[plug] Corporate memberships

[Peter Caffin]

On Fri, 12 Mar 1999, Leon Brooks wrote:
> > I also doubt whether we will get any corporate members at $50 when
> > individuals can join for $10. Rather what will happen is the company
> > will get the employee to join as an individual and reimburse then the
> > $10. They have costs to control as well and they are no fools.
> 
> Why is this important? From my POV, it's being penny-wise and
> pound-foolish. Most real-world business managers are also bright enough
> to understand this. Corporate membership could in that light be regarded
> as a minor intelligence test.

"Corporate member of the Perth Linux Users Group"

A status symbol? I can see it.

I reckon we should design a nifty PLUG logo and charge $750 for corporate 
membership. That way, corporations who want to impress other corporations
will use PLUG corportate membership as a status symbol, much as they use
MCSE qualifications, the WA "birthmark", ISO9000, etc :).

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