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FW: Non-profit membership
We talked about this briefly in a ECF TC call on Tuesday. There is concern that we might be setting a precedent. What would be reasonable criteria for determining which non-profits should be considered for funding their membership?
While everyone agreed there would be value in having LSC as a member, we wondered if their real interest was in learning about and implementing the standard. The take-away was to get a TC member to talk to them about their situation and encourage them to take advantage of the TA being offered through the TC. The TC did not vote on the question of funding membership. I think they’d like to learn more about what LSC would like to do. We would definitely like LSC to join, we just aren’t sure it would be appropriate to fund their membership.
Any thoughts or concerns?
Jim
James M. Harris
National Center for State Courts
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From: Dee Schur [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 9:27 AM
To: Harris, Jim; 'Scott McGrath'
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [legalxml-sc] FW: Non-profit membership
Hi Jim,
The fee for not for profits is 1,100USD. When is the next LegalXML StC meeting? We could vote on this.
Best,
Dee
Dee Schur, Member Support
OASIS: Advancing open standards for the information society http://www.oasis-open.org
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From: Harris, Jim [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, November 06, 2009 3:57 PM
To: Scott McGrath
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [legalxml-sc] FW: Non-profit membership
Scott:
I’ll also raise this question at the ECF TC conference call we have scheduled next Tuesday. What would be the cost of membership for this type of organization?
Jim
James M. Harris
National Center for State Courts
757-259-1804 (office)
407-620-2335 (mobile)
Visit our new web site at http://www.ncsc.org
From: Scott McGrath [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2009 12:07 PM
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [legalxml-sc] FW: Non-profit membership
Greetings LegalXMLers,
You might want to consider the funding request below. While OASIS doesn’t have the capacity to waive the fee for membership (in part because we defer a large discretionary portion of the dues to your decision making) your Steering Committee may have that capacity and desire (for the same reason)
If you agree this is worthwhile, I’ll formally introduce them to you and initiate the paperwork process with them.
Scott…
From: GLENN RAWDON [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2009 11:41 AM
To: '[email protected]'
Subject: Non-profit membership
I work for the Legal Services Corporation. We are the federal non-profit charged with overseeing the legal aid providers across the country. I work with our programs on technology efforts. As part of my work, I have been working with the courts on their e-filing initiatives to be sure our client population is not excluded from the systems being developed. To do this, it would be helpful if I could join the Electronic Court Filing Technical Committee. To do this, I need to be a member of OASIS.
As a non-profit, we do not have money in the budget to join OASIS. Our funding is fixed by Congress each year. Does OASIS ever give scholarship memberships to organizations such as ours? Or for individual members?
To learn more about LSC you can go to www.lsc.gov and to learn more about my specific technology division, www.tig.lsc.gov.
Thank you for your consideration of my request.
Glenn Rawdon
Program Counsel for Technology
Legal Services Corporation
3333 K Street NW
Washington, DC 20007
v: (202) 295-1552
f: (202) 337-6813