Re DASC Vote: Review of DASC membership fees

Dear colleagues,

The votes on the questions of DASC membership fees and entity membersip have
closed. Both questions failed to get the 50% return required for an email
vote, so they both are not approved. The record of votes with recorded
comments is attached.

Since the questions failed, the DASC individual membership fee remains at
$US40 and the entity membership fee remains unspecified. Individual members
can join or renew membership for 2005 by completing the form at

  www.dasc.org/dasc_membership_application.html.

Given the comments made during the vote, I will continue to pursue other
funding sources.

Thanks, and best regards,

Peter Ashenden
DASC Chair

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Dr. Peter J. Ashenden                        peter@ashenden.com.au
Ashenden Designs Pty. Ltd.                   www.ashenden.com.au
PO Box 640                                   Ph:  +61 8 8339 7532
Stirling, SA 5152                            Fax: +61 8 8339 2616
Australia                                    Mobile: +61 414 70 9106
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-stds-dasc@eda.org 
> [mailto:owner-stds-dasc@eda.org] On Behalf Of Peter Ashenden
> Sent: Sunday, 14 November 2004 05:17
> To: stds-dasc@eda.org
> Subject: Review of DASC membership fees
> 
> 
> Dear colleagues,
> 
> The DASC Steering Committee reviewed the membership fees at 
> its meeting on 12 November (see 
> http://www.dasc.org/meetings/2004-11/.).  This message is to 
> ask you to review the recommendation and vote to approve the 
> revised fee. There are two recommendations to review (see 
> below).  Would you please reply to me by email with your vote 
> on each one.  Since a 50% return is required, would you 
> please vote even if only to abstain.
> 
> The DASC-SC arrived at its recommendation by reviewing its 
> operating expenses and other potential sources of revenue.  
> Currently, the IEEE Computer Society funds our operating 
> deficit to a reasonable amount.  The DASC-SC considers this 
> to be a revenue contribution.  The DASC-SC will also seek 
> contributions from other sources, including IEEE-SA and 
> external bodies with an interest in DASC activities.  The 
> recommended membership fees seek to match these contributions.
> 
> Would DASC members please vote on the following:
> 
> 1. That the fee for individual members be $US100 from 2005 onwards.
> 
>     ____  Affirmative (comments optional)
> 
>     ____  Negative (no comment)
> 
>     ____  Negative (with comments...)
> 
>     ____  Abstain
> 
>     Comments: ...
> 
> 2. That:
>    - DASC entity membership be extended to IEEE-SA Corporate 
> members, and
>    - entities be allowed DASC membership at the same fee 
> structure used
>      for IEEE-SA corporate membership and with a number of 
> DASC individual
>      memberships equal to the number of SA individual 
> memberships granted
>      to SA corporate members
>      (see http://standards.ieee.org/sa-mem/corporate.html), and
>    - the DASC request IEEE-SA to mutually extend membership 
> to DASC entity
>      members.
> 
>     ____  Affirmative (comments optional)
> 
>     ____  Negative (no comment)
> 
>     ____  Negative (with comments...)
> 
>     ____  Abstain
> 
>     Comments: ...
> 
> Thanks, and regards,
> 
> Peter Ashenden
> DASC Chair
> 
> --
> Dr. Peter J. Ashenden                        peter@ashenden.com.au
> Ashenden Designs Pty. Ltd.                   www.ashenden.com.au
> PO Box 640                                   Ph:  +61 8 8339 7532
> Stirling, SA 5152                            Fax: +61 8 8339 2616
> Australia                                    Mobile: +61 414 70 9106
> 
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