[HCoop-Discuss] comments on payment schemes

[Adam Chlipala]

Nathan Kennedy wrote:

>1. I think any scheme dependent on members voluntarily paying more or 
>less based on willingness, and not usage or some other factor, is a 
>terrible idea. [snip]
>
>2. I would like to reiterate that I think it would be a big mistake to 
>enforce equal dues and equal services for every member, and I think 
>Terrence is spot-on here.
>
But consider what the causal relationship is between member resource 
usage and how much we pay for colocation: until we reach a saturation 
point where Peer 1's offer is no longer good enough for us, there is no 
relationship at all!  So why base monthly dues towards colocation costs 
on resource usage?  I can see it more for one-time costs of buying new 
hardware as we outgrow old hardware, but that should happen infrequently 
enough that the issues are much less important.