are a Noisebridge Affiliate Member, and pay their "dues".<div>
<br></div><div>I also do agree with you that becoming an actual member is a silly process. I cant remember why it was decided that waiting 3 weeks (and requiring that person to be present a 3 member meetings) before getting sign off to become a official member. It might be a good time for Noisebridge to review membership approval process. <div>
<br></div><div>-Miah</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 3:30 PM, Josh Berkus <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:josh@agliodbs.com">josh@agliodbs.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
So last night someone mentioned that NB was functioning at a deficit,<br>
and that memberships were way down.<br>
<br>
I think there's some reasons for that. The threshold for becoming a<br>
member is very high; it's a months-long qualification process, then<br>
$80/month once you join. This makes it a lot easier to lose members<br>
than to get them.<br>
<br>
What if we added "lay members" for the Church of Noisebridge? I'd be<br>
happy to cough up $50 a year or so to be a lay member and have a cute<br>
card I could carry around. It would get a lot of us who irregularly<br>
visit NB and would never be full members ... like me ... paying. I<br>
wouldn't expect any rights in return for that, and I don't think anyone<br>
else would either.<br>
<br>
I think we could also be a LOT more aggressive in passing the hat at<br>
events. I was looking for a hat to pass at 5MOF in fact, but it ended<br>
before I found one. Someone at each large event should be in charge of<br>
bringing the hat/can around and rattling it for donations.<br>
<br>
Heck, we could even take a $5 donation at events and offer beer as the<br>
premium. That would net us $$$.<br>
<br>
--<br>
-- Josh Berkus<br>
(former professional fundraiser)<br>
<br>
P.S. I do intend for the cooking classes to be a fundraiser, but so far<br>
attendance has been too low to cover my cost of ingredients.<br>
<br>
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