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title: Proposal for alternative membership tier for UiO
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# 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.   








