Re: - Yes, I'd call it an obstacle - I agree [...] Is not going to work. - I agree. While the money is not a problem for me it is sort of offensive. The new person joining does not have to pay this fee. Imagine this: "Hello and welcome to OCLUG. We have teamed up with the local Free-Net to sponsor a mailing list account for you so that you may participate in discussions around Linux and other Free-Libre Open Source Software [FLOSS]. We hope that at some point you become a paid-up member of OCLUG to help support this and other FLOSS projects. Welcome aboard." -- | Ian! D. Allen, BA-Psych, MMath-CompSci idallen [ at ] idallen [ dot ] ca Ottawa CANADA | Home: www.idallen.com Contact Improvisation Dance: www.contactimprov.ca | Former college professor of Free/Libre GNU+Linux @ teaching.idallen.com | Improve democracy www.fairvote.ca and defend digital freedom www.eff.org To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscribe [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org To get help send a blank message to linux+help [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org