--- tags: board, UB --- # Proposal for alternative membership tier for UiO ## Background - Until this membership year (exp. August 18, 2021), UiO has been having the Carpentries Silver membership since March 2016. - There are [4 different types of membership tiers](https://carpentries.org/membership/): Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum. - For platinum tier, an organization can get a discount by supporting active instructor trainer(s). - As UiO has 3 instructor trainers, the membership fee could be cheaper by choosing platinum tier if we go for minimum components. ## Notes - The Carpentries claims as follows at the bottom of "Discount" section of [the membership page](https://carpentries.org/membership/): > Discounts listed above are limited and available only in cases where a potential member organisation’s ability to offer support to Instructor Trainers, Regional Coordinators, and/or Community Leaders is in line with The Carpentries needs for support in a particular geographic region. We reserve the right to award these discounts as appropriate for our organisational growth and sustainability. - Supporting a Regional Coordinator is also eligible for getting a discount, but NeIC has already got this discount and not eligible for UiO. - Naoe is waiting for a reply from a core team member about UiO's eligibility. - Currently UiO has 6 instructor seats, and they are not actually so popular that we need more seats.