Re: Membership question

On Jul 9, 2014 9:35 AM, "Ian Jacobs" <ij@w3.org> wrote:
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> > And what % of w3c funding comes from membership fees?
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> Hi Brian,
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> Before I continue to look up data, can you let me know what you wish to
determine?
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> Ian
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Basically, what is worth suggesting in terms of changes (including
"webizen"). I'd like to have at least some basic data points to make sure
anything we suggest is practical - it's very hard to offer any kind of
input without basic data.  It would be nice if there was some kind of
simple public summary, but from what I've found, there really isn't.
Membership has a cost, the cost of membership limits who can be a member.
Participation has a cost, the cost also affects participation.  And
somewhere, all this income is spent - on what? Is it enough?  Too much?
Too little?  It's very hard to make anything remotely like a convincing
argument if you can't understand the general problem space.  My sense is
that there are some fundamental questions on the ab priority list re: this
and I'd like to contribute to the conversation with a basic degree of
intelligence.