From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id KAA24368; Tue, 23 Oct 2001 10:40:25 +0200 (MET DST) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: (from weis@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id KAA24379 for caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr; Tue, 23 Oct 2001 10:40:24 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA16031 for ; Mon, 22 Oct 2001 21:08:04 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from chopin.ai.univie.ac.at (chopin.ai.univie.ac.at [131.130.174.170]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.10.0) with ESMTP id f9MJ83H25231; Mon, 22 Oct 2001 21:08:03 +0200 (MET DST) Received: (from markus@localhost) by chopin.ai.univie.ac.at (8.9.3/8.9.3/Debian 8.9.3-21) id VAA09952; Mon, 22 Oct 2001 21:08:00 +0200 Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 21:08:00 +0200 From: Markus Mottl To: rose@acm.org Cc: Michel.Mauny@inria.fr, caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Whither the Caml Consortium? Message-ID: <20011022210800.B8857@chopin.ai.univie.ac.at> References: <20011020012347.A29847@quincy.inria.fr> <20011019192854.N9735-100000@shell5.ba.best.com> <20011020172932.A5967@fichte.ai.univie.ac.at> <20011022192533.A12039@quincy.inria.fr> <3BD45932.6D782E08@earthlink.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3BD45932.6D782E08@earthlink.net>; from kenarose@earthlink.net on Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 10:36:50 -0700 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Mon, 22 Oct 2001, Ken Rose wrote: > What about a reasonably priced individual membership? Something in the > range of 50-100 dollars or euros might be reasonable. I'm certainly > not willing to personally cough up 2000 euros. It also seems likely > to attract the people who are really using ocaml, which seems like > mainly individuals doing stealthy things inside of bigger organizations. If a donation scheme is the only option, I'd strongly encourage the Consortium to consider lower minimum fees. I think that OCaml is used by already numerous individuals, but not by too many industrial companies. Many small contributions could outweigh few large ones! A simple scheme that introduces a reasonably low minimum subscription fee and weights votes in (online?) ballots depending on the donation sum could be really an option. It may also be more democratic than just allowing "full members" to vote. Separate treatment of donations of industrial members and individuals could still be possible. Would a minimum of 100 Euros for individuals be reasonable? This is lower than the subscription rate of some province newspapers, but here one gets the right to vote for OCaml - wouldn't this be a bargain? ;) Regards, Markus Mottl -- Markus Mottl markus@oefai.at Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence http://www.oefai.at/~markus ------------------- Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr