<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV><DIV>On May 29, 2007, at 8:08 PM, Dan Robinson wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; ">I'm really not sure that I've suggested "taxing community behavior" but I'm still not clear if you are referring to only the issue of advertising for jobs or also that of a "tip jar".</SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><DIV>What I mean by taxing community behavior is placing "pay for play" kind of fees on activities that are now free. Voluntary tip jars, memberships, sponsorships and ads would not fall in this area (though I'm not necessarily endorsing all of those options).</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Sliding scale can be a tricky thing, especially when most people do not at all want to declare their budget before discussing particulars or even seeing a proposal. Sliding scale also gets into this idea that d.o has a vested interest in knowing what people have in their pockets. Is that really where we want to go?</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Laura</DIV></BODY></HTML>