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Re: ADMIN: An Open Letter to the TECHWR-L Community
Subject:Re: ADMIN: An Open Letter to the TECHWR-L Community From:Dick Margulis <margulisd -at- comcast -dot- net> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 02 Aug 2004 10:29:45 -0400
Folks,
One way to go would be "put up or shut up":
A commercial hosting provider could handle the administrative aspects of
hosting both the list and the site and could keep it functioning when
volunteer board or committee members slack off from time to time. This
costs money, though. So the model I envision is that we form an
organization (eventually applying for tax-exempt status but not worrying
too much about that at the beginning), adopt some simple bylaws from a
published template, elect officers and/or a board of directors, as
required, and collect annual dues/subscription (something nominal like
$20 to post--and vote; free to lurk). The electees would be unpaid, with
the money going to the commercial administration/hosting company that
they select. If terms of office are for one year (with no term limits)
and the hosting company administers the membership list, subscription
collection, and annual election logistics, we'd at least have an annual
chance to replace the laggards with fresh volunteers.
I'm not suggesting that this is the only or the best solution. It's just
one I'm throwing into the pot for discussion. I also haven't thought
about how the Rays would recoup their investment under this model. I'll
leave that to someone else to fill in.
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