90p Admin

Per a discussion yesterday, below is what was communciated last summer as tne benefits being elevated to the 90Minds inner group. Last fall, the 90Minds Consulting group created a shared technology user group known as OASIS. The purpose of this group was to increase the collaborative efforts of 90Minds. Simply put, the more minds involved in technical issues, the faster problems could be solved, thereby benefiting everyone in group. Membership in OASIS is open to anyone who is: Active Sage partner and certified consultant (you are required to be in good standing with Sage) Sage 100 ERP focus 2 to 5 years (or more) recent experience In GOOD standing with Sage and the Sage community Willing to answer other member questions Over the past year, you have vastly exceeded the requirements set forth above. As such, we are extending a personal invitation to join the 90Minds Consulting Group as a full member. This invitation is being extended to YOU only and NOT to any other firm associates in the OASIS user group. Benefits of becoming a full member of 90Minds are: ?Lower Annual Membership Dues - $200 for the first firm member, $100 for each subsequent firm member. ?Access to the private (*) groups on SocialCast. ?Complete access back to day one of the knowledge base ?Invitation to the annual 90Minds conference (historically held in the first quarter) ?Referrals of inquiries/leads received through the 90Minds website. ?Webinars provided by 3rd party vendors. ?Group discounts provided by 3rd party vendors (e.g. Biznet). ?Sharing of tips, tricks and best practices developed by other 90Minds members. ?Blog posting with your byline. ?Name and company listing on the 90Minds web site and access to 90Minds logos for display on your company's web site. We hope that you will answer our invitation affirmatively. Your knowledge, insight and technical skills will make a positive impact to all. In return, we ask for your continued participation in group discussions. We look forward to your reply.

I'm ok with no change.

The private groups aren't the ones with the *.

Yesterday at lunch we were tossing the idea of calling 90Minds full member as Fellows. Thereby getting them special designation. The oasis members would be called associate members. Once member became a fellow they would be allowed special privileges such as you stated above. The definition of a fellow is as follows Fellows are the highest grade of membership of most professional or learned societies Lower grades are referred to as members (who typically share voting rights with the fellows), or associates (who may or may not, depending on whether ""associate"" status is a form of full membership). How a fellowship is acquired varies for each society, but may typically involve some or all of these: A qualifying period in a lower grade Passing a series of examinations Nomination by two existing fellows who know the applicant professionally Evidence of continued formal training post-qualification Evidence of substantial achievement in the subject area Submission of a thesis or portfolio of works which will be examined Exclusive learned societies such as the Royal Society have Fellow as the only grade of membership, others like the Faculty of Young Musicians (now defunct) have members holding the post of Associate and posts Honoris Causa.

That's funny. I had the same thought yesterday afternoon (so you guys had the idea first). I like it.

We could create RITES of membership, such as singing ""For they are jolly good FELLOWS' that the associate members would sing prior to any gathering. We DO have to be careful not to be labeled ""ODD"" fellows however!

Ummm... Too late.

And it could be a bit deadly to label us ""Good Fellas