FOSSGIS Membership Dues – The End of the Story

English version based on an automatic translation with Deepl. My (almost certainly) final post on the issue of FOSSGIS membership dues. As expected, yesterday’s virtual general meeting of the association approved the increase in dues. The only change adopted compared to the board’s proposal regarding individual memberships is that the reduced fee is no longer intended for members who are not employed, but rather for members whose financial situation requires a reduced membership fee. The specific wording is: The member decides on their own responsibility whether their financial situation requires a reduced membership fee. To do so, an informal notification to the board is sufficient. The on their own responsibility part – which I had discussed – was already the case until now, but previously one had to claim to not receive a work income in order to qualify for the reduced membership fee. Now, one must claim that their own financial situation requires it. As far as I know, FOSSGIS is…