[SSC] Membership types and contributions

[David Young]

Joss (and everyone),

Yes, I'll organise the sub-group to make a first stab at SSC finances. I'll
send out a separate email thread about it.

David.

On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 11:59 PM, Joss Winn <joss at josswinn.org> wrote:

>
>
> 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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