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title: "Board Decision: Membership Benefits: TYPO3 Association membership loyalty card"
manual: "TYPO3 Community infrastructure"
version: "main"
permalink: "https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/guide-policy:t3a-board-decision-2024-07-10-membership-loyalty-card"
source: "Association/Board/Decisions/2024/07-10-MembershipLoyaltyCard.rst"
rendered: "2026-11-09T09:30:08+00:00"
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# Board Decision: Membership Benefits: TYPO3 Association membership loyalty card {#t3a-board-decision-2024-07-10-membership-loyalty-card}

-   *Proposed at:* 10 July 2024
-   *Decision owner:* [Boris Hinzer](https://my.typo3.org/u/web-vision)
-   *Decision status:* ❌ Rejected, with **1 yes and 4 no**

## Attendance and voting {#attendance-and-voting}

| Board Member | Attendance | Vote |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Olivier Dobberkau](https://my.typo3.org/u/oli4) |  |  |
| [Stefan Busemann](https://my.typo3.org/u/stefan.busemann) | Remote | ❌ No |
| [Boris Hinzer](https://my.typo3.org/u/web-vision) | Remote | ✅ Yes |
| [Rachel Foucard](https://my.typo3.org/u/rakel) | In meeting | ❌ No |
| [Susi Moog](https://my.typo3.org/u/psychomieze) |  |  |
| [Tymoteusz Motylewski](https://my.typo3.org/u/tmotylewski) | Remote | ❌ No |
| [Thomas Maroschik](https://my.typo3.org/u/tmaroschik) | Remote | ❌ No |

## Decision description {#decision-description}

### Facts/Problem {#facts-problem}

**General information:** To make our memberships more attractive, the decision owner would like to introduce real benefits for different membership levels.

**Proposed benefit:**

We will offer a membership loyalty card (similar to PayBack) for each membership level as a digital card (Apple Wallet or Google Wallet).

-   Users can **earn points** for certain activities, such as:

    -   going to TYPO3 (community) events,
    -   going to sprints,
    -   contributing,
    -   getting certified,
    -   becoming sponsors,
    -   participating in surveys / interviews, etc.,
    -   reading newsletters,
    -   recommending new members / partners,
    -   ...
-   Users can **spend points** and can get:

    -   swag / merchandising,
    -   discounts at certain partners (e.g. hosting partners),
    -   participation in exclusive events (e.g. President's Dinner).
-   The TYPO3 Association gets:

    -   information about their usage,
    -   a chance to actively engage our members and give them #t3kudos points.
-   The community gets:

    -   a chance to offer scan points at every event,
    -   the possibility to define their own earning / spending rules in cooperation with the TYPO3 Association.

**Proposed memberships:**

-   Agency: all
-   Academic: all

### Objective {#objective}

-   Making our memberships more interesting.
-   Increase in memberships.

### Obligations to cooperate {#obligations-to-cooperate}

-   An external loyalty card provider
-   TYPO3 GmbH, TYPO3 Association, community

### Financial and human resources impacts {#financial-and-human-resources-impacts}

External loyalty card provider: **8,429 EUR, 12 month commitment**

### Resolution/Petitum {#resolution-petitum}

Shall we introduce a **digital loyalty card** for our members?

### Discarded alternatives {#discarded-alternatives}

None

### Attachments {#attachments}

-   \[Link to cost calculation (board internal)\]
-   \[Link to offer document by external provider (board internal)\]

### Comments {#comments}

None