Formal Member Registration

[Raju Mathur <raju@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We went through some soul-searching on this matter for the ILUG-Delhi
registration, and came up with:

- Anyone can become an associate member.  Associate membership does
not give you voting rights.  This is primarily meant for students.

- Full membership will have an annual fee of Rs. 50-100.  Full
membership gives you voting rights.

- There is no membership card or any other identification except the
receipt you get from the society and your name in the records.  Damn,
we passed 1984 a long time ago!

- There is no life membership, to ensure that deadwood is kept to a
minimum.

HTH,

-- Raju

>>>>> "Atul" == Atul Chitnis <achitnis@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

    Atul> All: ILUG-Bangalore is growing rapidly. With 300++ members
    Atul> and more joing daily, and with all the activities here
    Atul> (probably making it the largest and most active ILUG in
    Atul> India), I have proposed that we should now start looking at
    Atul> a formal membership process.

    Atul> ILUG Bangalore will be involved in several big events in the
    Atul> coming months, so it is important that we get this done and
    Atul> get this done right ASAP.

    Atul> Since I would like to see uniformity across the country, I
    Atul> thought I'd kick off a discussion here to see what other
    Atul> people have to say about it.

    Atul> What should this formal membership process entail? Some form
    Atul> of membership fee, a membership card, etc? There have been
    Atul> proposals of differential membership fees
    Atul> (student/non-student) but since I am *not* talking about a
    Atul> 100K joining fee, I don't think that is feasible or even
    Atul> desirable.

    Atul> What says the group?

    Atul> Atul