[yocto-ab] Member dues

[Cobbley, David A]

I agree that this is this is "fair" without being punitive, and sets fair notice for others.  Very similar to what happens in the rest of the world when you cancel an annual membership part way through a year.

--David C

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From: yocto-ab-bounces at yoctoproject.org [mailto:yocto-ab-bounces at yoctoproject.org] On Behalf Of Ruff, Nithya
Sent: Monday, May 8, 2017 12:40 PM
To: Jeff Osier-Mixon <jefro at jefro.net>
Cc: yocto-ab at yoctoproject.org
Subject: Re: [yocto-ab] Member dues

We could charge them prorated fees backed on when they notified us. That would be a fair way of handling.  

Thank You, 
Nithya 

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> On May 8, 2017, at 2:33 PM, Jeff Osier-Mixon <jefro at jefro.net> wrote:
> 
> Hi folks
> 
> The Yocto Project has two silver members who would like to drop for 2017. The contract that was signed by all members states that dropping a membership for a year requires the member to announce this intention in November of the previous year. Neither of these organizations did this before they received their annual bills in January. 
> 
> So the question falls to the Advisory Board - how should we handle this situation? If we pursue these members for their 2017 dues, we risk alienating them to the point where they would not want to join again. However, if we don't, we miss out on the revenue and also set a bad precedent. (For the record - there has been at least one member who dropped in a similar circumstance that we chose not to pursue, but it was several years ago.)
>  
> Please let the yocto-ab list know your thoughts.
> 
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