Fee structure (was Re: Difficult childhood. )

[Bob Van Cleef]

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>>Two and 1/2 years as sysop of Fidonet 1:353/350
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>I was the moderator of the virus.info discussion list on
>fidonet about 7 years ago. Imagine that. :-)

And I was teaching classes on ARPA Net email 17 years ago...  Enough
nostalgia,  some things never change.  "Keep on target."
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USENIX can be taken as one example of a not-for-profit organization that
has multiple classes of membership.  The "student/educational" ones do fit this
discussion, but the individual, corporate, and supporting classes could.

>From the USENIX web page:  http://www.usenix.org/membership/classes.html
(see it for more details)

Classes of Membership

There are several classes of membership, each with different benefits.

Student: $25
     [deleted]
Individual: $70
     Open to any individual or institution. Individual members may vote.
Corporate: $325
     Corporate membership is open to any individual or institution.
Educational: $175
     [deleted]
Supporting: $1000
     Open to any individual or institution that wants to support the Association to a greater degree than
     through the Corporate Membership fee.

Notes:
Corporate, Educational, and Supporting members have one designated representative who receives all
benefits available to Individual members, plus copies of the proceedings from all conferences and symposia
that are held during the term of membership.

In addition to the above benefits, Supporting members receive the following additional benefits:

     one free ad in ;login:, on a space available basis
     ten attendees may attend USENIX conferences at the member price
     the one-time use of the USENIX and SAGE mailing list at half price cost
     your URL linked to our Supporting Members page on the USENIX Web site
     free SAGE publications such as A Guide to Developing Computing Policy Documents, the annual SAGE
     calendar, and the SAGE System Administrator Profile and Salary Survey
     new this year, a 10% discount of exhibit booth space rental fees

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