RE: Re: Review of DASC membership fees

John:

You wrote:

"It is unclear to me whether the Steering Committee should go
out of business."

I take it that you meant "...should *not* go out of business."

Before going out of business the SC could go into a phase
called "get rational" by considering,
   - funding travel (for one) only when neither the chair nor the vice-chair
     finds other sponsorship
   - conducting more business over the phone
   - incentivizing DASC membership growth (convince a
     new member to join, and you get 50% discount next year)
   - recuperating over $5000 vanished from budget two
     years ago
   - presenting a balanced budget plan, and better rationale
     for fees increases
   - establishing higher fees, honorific membership to DASC
     (DASC Member - fee = $39.99,
      DASC Individual Sponsor - contribution of $150 ,
      DASC Fellow - donation of $1000 or more)

Through your negatively charged e-mails, I strangely recognize a positive
sign - DASC people do not want to lose contact with each other.
Maybe some standards development addiction is at work :-)

Best regards,

Alex Zamfirescu

P.S. Numbers start from nothing (0),
they get odd before they get even, negative, then *rational*,
irrational, and when they finally get real, they can only become more
complex.
Should we follow the numbers, or should we be haunted by them? :-)

-- 
Alex Zamfirescu
azro@onebox.com - email
(877) 332-0676 - voicemail/fax
-----Original Message-----
From:     John Michael Williams <jwill@astragate.net>
Sent:     Mon, 15 Nov 2004 22:06:27 -0800
To:       stds-dasc@eda.org
Subject:  Re: Review of DASC membership fees
All.
There is absolutely no reason DASC can not flourish on
about twice the same TOTAL income as a typical small WG.
That would pay for phone conferencing or even videoconferencing
(with corporate facility donation help) at meetings.
That would come to a dues assessment of about $2.50 per DASC 
member.
It is unclear to me whether the Steering Committee should go
out of business.
-- 
                          John
                      jwill@AstraGate.net
                      John Michael Williams
Bailey, Stephen wrote:
> All,
> ...
> The bottom line is that without funds to conduct our business, we go out
> of business.  If that is what you desire, then keep voting no.
> 
> -Steve Bailey
>