[ga-full] Re: [ga] GA Rules don't go far enough

[Harald Tveit Alvestrand <Harald@Alvestrand.no>]

At 19:14 15.02.00 -0800, Joe Kelsey wrote:

>All professional societies avoid the problemof identity simply by the
>fact that they charge for membership.  If you have to pay for something,
>you have to identify yourself and you have incentive to not pay multiple
>times.  Unfortunately, this option is not available to a so-called open
>membership group as the DNSO.  However, any serious member of the DNSO
>would, no doubt, belong to one or more professional societies, many of
>whom may have network presences.  I know that the ACM and IEEE do, and
>undoubtedly some lawyers groups must along with other groups fitting
>most of the members of the DNSO.  Maybe we can work out some method of
>validation with these groups.  ACM and IEEE offer e-mail forwarding
>services for members-only.

That's a thought - being a member of the ACM cost me USD 70 and required 
proof of posession of a credit card (by virtue of the fact that the charge 
didn't bounce).

It would certainly raise the bar on loon identities by a few dollars; this 
may be enough.

                       Harald

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Harald Tveit Alvestrand, EDB Maxware, Norway
Harald.Alvestrand@edb.maxware.no

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