prospectacle writes:
"An important choice remains for this site. What kind of organisation will we be, practically, legally and financially?
A for-profit, shareholder corporation seems out of the question, by general consensus (correct me if I'm wrong), but other questions remain. The basic choice is this:
Will we be like a charity, a co-op, or a recreational club?
This is a gross simplification, but gives some idea of the options involved. Feel free to offer alternatives. So what should we be, what is our purpose, really? And what kind of a structure is required to make sure we serve that purpose, and that money doesn't end up in the wrong pockets?
Bonus question: which jurisdiction should we set ourselves up in to fulfil our mission most effectively?"
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday March 12 2014, @12:23PM
I'd rather not be that restrictive: it's not like the site can't accommodate a large number of persons because of limited space/facilities (this is where the parallel with the real-world brick-and-mortar becomes wrong).
I would suggest a guest account may be obtained by anyone asking for it, with a certain restriction on the amount of activity per day or per story, but otherwise full access to posting/journaling/etc
Membership by invitation from another "sponsoring/vetting" member may be one way to increase the number of full members... May even work as a strategy to increase the club's appeal (remember the time when one could get a gmail account only if someone would invite her/him?)
Even so, an invite for a full membership should come with a cost for the member that vouch for the applicant - probably some karma.
Another way a "guest" can get to receive an "non-sponsored invitation" (i.e nobody vouching for her/him) to membership if accumulating a certain level of karma and paying for the privilege of being invited with that amount of karma points. Until than, a limited number of posts per day (or per story) may be a good incentive to make their posts count for someone willing to join the club.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford