Quick comment. I tried to register, but the Birth Date drop down seems to be missing the numbers from 11 to 20. Also, we may have a number of members who were born before 1970. :)
On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 11:22 AM, Gabriel H. Mercado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oh what the heck, I'll do it now: > > Dear Friends, > > First let me apologize for the snails pace this project has been taking. I > know 'I'm busy' is the lamest excuse but the start of the year has been nuts > for me. I humbly admit in every way that I dropped the ball. Ian Sison > talked a lot about how that could happen and I foolishly thought I'd be > above that, but when my biz started to call I really couldn't help it. > > Another reason is that ideas for hosting the PLUG website came to a halt > at the end of last year, and so I decided to host it at my own VPS at Tri - > Isys (a pricey but very good service), a risky proposition because it runs > three of busy production websites which I rely on. Also it runs lighttpd, > something I was just starting to get a handle on (but it sure is DAMN fast). > > At any rate, enough excuses. The site is up now: > > http://plug.exchange.ph > > A Drupal install using default skin. You may all create an account, then > click Create Content > Member Profile, and fill in the blanks. > > It is FAR from finished. Here is draft of what I want to do with it: > > > - Invite people who write to occasionally provide content for it. > - Ask PLUGgers who Blog to submit feeds that involve PLUG related > content and Aggregate it <-- I am very excited about this as I foresee this > as its main draw. > - Hosting elsewhere? Domain? (BIG question mark) > - Experiment with a little bit of social networking once membership > increases. > > > After which, we FINALLY deal with that niggling SEC Registration, and > eventually the burning issues at hand. > > I FULLY accept responsibility for the lack of action these past months. > Again I apologize and resolve to update more often plus double my efforts. I > want nothing more than to get PLUG's voice heard by making it relevant and > worthwhile. I am doing this because I feel I have the experience and the > skills to make it happen, and yes, the OOXML issue plus many others is > burning me up. > > Gabriel Mercado > > ps. credit Drupal developers extraordinaire Mr. Marc Robinsone and Jan > Pabellon for efforts with the website. > > On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 10:31 AM, Gabriel H. Mercado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Hi Junn I will address this issue in the following days. The website is > > up and I will be making an announcement by the weekend. > > > > Thank you > > Gabriel Mercado > > > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 9:53 AM, Junn Flores <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > Guys, > > > > > > > > > Any update re PLUG IDs? It has been around 2 years now since I > > > proposed finishing this. And I did what was asked of me. It has been > > > taking really long and it is really unfair to those who paid for it, > > > especially those who paid VERY long ago. I really do not understand the > > > need > > > for the delay. Some may not agree for its need but many paid for it and > > > it's a responsibility to have it finished. > > > > > > I have enough member details with me to get this rolling. Could we > > > just process the first batch to be fair and then consider the politics for > > > the succeeding ones? > > > Maybe some regulars and trusted voices for the organization could give > > > this a go? > > > > > > Forgive me for sounding impatient but it's really unfair for the > > > others and no one seems to be addressing this. > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > -Junn- > > > > > > ---------------------------- > > > "We need to understand others rather than judge them. In this way, we > > > will be able to live in harmony with each other. Whatever one does to > > > someone, there's always an explanation." > > > ---------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________ > > > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > > > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > > > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > > > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > http://kikay.exchange.ph > > http://mom.exchange.ph > > http://basketball.exchange.ph > > ======================= > > Make life easier for Webmasters! > > http://spreadfirefox.com/community/?q=user/register&r=137994 > > > > > -- > http://kikay.exchange.ph > http://mom.exchange.ph > http://basketball.exchange.ph > ======================= > Make life easier for Webmasters! > http://spreadfirefox.com/community/?q=user/register&r=137994 > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > -- CLIPorSKIP - Quick news clips about the Philippines http://www.cliporskip.com/
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