RE: [Fsfe-uk] Membership

[Andrew Atkinson]

>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

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> How many members have we got in the AFFS? The reason I ask is this.
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> 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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