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Message: [QUOTE="javadoc, post: 23459, member: 338"] It would make little sense to add new members and hamstring them with regard to the rest of the conference. Do you want your new members to lag behind and weaken the perception of your conference? Adding members should increase everyone's portion - that should be the "entry fee." Otherwise, why bother expanding? I didn't recall that VT got a partial allocation at first. Bad business. If you're worried about someone joining and then leaving, have them put something aside into escrow each year for a couple years, forfeit if they depart. The conference could claim all interest or other growth in the account until the new member reclaims the principal. But that is what exit fees are for, too. I suppose the contrasting viewpoint is that even with a 75% allocation, SU would be making more than twice what it is now. Still, are you admitting peers, or Lovecraftian idiots you want to keep in the basement? [/QUOTE]