[LGM] Request For Comments - reorganizing financial tasks for LGM

[Dave Crossland]

On 21 May 2016 at 13:07, Liam R. E. Quin <liam at holoweb.net> wrote:

> On Fri, 2016-05-20 at 19:09 -0400, Dave Crossland wrote:
> >  what if
> > the
> > only difference between paid members of an lgm 'members club' and a
> > walk-in-off-the-street is the color of the event t shirt they may
> > obtain?
>
> Let's not have discrimination based on income levels. People's
> contributions don't depend on their ability to pay, on their colour of
> socks (if any), on their height or eye colour...
>
> I'm in favour of "supporter" subscriptions, maybe of merchandise like
> shirts and pins you can buy at an increased price, but not in favour of
> anything that could be taken as suggesting one group is somehow better
> than another.
>
> If there's a registered non-profit I can donate myself and will happily
> do so (or possibly if it can be a "professional membership fee" - right
> now I don't have a legally disposable income but can do business fees).
>
> A driving factor for many in libre graphicsis not only freedom in
> various forms but also lower cost and, for many, having a copy of
> software that will continue to work even without a Cloud subscription
> and not losing access to all of one's work if the cloud goes away and
> the glorious Sun of Freedom begins to shine more strongly.
>
> So "no" to coloured badges on uniforms, or differently coloured shirts
> or socks, but yes OK to clothing and other items available for purchase
> if reasonably inexpensive, and maybe yes to an image & poetry gallery
> on lgm.org that might feature "promoted" art, another way to donate?
>

You are okay with Blue T shirts for $10, Red T shirts for $20, Black T
shirts for $100?

-- 
Cheers
Dave
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