Quote:I myself do find the community consisting only of personally selected members of the community odd, and dare I say somewhat bias. I understand that paying to be a member has membership perks... But it also comes across as a mafia scenario.
I understand that you dislike two things:
a) the fact that new members need to be approved first
b) the yearly fee
I would like to better understand your position. Could you please elaborate what leads you to this opinion? What downsides or risks do you see?
Maybe I should provide some more material on where the proposed structure comes from. I derived this simplified governance model from the 'Associations' legal entities in Switzerland. There are more than 100k such associations in Switzerland (non-profit organizations). For example myself I am member of an association that has the sole idealistic purpose of renaturating a river that flows nearby where I grew up. It is a very common concept that the members pay a yearly fee to the non-profit that they support. It is a battle proven concept. It is the same story in Germany and many other European countries.
This is a good read:
- Purpose of Associations
- Sample Articles of Associations
From your statements I understand that you would prefer to have additional hierarchical levels in the form of clans. I am not sure I fully understand what you mean by this. What are the rules and what overarching goals are better served with your approach?
In any way, thanks for sharing your ideas.