You raise an interesting issue:
> INDIVIDUAL V. CORPORATE VOTING.
>
> I was pleased to see movement toward an open membership, with individuals
> included with corporations and associations. As far as voting is
> concerned, was the problem of individual voting addressed? Particularly,
> what happens if a large organization enlists each of its employees to
> participate and vote separately? Does this lead to the "capture" problem
> that we are trying to avoid?
>
> If so, does this mean that we should place some restrictions on an
> individual's right to vote on policy issues if his or her employer is an
> interested party?
>
Personally, I disagree.
If I am a member as an individual, my rights of vote are independent of
those of my employer (or any other organization that I may belong to, and
that is also a DNSO Member).
I may well disagree with my employer, and vote in a different way.
> Or can we simply address this concern by having a
> moderate fee on membership (one that is not onerous for an individual,
> but would become onerous to a corporation if it paid for numerous
> memberships)?
>
I would in any case assume a non-free membership, even for individuals.
And this independently from the potential problem of capture.
Roberto