[SSC] Membership types and contributions

[Joss Winn]

On 28/02/11 13:35, David Young wrote:
> 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.

Great, David. Will you organise that?

> 
> 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.

A fair point. I'm not wedded to the idea. I just think it's
straightforward to determine and helps us forecast our income, which
will be useful.

Cheers
Joss

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