Quote from: franky1 on April 29, 2013, 09:33:40 PM

Quote from: aantonop on April 29, 2013, 09:27:08 PM

I think there's room in between for a organization that listens to members.

referring to emboldened text: as long as the members are not part of a special breed of elite secret society that requires a large fee and a secret handshake to become a member. other wise the COMMUNITY's voice is again ignored (EG bitcoinfoundation)

forming a membership platform may weed out cloned accounts but it is always going to have a limited voice compared to the millions of users

Agreed. One of the proposals is to have a membership fee of $1 per year. Another is to have no fees, just a requirement that members vote at least twice a year (ie participate).

Another proposal is to allow members to join, but only if sponsored by two existing members, or require some verification. That creates a simple choice - if you're new to the community, you may need to prove you are a human (a photo with your face, the username and date on a piece of paper would be sufficient), to avoid sock-puppets. Otherwise, you can just have two existing members invite you, no need to prove or provide identity.

I'm open to any and all suggestions that will make this as broad as possible, while still having a defined membership that everyone can trust is made of real humans. Any approach that gets us to this goal, with the minimum cost for members and the minimum barrier to entry is more than welcome.