[SSC] Membership types and contributions

[David Young]

Richard and Terry both raise interesting questions/make good points. I agree
that we need to have a rough estimate of ongoing costs to set a realistic
contribution level. Maybe a few of us need to sit down together and go
through likely expenditures to come up with an estimate which we can then
circulate to the whole group for discussion. I'm happy to be involved in
this.

I'd also like to revisit one of the other options we discussed in the pub,
which was the idea of setting a maximum monthly contribution and having
everyone pay what they can afford/think is reasonable within the range
£0-£50 (for example). Personally I'm a little uneasy about setting up
membership pay "bands", mainly because I feel this replicates (or at least
refers to) the existing hierarchical structures within HE which the SSC is
trying to move away from.

Cheers,
David.

On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 12:19 PM, Joss Winn <joss at josswinn.org> wrote:

> One of the things we discussed for some time in the pub after the
> meeting on Thursday is the need to decide what types of membership there
> will be at the SSC and how much we hope/expect people to contribute.
>
> Let's use this discussion thread to work that out. One question that I
> think Mike raised was that we might first ask what do we need the money
> for?
>
> As for membership types, these might be academic, student, general
> supporter, etc. or we might not distinguish between these at all.
>
> As for the amount of contribution, Mike (a Professor), thought it
> reasonable to ask that other Profs. contribute between £300-£500/year or
> roughly £30+ /month.
>
> I think the general agreement at the pub (outside of the formal meeting
> when some people were no longer present) was that people should
> self-assess their income and pay a fee that was matched to an income
> category roughly in line with what Profs. Snr. Lecturers and Lecturers
> (and possibly one more level) are earning. Low wage and unemployed would
> pay nothing.
>
> So, what do you think about all of this? Please send your ideas to this
> thread so we can come to a decision on this.
>
> Thanks very much
> Joss
>
>
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