Luke Carruthers says:
At 07:41 PM 27/03/97 +1000, you wrote:
>Implicit in this statement is the assumption that large membership
>equals broad representation.  For arguments sake, take the example
>raised a few days ago upon this list - a large number of small ISP
>organisations join up, and ADNA's decisions become unbalanced in
>favour of ISP's.  Putting a membership fee in place ensures that
>only those with a real interest in the process become members.

Implicit in that statement is the assumption that everyone who is interested
can afford to pay the same rates. A preferable solution would be a system
which offers varying fee levels so as to provide all interested groups, the
*choice* of becoming involved.

Regards,
Sandra Davey