RE: [Fsfe-uk] Membership

[ian]

On Wed, 2003-05-21 at 19:20, Andrew Atkinson wrote:
> >From a teacher that is on the edge of all this stuff I think that it would
> help. I know a tenner is not very much, but if I add up all the small
> amounts of money I would have to spend to show my support, I would bankrupt
> myself very quickly
> 
> Andrew Atkinson

I also want to get any teacher who mildly agrees with our aims to be a
member. ie lower the barriers and pile 'em high. Its like AOL getting
numbers of subscribers, numbers give political clout. How many teachers
would not join if we asked them nicely, said it was free, they didn't
have to do anything, and said why it would be good for their kids? There
are nearly half a million teachers. Think about it ;-) 


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> > Sent: 21 May 2003 13:00
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> > Subject: [Fsfe-uk] Membership
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> >
> > How many members have we got in the AFFS? The reason I ask is this.
> >
> > If we have < 100 members no-one in the greater scheme of things will
> > take much notice of us. If we had 100,000 + members we could get the ear
> > of politicians thinking of all those votes! So if this was thought
> > desirable, how do we get to 100,000 members? One way would be to grant
> > associate membership free to any teacher in a school that uses free
> > software. Associate members would be sort of sleeping supporters. Bit
> > like signing a petition but would remain members until they decided to
> > resign. ie unless they make the effort to opt out they are in and stay
> > in. This means we don't have to have complicated systems of renewal.
> > Active members would be people like us who paid out £10 and discuss
> > policy on the list etc. If we take the barriers away from being a
> > member, recruitment becomes much easier. Any thoughts?
> >
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