[plug] Membership

[Cameron Patrick]

Bret Busby wrote:

> On that web page, is stated that the simplest way to join, is to turn up 
> to one of the meetings and speak to a committee member.
> 
> While the web site lists the members of the committee, on the contact 
> web page, there are no mugshots of the committee members (that I found) 
> on the web site.

That's a good suggestion and one that we'll be looking into.
Hopefully the committee members will offer up photos of themselves, or
failing that I can chase people with a digital camera at the next
workshop.

However, a much better way of finding a committee member at a PLUG
event is to shout loudly, "is anyone here on committee?" ;-)

> A question about membership rates. Previously a suggestion had been 
> made, that an additional class of membership be introduced - a Family 
> class of membership, for example, to have three classes of personal 
> membershi - Individual $10, Concession $5, and Family $15. Did anything 
> come of that?

I believe we decided last year that it wasn't worth having an
additional family membership class since our rates were already so low
and have been for a long time.  That said, there was no objection to
the idea in principle and if we decide to increase the prices later,
our decision about family memberships will be reconsidered.

> There also used to be (from memory) a class of membership, of Corporate 
> - used to cost about $50 (I think), for businesses with more than a 
> couple of people, or businesses that wanted (effectively) to put money 
> into PLUG. Out of curiosity, did that class of membership get deleted, 
> or is it just omitted from the web page above?

I don't think we ever had any corporate members (or at least, not
since I've been involved in PLUG).  It might be something for us to
consider at some point, as well as perhaps actively seeking some
corporate sponsorship.

Cheers,

Cameron.