# Discussing governance for FOSSUnited at IndiaFOSS

**URL:** <https://forum.fossunited.org/t/discussing-governance-for-fossunited-at-indiafoss/2465>\
**Category:** Organisation\
**Created:** [22 October 2023 15:57 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/discussing-governance-for-fossunited-at-indiafoss/2465 "2023-10-22T15:57:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![fossdot](https://forum.fossunited.org/user_avatar/forum.fossunited.org/fossdot/32/77_2.png) [@fossdot](https://forum.fossunited.org/u/fossdot)\
**Post date:** [30 November 2023 12:29 UTC](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/discussing-governance-for-fossunited-at-indiafoss/2465/23 "2023-11-30T12:29:48Z")

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> [@Balu\_B](#):
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> I like the idea of memberships, however, putting it behind a paywall ( irrespective of the price) I think would turn away a lot of potential members from this amazing community.

There won’t be anything pay-walled ever except the major events, like IndiaFOSS.

> [@Balu\_B](#):
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> Finally, even if I am a member that pays 10K every year I am really not interested in all the day-to-day workings and I doubt I will participate in it even though I am a member.

I think, If the community members see the membership as a way to donate, they can choose to do so.

> [@rushabh](#):
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> I can take responsibility of this.

As you are leading this project, could you please give us an outline of the next steps in detail, along with a timeline? I’m assuming that we will go live in January 24, since you are thinking about integrating it with the platform,

We can learn from our previous attempt ([FOSS United Memberships [Version 1]](https://forum.fossunited.org/t/foss-united-memberships-version-1/1245)) and make a new effort in a way that doesn’t negatively impact our current processes - I feel there will be three sets of people who would like to contribute - time, money and mixed of both. We should have all of them. We can identify the members who have contributed time and give them an option to skip paying.

> [@vishnus](#):
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> There are quite a few people who just talks and does not really do any work on the ground, and they can easily get a vote by paying for membership? I don’t think that is fair.

This is a valid point. Perhaps we should establish criteria for who can nominate themselves for the steering committee. Even if people gain the ability to vote by paying, they would still be voting for one of the eligible members. Does this approach sound good? @rushabh @vishnus

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