[plug] Family membership

[Arie Hol]

On 31 Jan 2006 at 10:31, Russell Steicke wrote:

> I thought I'd kick off the discussion that was anticipated last night,
> about family memberships for PLUG.  I'm in favour of the idea, and suggest
> that a family membership be twice the cost of a full (non-concession)
> membership.
> 
> 

Firstly  I would consider what membership actually means in regard to 
P.L.U.G. and the services/activities available to members.

Is it about the money ? or is it about the members ?

P.L.U.G. has many activities where there is a standing open invitation  
to friends and visitors. So why charge extra amounts for families.

What would be the voting weight of that family at meetings ?

OK - then we consider some other things like email addresses and accounts 
on servers - one account for each family member or one account for the 
whole family ??

How many people in the family 2 - 5 - 10 ???

Fee structure - I would suggest that the family membership be based on 
the number of people in the family :

The First member of the family would be the cardholder and pay one full 
membership - then all subsequent members of the same family pay one 
concession membership each.

I would suggest that the membership card be marked as a "Family" and also 
show the number of members of that family.

eg :

Tux (Family - 5)

2  family members :
cardholder ($10) + one extra family member ($5) 
total membership fees  = $15

4  family members :
cardholder ($10) + three extra family members ($5) 
total membership fees  = $25

10  family members :
cardholder ($10) + nine extra family members ($5) 
total membership fees  = $55

Note : the last example seems excessive - so perhaps we could set a 
maximum amount to be paid for a family - $30

Concessional membership :

In the event that all members of the family are entitled to a 
concessional membership - I would suggest that the cardholder fee be 
reduced to $5 and perhaps we could set a maximum amount to be paid for a 
concession family at $20.



Regards Arie
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