1. Licensing
    1. good for
      1. knowing usage
      2. improving communication
    2. downsides
      1. must pay to use therefore inhibiting adoption for entities with less resources 
      2. alienates open source communities such as Samvera & Islandora who have increased adoption
      3. forces comparison with licensed proprietary solutions
      4. Privacy concerns
  2. Membership
    1. good for
    2. downsides
  3. Grants
    1. good for
      1. innovation
      2. startup
      3. one time efforts
    2. downsides
      1. Sustaining administrative functions & maintenance
      2. Sustaining Staff
  4. Hybrid (diversify the model to include multiple models similar to the way we would diversify a financial portfolio with stocks, bonds, savings, property.
    1. membership benefits clearly identified, perhaps change from voluntary membership levels to something more tied to size of institution
    2. grants
  5. Commercial but not proprietary (Goobi model where Intranda extends the features, offers a licensed version, provides support, offers code back to the project but Goobi is still open and free)
  6. Centralized
    1. good for 
      1. economy of scale benefits
      2. potential of sustaining multiple like minded efforts over time
    2. downsides
      1. needs a financial model
      2. will take time and resources to establish so how many pieces of infrastructure will go unfunded in the meantime
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