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Re: [ga] Re: A note to Vittorio


Free as in freedom, not as in free beer.

-James seng

On 10-Mar-05, at PM 02:46, Hugh Dierker wrote:

Someone is joking here. Free speech seems to have lost some meaning.
I must pay to play? Is this like skiing? Or perhaps a membership in a country club?
Again I should just be quiet because I do not speak the same language that charges for speech. I wonder if the term "Indian giver" still has meaning.
 
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Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Danny and all former DNSO GA members or other interested
stakeholders/users,

I agree. Whom is managing the accout? Where is it? How can funds
be presented or donated?

Danny Younger wrote:

> Jefsey,
>
> I am proposing that we subsidize ourselves. Each person interested in
> becoming a member of an at-large supporting organization would pay as
> his membership fee the equivalent of one day's wages -- for example,
> the following is a chart showing what a typical production supervisor
> earns in different countries/territories per day (values shown is US
> dollars):
>
> $77 -- Australia
> $20 -- China
> $86 -- Hong Kong
> $13 -- India
> $11 -- Indonesia
> $116 -- Japan
> $24 -- Malaysia
> $15 -- Philippines
> $62 -- Singapore
> $64 -- S.Korea> $75 -- Taiwan
> $21 -- Thailand
> $131 -- United States
>
> Using this chart as an example (although you could just as easily
> choose some other chart), I as an American would pay US$131 for my
> annual membership fee in an at-large supporting organization; citizens
> from other countries would doubtless pay less -- for example, a
> Chinese citizen would pay a $20 annual fee, but in each case the
> amount paid is an equivalency (one day's earnings).
>
> This approach would be fair and would not promote a digital divide.
> Funds raised from membership fees would be used as they are used in
> other Supporting Organizations: to support Secretariat Services, to
> pay for Meeting Halls (like the GNSO Amsterdam session), etc.
>
> Best regards,
> Danny


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