[Noisebridge-discuss] membership dues via employer matching funds?

[Christoph Maier]

On Thu, 2009-08-20 at 14:03 -0700, Mitch Altman wrote:
> Hi Folks,
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>  
> Someone just emailed with a question that I thought could use group
> input.
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> The company they work for offers matching donations to non-profit
> groups that they (the employee) donates to.  This person was wondering
> if the matching funds could be counted towards membership dues.  I was
> thinking that this would be fine, but wanted to ask others' opinions,
> rather than make a unilateral decision (as Treasurer of Noisebridge).
>  
>  
> Best,
>  
> Mitch.

I'm not a member, but I would think that having an employer makes the
difference between a starving hacker and a member paying full dues. 
Some employers take care of that difference themselves, it seems.

Christoph