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title: "Board Decision: Raise Membership Fees"
manual: "TYPO3 Community infrastructure"
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permalink: "https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/guide-policy:t3a-board-decision-2025-03-18-raise-membership-fees"
source: "Association/Board/Decisions/2025/03-18-RaiseMembershipFees.rst"
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# Board Decision: Raise Membership Fees {#t3a-board-decision-2025-03-18-raise-membership-fees}

-   *Proposed at:* 18 March 2025
-   *Decision owner:* [Stefan Busemann](https://my.typo3.org/u/stefan.busemann)
-   *Decision status:* ✅ Accepted, with **6 yes and 1 abstain**

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

| Board Member | Attendance | Vote |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Olivier Dobberkau](https://my.typo3.org/u/oli4) | In meeting | ✅ Yes |
| [Stefan Busemann](https://my.typo3.org/u/stefan.busemann) | In meeting | ✅ Yes |
| [Boris Hinzer](https://my.typo3.org/u/web-vision) | In meeting | ✅ Yes |
| [Rachel Foucard](https://my.typo3.org/u/rakel) | In meeting | ✅ Yes |
| [Susi Moog](https://my.typo3.org/u/psychomieze) |  | ⚪ Abstain |
| [Tymoteusz Motylewski](https://my.typo3.org/u/tmotylewski) | In meeting | ✅ Yes |
| [Thomas Maroschik](https://my.typo3.org/u/tmaroschik) | In meeting | ✅ Yes |

## Decision description {#decision-description}

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

The resources of our project are limited. To have more funds for the implementation of the Product Strategy, the membership fees should be increased

### Objective {#objective}

The financial resources can be increased by 10% ( 70,000 EUR per year)

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

-   T3G to implement the change
-   The members who need to decide on the GA

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

-   The financial resources can be increased by 10% ( 70,000 EUR per year)
-   No money is needed for the implementation

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

-   Raise the membership fees by at least 10% per year.
-   Setup fee should be paid for every upgrade or downgrade.

### Discarded alternatives {#discarded-alternatives}

None

### Attachments {#attachments}

|  | Currently | Beginning with 2026 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Membershiptype | Yearly | One Time old | Yearly | Monthly | One Time new | Difference Yearly | Difference One Time | Difference One Time in % | % of yearly fee |
| Communtiy | 7,92 € | 0,00 € | 10,00 € | n/a | 10,00 € | 26,26% | 10,00 € | n/a | 100,00% |
| Bronze | 125,00 € | 100,00 € | 137,50 € | n/a | 100,00 € | 10,00% | 0,00 € | 0,00% | 72,73% |
| Silver | 1.000,00 € | 500,00 € | 1.100,00 € | n/a | 375,00 € | 10,00% | -125,00 € | -25,00% | 34,09% |
| Gold | 2.750,00 € | 500,00 € | 3.025,00 € | 275,00 € | 500,00 € | 10,00% | 0,00 € | 0,00% | 16,53% |
| Platinum | 12.500,00 € | 500,00 € | 13.750,00 € | 1.255,00 € | 1.000,00 € | 10,00% | 500,00 € | 100,00% | 7,27% |
| Academic Bronze | 250,00 € | 250,00 € | 275,00 € | n/a | 250,00 € | 10,00% | 0,00 € | 0,00% | 90,91% |
| Academic Silver | 500,00 € | 250,00 € | 550,00 € | n/a | 250,00 € | 10,00% | 0,00 € | 0,00% | 45,45% |
| Academic Gold | 1.000,00 € | 250,00 € | 1.100,00 € | n/a | 250,00 € | 10,00% | 0,00 € | 0,00% | 22,73% |

### Comments {#comments}

None